colchicum

I hate it that the more beautiful photo sometimes triumphs over the more accurate photo in this blogging process. Tonight I decided to go for accuracy. This is a fall-blooming colchicum (sometimes called a fall crocus) that is absolutely gorgeous in the garden right now. It's sort of a lavender-pink that doesn't show up well in a photo unless you let the camera interpret it as hard pink. I guess a professional photographer could capture both the accuracy and the drama, but this is the best I could do. The one thing that is indisputable, is that, in a simple bottle, even a single blossom like this, is gorgeous.