Crowned in Crimson is one of those images. Photographed in full summer bloom in a the garden of Darcys Dahlias in Hilliard, OH, it centers on a single dahlia rising amid a wild chorus of color. A deep, commanding red—so rich it almost hums—this dahlia seemed to rise with purpose, unfolding itself like a flame, sculpted in velvet.
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