Dahlia 'Giggles'

late season bloomer.

An impulse purchase ~ triggered by the uncertainty of "dusky orange & pale pink" working well together?

Now it's clear, they actually do....

In other garden happenings ~ the lights from the party fell down and are already being missed:

A good vantage point was lost...

A long awaited bloom (four+ years in the making) has finally appeared on Paph Orchid 'Jurgen Roth:'

ordered from Carter and Holmes Orchids. 

Placed outdoors in early June ~ a last ditch effort to stimulate something.   The change of scenery worked....

The excitement is two-fold since (as you can see) multiple blooms are in the offing.  Maybe it was worth the wait??

New visitors have arrived (Black Swallowtail on Verbena bonariensis:)

and others are about to leave (baby Barn Swallow out of the nest:)

Ready or not, time is marching on in the garden....

 

Comments

[Janet, The Queen of Seaford]

Love the baby bird being fed! Your orchid is wonderful. Outside....on screened porch? Under the trees? In a container or barerooted on a limb of a tree???? Mine are healthy, that is about all I can say.

[Lona]

The Dahlia is beautiful Kathleen. Who would have know the colors would work. LOL! I love the picture of the Swallow feeding its young one. How sweet. Have a wonderful weekend.

[bird sounds]

In my garden, there are a lot of Dahlia trees and when all trees are full of flowers, it looks very beautiful.