![After today’s tragedy, a garden can offer escape and a little beauty.](https://i0.wp.com/www.smallrooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Backyard_3116.jpg?resize=980%2C653)
Firewitch Dianthus borders my greenhouse and blooms profusely this time of year. Because of a string of dingy days over the past two weeks, the flowers had been too soggy to photograph. Consequently they were a wee past their prime when I was finally able to shoot them this past Saturday. If I deadhead them after this cycle is finished, they’ll bloom again in the fall, but it won’t be as abundant as this springtime show.
![(above) This row is growing along the west side of my greenhouse.](https://i1.wp.com/www.smallrooms.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Backyard_3141.jpg?resize=829%2C1244)