[PHOTO] Flowers of Paul Kane House, Toronto

[rfmcdonald]

Walking by Paul Kane House and its associated parkette last week, I was struck by the flowers in the beds separating the grounds from the street. When I photographed the house on my instagrammed Canada Day walk, these flowers weren't out. These flowers of August are beautiful, but their colours seemed unlikely, off somewhat: the periwinkle blue of ageratum, slightly odd oranges and yellow among the marigolds, sassy pink flowers of the hibiscus.

Don't believe me? Here's proof.