Way back at the beginning of the year, I bought five dahlia tubers as I was determined to finally manage to grow one of my favourite flowers. I did all the right things and was rewarded with green shoots in every pot.
After what seemed like an awfully long wait, the flower buds appeared. There were no clues as to the colour of these buds, but I was confident I had chosen well. Five different colours were what I expected to see, so when the first bud to open was white, I wasn’t disappointed. When the buds on the second plant opened and were yellow, I smiled and continued to wait.
The third plant had huge buds, but disappointment began to creep in as I could see a definite yellow tinge…
Yesterday, the flower opened. It looked amazing, huge with spiky WHITE petals…
Don’t get me wrong, folks. I am delighted to have dahlias in my garden, although the last two are struggling. One is still very small, and the other is constantly being eaten.
But what happened to the colours I chose?
Like these…
I could close this post without showing you something else I have always wanted to grow. It is two years old, so again, patience is a virtue!
My little grapevine, which supposedly will have black grapes… I shall have to wait and see!
Looking forward to a better week for us all… XXX
Dahlias are beautiful. I used to have them in one of my old gardens. As for the behavior of plants, it beats me. lol 🙂 x
I am always happy with whatever Nature gets up to in my garden, but sometimes it would be nice to get pink, when that’s what I planted!
Lol 🙂
Your dahlias are gorgeous! No idea about the colours though. Maybe they’re throwbacks genetically? Whatever the cause, the ones you have really are lovely. 🙂
Not what I ordered, but a good start! I can’t help wondering what colour the two non starters are!
Fingers crossed they’ll still bloom for you. At least one so you know what colour they are.
Hopefully… 🌸🌺🌼
Gardening – constant lessons in patience. 😀
Not that I needed lessons, but hey…
That spiky dahlia is amazing!
Isn’t it… almost made up for the lack of colour in the others…
The grapevine looks nice. Don’t worry about the dahlias. Maybe they have changed their colors for a more corporative look. 😉 Best wishes, Michael
That’s e way of looking at it, Michael…