The other day I was mooching around the RHS garden centre at Harlow Carr and I couldn't help but notice a stunning dahlia called Tahiti Sunrise. Fabulous pink (which went perfectly with my nail varnish!) and a soft-yellow at the base of the petals. I had to take a photo, see below, and it has not been digitally altered in any way whatsoever. Although I don't grow dahlias any more (too much faffing around overwintering them), I still admire their spectacular and varied flower displays and envy those who can have borders filled with them without losing them to freezing temperatures during winter months.
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| Dahlia 'Tahiti Sunrise' |
If you get confused about the
difference between dahlia dead heads and flower buds, at this internal link you can see the difference quite clearly.
I used to grow a lovely dahlia called Fascination but, after years or growing from the same tuber, I went and forgot to protect it one year and it is now, sadly, deceased. It was a real bee magnet too.
I grew Pooh dahlia too.
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| A dahlia called 'Pooh' |
