Isithombe: I-Dahlia Cutting Garden in Bloom

Lesi sithombe sibonisa umbono omangalisayo wengadi yokusika i-dahlia, ehlelwe yaba imigqa ecocekile, enakekelwa ngokucophelela eyelulela emkhathizwe ngaphansi kwesibhakabhaka esithambile nesiguqubele. Ukwakheka kuthambekele ekubukekeni kwezwe, okuvumela isibukeli ukuthi sithathe kukho kokubili izimbali eziningi eziqhakazayo ngaphambili kanye nomkhathi okhulayo wombala oqhubeka uye kude. Ingadi ibonakala njenge-tapestry ephilayo, umugqa ngamunye ubonisa izinhlobo ze-dahlia ezihlukile, ukuhlelwa kwawo okunembayo kudala kokubili isigqi esibonakalayo kanye nobuhle bezitshalo.

Ngaphambili, imininingwane ibukhali ngokukhethekile: ama-dahlias e-dinner-plate amakhulu anamacembe anokhilimu aluhlaza—akhumbuza i-Café au Lait—agxilisa imiphetho yesokunxele nesokudla, izimbali zawo ezinkulu ezikhazimula kancane ekukhanyeni okusabalalisile. Eceleni kwawo, ama-pompon ayindilinga nama-ball dahlias ami amade ngamaqoqo ahlelekile, imibala yawo ishintshashintsha kahle isuka kophondo lwendlovu oluphaphathekile iye kophuzi okwebhotela, ibhilikosi nepentshisi. Ukusonteka okuyinkimbinkimbi kwamacembe awo aboshwe aqine kwenza lezi zimbali zibe nobuhle be-geometric, zilinganise ama-ruffles ajabulisayo ezinhlobonhlobo ezinkulu. Phakathi kwazo kukhona izimbali ezivuthayo, ezibomvu ngokunsomi zikaMbhishobhi waseLlandaff, amacembe azo afana nedaisy anezela ukugqama nokudlidliza emibalabala ethambile ewazungezile.

Njengoba iso liya lijula esithombeni, imigqa yama-dahlias ikhula ibe inhlanganisela yemibala ehlukahlukene. Amabhande okhilimu, amabhilikosi, ipentshisi, ophuzi kalamula, opinki wekhorali, nokubomvu okwegazi okujulile avuleka endaweni yesehlakalo, umfaniswano womugqa ngamunye ngokwehlukahlukana kodwa uma usuhlangene udala ukuhluka okuhlukahlukene kwamathoni. Ukuphindwaphindwa kwamafomu—kusuka kuma-pompon ayindilinga kuya ezinhlotsheni zeminduze enamacembe abanzi, kusukela ezimbalini ezincane ezihlangene kuya kumapuleti amakhulu esidlo sakusihlwa—kusungula kokubili ukuvumelana nokugqama, kukhumbuza umbukeli ngokuhlukahluka okungavamile phakathi komndeni wama-dahlia.

Umhlaba ophakathi kwemigqa usanda kulinywa futhi uhlanzekile, ogcizelela ukuhleleka kwengadi yokusika, kuyilapho ngaphesheya, ingemuva lezihlahla ezinde, ezinamaqabunga zenza indawo yesehlakalo ibe luhlaza okwesibhakabhaka, igxilisa ukuvezwa kwezimbali okuchichimayo. Ukukhanya okuthambile, okusabalele kwesibhakabhaka esiguqubele kuthuthukisa ukugcwala kwemibala ngaphandle kwethunzi elinokhahlo, kunikeze sonke isigcawu isimo esizolile, esizolile.

Sekukonke, isithombe sidlulisa kokubili ukunemba kwe-horticultural kanye nenala yemvelo yengadi yokusika ekuqhakazeni okukhulu. Ihlelekile ngaso leso sikhathi futhi iyathokoza: indawo lapho isiqu ngasinye sihlakulelwa khona ngenjongo, nokho ukwehlukahlukana kwefomu nombala kudala umbukwane wobuhle obumangalisayo. Umbukeli uyamenywa ukuthi azicabange ehamba emigqeni, ezungezwe izinhlangothi zonke nge-kaleidoscope yombala ophilayo, ukuqhakaza ngakunye kuphelele, kusha, futhi kulungele ukunconywa noma ukuqoqwa.

Isithombe sihlobene: Umhlahlandlela Wezinhlobonhlobo Ezinhle Kakhulu ze-Dahlia okufanele Zikhule Engadini Yakho