Late bloomer

Perhaps I wasn't entirely fair the other day when I was so flat in saying the gardens had played out.

Robert was crafting a centerpiece for Saturday's little get-together -- Ben and Ken (and Toby), Ahmed and Greg, two of their friends from Atlanta, Jerry, Ward from Knoxville -- and came back from the cutting gardens just after dawn. . . .

With one of the most radiant dahlias I've ever seen.