Welcome to the third Flower Hour! We had over 20 links last week. Thank you for your participation and enthusiasm! 🌻
With Autumn in the air in the Northern Hemisphere, orange seems to be an excellent choice for floral colors now.
Keep showing off your SPRING flowers if you live in the Southern Hemisphere.
No matter where you live, always feel free to share whatever flower makes your day!
And because it’s Autumn, my favorite season, fall leaves are shared too!
New to The Flower Hour photo challenge? Please check out my page for more information!
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I love autumn colors, Terri, and that dahlia is exquisite! I don’t have any in my garden, but they are beautiful. 😀
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Thank you, Diana! No more in my garden either 😦
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Gorgeous dahlia, and photo! 😊 Happy to join this week too, thank you! Here is my post, https://starrysteps.wordpress.com/2025/10/26/suns-psalm-for-tankatuesday-poetry-challenge-35-esthers-writing-prompt-leaves-dawns-festival-of-leaves-terris-flower-hour/
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Thank you, Nicole!
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[…] for Festival of Leaves 2025 Week #5 by Dawn & The Flower Hour #4 by […]
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Hi Terri, I see lots of people like this challenge already. Here is mine: https://robbiesinspiration.wordpress.com/2025/10/26/robbies-inspiration-tanka-tuesday-w3-dverse-the-flower-hour-poetry-photography/
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Thank you, Robbie! I’m glad flowers are still popular!
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Yes 🌼🌸🌺
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[…] Terri is hosting a new Flower Hour photography challenge. You can join in here: https://secondwindleisure.com/2025/10/21/the-flower-hour-orange-dahlia/ […]
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[…] This post is part of Terri’s Flower Hour […]
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Thank you Terri, for keeping the Flower Hour blooming!🌸
Truly grateful to continue Cee’s wonderful legacy with this vibrant community. Autumn, spring, or anywhere in between, every flower shared brightens the day!
Philo
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I’m so happy you joined in, Mr Philo! I’ve discovered that her blog domain is closed now. 😢 I’m honored to fill in the gap at least one day a week. Thank you for your kind words.
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Thank you, Terri.
Please carryon her legacy. A pleasure to join.
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I’m hoping others might take another day and do something similar. Cee did it 7 days a week!
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I am not sure about bloggers volunteering, but it’s a wonderful thought, Terri.
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Gorgeous dahlia and leaves! I love both. 🙂 I finally made it to the Flower Hour! Color before the Storm – Cats and Trails and Garden Tales
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Thank you, Susanne! Yay!
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[…] Sharing my leaves and flowers with Terri’s new photo challenge, The #Flower Hour. […]
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[…] For Terri’s The #Flower Hour […]
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[…] The #Flower HourCee’s FOTDBrens Floral […]
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I love dahlias, and that bi-coloured one is very unusual 🙂 I’ve got something a bit different for you this week: https://www.toonsarah-travels.blog/gallery-flower-power-ai-style/
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Thank you, Sarah! The home in Portland where I spotted these had a huge variety of dahlias.
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[…] Tags:The Flower Hour Daisy-Lavender Chrysanthemums. For Terri’s The #FlowerHour […]
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Oh Terri, these are so beautiful. That Yellow-orange Dahlia is a gorgeous bloom and superbly photographed. I love too that added photo in the comments of the dark red/purple one. Thank you for the inspiring photos and flowers.
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Thank you, Suzette! The garden was full of many varieties. It must be a lot of work to deal with them. I was trying to show Brian I had a green dahlia.. 😉
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Beautiful flower, Terri! I’m way too impatient to grow something like that (but not too impatient for impatiens 😎).
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Thank you, Janis! I also grew impatiens, a wonderful shade plant. No patience needed 😆🌸
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Gorgeous colors, Terri. 🧡💛
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Thanks, Eugi!
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You’re welcome, Terri.
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Truly! My pleasure always, Terri.
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That dahlia’s a beauty!
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Thank you, Graham! The little garden sported a nice variety of them!
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I love dahlias but have mixed results when I grow them.
Here are the last of this year’s flowers.
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They’re touchy! I grew 4 but the tubers died while stored. A lot of work!
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Those fall leaves are lovely. Such a beautiful month there, Terri.
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Thank you, Hazel! Autumn is very beautiful here!
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Autumn brings out the best colors, be it blooms or leaves! I love your two-toned Dahlia Terri – it’s very unique!
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Thank you, Linda! Manito Park in Spokane has a decent dahlia garden. I’ll have to return next year.
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I’ve not seen any dahlias in any of the gardens I visit, lots of zinnias though!
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They look similar!
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Yes, the small and large versions. 🙂
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Beautiful color!
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Thank you, Egidio!
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[…] Flowers just for us! They were given to us at the Welcome Back Party. I am also sharing for Terri’s Flower Hour! […]
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I love love love The Flower Hour! Your orange flowers are gorgeous. You have a wonderful green thumb.
You did see my post today. Thank you! However, when I schedule my post, your current post isn’t available. Therefore… I will always change the link once I see your post. I am off to do that now.
Happy Tuesday Flower Friend!
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Thank you, Nancy, I’m really enjoying TFH…I need a fun acronym for it…FLOWOW? LOL! I’m so appreciative of your enthusiasm as well as others’ for my new challenge, It doesn’t matter when the links happen 😀
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I do like Dahlias Terri 😀 What fabulous colours
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Thank you, Brian! They must come in every color of the rainbow, judging by the the pics I have in my files!
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I think they do Terri. Have you a green Dahlia photo?
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I found one that has green in it, even if temporarily, Brian. It’s added to my comments 😀
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Sort of green. I had to have a search and there are lots of different green Dahlias 😁
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Oh good to know! None in my files!
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Good start to the week, those beautiful flowers.
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Thank you, Jacqui! I was so happy to stumble on a huge dahlia garden who lives near my cousin in Portland. I can post dahlias for a year, LOL!
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Beautiful dahlia! Such a pretty color! Here is my entry: https://wp.me/p3RE1e-mTB
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Thank you, Barbara! I think dahlias come in every color!
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You’re welcome! 🙂
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[…] The #Flower Hour: Orange Dahlia […]
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Love the orange-yellow Dahlia, so pretty. Joining you with a Dahlia as well. 🙂
https://mariawijk.wordpress.com/2025/10/21/dahlia-for-flower-hour/
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Thank you, Maria! I visited a neighborhood in Portland, Oregon two years ago and the neighbor planted 100s of dahlias. I took LOTS of pics. Growing them myself was too much work for me, although I planted some in 2024. I have to admire someone else’s 🙂
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[…] For Terri´s Flower Hour. […]
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Love the flower pictures. Mines up its all about Fall mums.
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Thank you, Lisa!
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I can’t find it on your blog…
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https://threebylisa.wordpress.com/2025/10/21/flower-hour-mums/
Here you go,,,, lisa
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I was just outside enjoying the last of my zinnia color, because the sun came out though we’re supposed to have 3 days of rain. It’s time to pull them but I just can’t until we get a frost that will make everything done. Love your sweet gum leaves too!
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Thank you, Dawn! I planted dahlias in 2024, but they are just too much work. They live on in photographs 😉
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