Smile, Dahlia!

I finally got around to taking a picture of the dahlia that I dug up a few days ago:

I didn't have time to wash the root before taking this picture since I wanted to ensure that the light was strong to capture any details. It's not as large as some of the other dahlia tubers that I've seen online, but maybe it's because I forgot to water it for the most part. The one flower it produced in the fall was really pretty and I'm looking forward to getting it back in the ground next year. 

Digging Up Dahlia

Yesterday, I somehow remembered to dig the dahlia up and bring it into the house before this week's frost. I left it in the ground a few weeks after the top withered away and during those days, we had a few days of freezing night temperatures. Hopefully it will be okay and the frost didn't affect it too badly. I guess I'll just have to wait until next year to plant it and see.

Fall 2013

It's been busy for me the past few weeks, but I managed to capture some pictures of some of the fall flowers for this year. The dahlia was planted earlier this year sometime during the spring. The chrysanthemum was planted maybe sometime in September. I watered both when they were first planted, but then forgot to water them afterwards. I think the dahlia is looking pretty good, although, I wonder if there would have been more flowers had I remembered.

Chrysanthemum Ajania Pacifica from Rutgers Nursery

October 17, 2013

Dahlia Fimbriata - Kogane Fubuki from Home Depot
October 17, 2013

The same dahlia
October 21, 2013