The Little Plant That Could. Eventually. Click to see the beauty up close!
M Y G A R D E N — This Dahlia is 14 months or so old today—old for an annual!
For the past few years, Mary has given me several Dahlia corms for my birthday in late May. I've had fantastic luck with them and have grown to really appreciate their beauty and long-flowering season. By last November however, while the other five of my Dahlias were 5-6 feet tall, this little one was barely 18 inches high and hadn't thrown off one blossom. I didn't even remember what color it was supposed to be. The corms from this company in Oregon are stamped with their variety, but I didn't keep track. Anyway, I just didn't want it to get frosted and die without ever blooming, so I dug it up and planted it in a pot.
It struggled all winter, alternately growing too quickly and too tall, and then wilting and dropping leaves. I cut it back a few times, but frankly by the time spring came around, I didn't have much hope for it. I cut it back again in May, and have watered it every day. It's in full sun, and FINALLY threw out some buds a few weeks ago. Today the first one opened up and boy am I glad I saved it and put all the time I did into nurturing it! It has bits of lavender, dark purple, burgundy and yellow, and it's not even fully open yet. Welcome to the world!
How gorgeous !
ReplyDeleteAll that hard work and effort paid off.
SOMETIMES THE RUNT IS THE BEST OF THE LITTER.
ReplyDeleteLOVE THE PICTURE AS USUAL.I LIKE MY CHAIR PICTURE BEST. I SENT IT TO ALL MY BEST FRIENDS. I ALREADY GOT FEED BACK FROM ONE OF MY BEST FRIENDS. SHE SAID, I NEEDED A DEPENDS BAG ALSO.SHE KNOWS ME SO WELL. LEAVE IT TO A BEST FRIEND TO THINK OF SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
LOL
GRANNY
More silliness http://buzz.yahoo.com/buzzlog/93878?fp=1 but I love to smile.
ReplyDeleteYour Dahlia is almost unreal, beautiful colors, nature is wonderful.
Sometime tomorrow I will post another find from 1894...
Such a beautiful flower and even more beautiful because you had to work hard to bring it to this place..May I ask what camera you use for your pics? I have bigger cameras, but I always wind up using a little pink kodak that I have..I personally need the date stamp as I like to keep track of dates esp where grandkids are involved or as I have said before we move quite a bit so this tells me where we were at a glance...I like the saturation of the colors on your pics (not to mention loving the subjects themselves!)]
ReplyDeleteWell,I've had fun getting caught up..was gone today so just catching up...You were all busy in here!
mare
thanks, Mare. I use a Kodak digital camera. A friend of mine gave it to me after her office bought several better ones. I think it's about 5-6 years old now. I put every photo I like through photoshop to clean up the colors and to crop and resize them. I work on photo color correcting/retouching professionally so it's like a bus driver's holiday for me. I would love to get a high-end digital someday, but that's probably a while away. I used to have a nice Vivitar digital camera, but I wore it out after only 7,500 photos, lol. I've taken about 3,000 with this one so far. It has a problem with bright day light, even with the day light setting, but I try to work with it and adjust the time accordingly when I take pictures.
ReplyDeleteHey Annie
ReplyDeleteThat video seemed like a lot of work and expense for less than 2 minutes! I wonder if they'll do more with it? Maybe it's just a trailer for a longer vid... I enjoyed it though! I love, love, love creative people.
CASEY, I'M NOT A CREATIVE PERSON BUT I LOVE TO TAG ALONG FOR THE RIDE. I LEARN SO MUCH THAT WAY. LAUGHING ALL THE WAY OR MAYBE ALL THE WAY TO THE BANK. THAT DIDN'T MAKE SENSE.I JUST FELT LIKE SAYING IT. HAVING A SENILE DAY.LOL
ReplyDeleteCATCH YOU ALL LATER.I NEED TO TAKE A SHOWER AND CHANGE MY DEPENDS. J/K.
GRANNY