There are gardeners who spend their lives growing dahlias, showing them in competition and breeding new varieties, searching for the elusive example that will take its place among the favourites of the type. Then there are those like me who see little to attract them in beds of the showy flower, preferring more subtle species that suggest themselves to the eye rather than impose themselves. But, those words not withstanding, I can be tempted by the spherical, almost architectural, structure of some of the dahlias and a single bloom appeals to me much more than the flowers en masse.
photo © T. Boughen Camera: Sony DSC-RX100
