Saturday, August 11, 2012

Dahlia 'Holland Festival'

Photobucket Photobucket Photobucket Photobucket This Dahlia languished in the expanding, deepening shade of the Cercis for nearly a decade. I could not dig it up and move it because it was covered over with Cercis roots. Now with the Cercis gone, the Dahlia is celebrating.

6 comments:

  1. Gorgeous dahlia and beautiful pictures!

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  2. It is beautiful. I tried dahlias a couple of times, and they rotted. How often do you water yours?

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    1. Hi Masha, I water them here 3x per week in the dry season, not at all in the rainy season. Here being a hill of silt, the drainage is very reliable.

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  3. My leaf sucking bug infested dahlias were blown over in wind storms. I am done with dahlias. Yours, however, is fabulous!

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  4. So many, many plants, so little time...onward to the next genus! I'm done with Cymbidiums myself. And a few other genera as well. ;^)

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