Latecomers

We ordered some caladium bulbs this spring, thinking to plant them in the planter that we installed to keep the dogs from turning a particular patch of dirt into a barren wasteland.

So we planted them and waited. And waited. And waited. And then waited some more.

Then we gave up and bought a Boston fern and planted it in the box, like we've done for the past few years.

And then, about a month after that, the caladiums came up. The planter looks great - almost like we planned it that way. The caladium leaves are a wonderful shocking pink and against the dark green of the fern, they took stunning.

But I didn't know that caladiums bloomed. And the flowers look fake, and very 80s. And they only last for one day; something I didn't know until I thought "Oh, I'll get a photo of that flower tomorrow" and came back to find it all shriveled and gross.

So this is the second flower. Not pretty, but interesting. Also vaguely obscene.