A couple of the dahlias have started flowering and many of the others have got buds that are about to burst open. While there are others that are only just started to come up. Funny how they take their time.
I am so happy, dahlias are my favourites I think. I have so many, though this is the first year that I haven’t added more to the garden, though I did dig up some and split them up. They are growing, so I hope to get some flowers from them, especially from one of my favourites.
I want to do more table top photography this summer so the plan is to also pick some to photograph indoors. Wish me luck with that.
Anyway, here are the two that have started flowering. I’ve shown other photos of them taken with my phone and another flower.
Aren’t they just beautiful …
They really are, thank you Julie.
Lovely captures
Thank you Robert.
Beautiful, especially the red one. I have never grown dahlias; they seemed like too much work. Looking forward to more photographs.
Thank you RJ, I love that red, took me a few years to get it. I don’t think of them as too much work, though I don’t dig them each year, but I do have to dig them up every couple and thin them out. I can’t wait to show more.
Buds about to burst open… Yes, right: a whole half of planet earth where it is now spring, not fall. And here we are, celebrating both!
Yeah, we are most definitely in spring, though summer is basically here for us. It has started to get hot already. While you freeze, we melt. The planet is an amazing place. Thank you Penny.
Such beautiful textures!
Thank you Egidio.
Beautiful flowers. Beautiful photos. They were my Grandfather’s favs in his garden too. I recall digging them up every fall to store away over the harsh winters.
Thank you so much, apparently they were one of my grandfathers as well. I don’t dig them up to store, though just before spring I have starting digging them and separating them, but not all, hopefully will start doing it every two years. Thankfully our winters are not as harsh, which I am happy about.
So good to see your blooms, as our fall colors fade.
I hope there will be a lot more Sandy, the garden is really starting to wake up now. Thank you.
Carry on like this and you’ll have me liking dahlias soon! 😉
I better carry on like this then Margaret, lol, I love them. Thank you Margaret.
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Beautiful Leanne!
Thank you Anne.
Sorry, I should say summer, oops. 😬
It is coming in with a bang it seems, we are getting lots of hot weather already, which is sad. 😒
Hot summer weather is good? Better than cold!
No, I hate summer, I hate photography during that time, I think I like spring and autumn the best.
Wow, right now could be your best time for photography here now, Leanne. I hope you don’t hate summer proper.
Probably John, here not so much, we have some hot weather coming and it is just to early for it, lol. I like summer for the garden, but I really don’t like the heat.
I see. Don’t come to Las Vegas in summer, it could be 115F when you arrive. 😂🔥🔥
No, it can get that hot here, but it is very rare, we haven’t had a really hot summer for a few years, but it is looking like this year it will be. We are already getting quite a few hot days.
Enjoy!
I’m sure I will John.
They are blooming as your winter begins? Lovely flowers!
I just saw your other comment to this, yes, summer. Thank you John.
one of my fav flowers, beautifully shot. I love the pink one the best
That’s great to hear Beth, they are such great flowers. Funny that pink one starts out as yellow. Thank you.