IAVOM, Because Dahlias

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Dahlia 'Catching Fire' with Maireana sedifolia foliage in a grey hand made vase

 IAVOM means "In A Vase On Monday", a garden blog meme originated and hosted by Cathy of RamblingInTheGarden.

Dahlia 'Duet' with Callistemon foliage and three dried leaves of Banksia prionotes:

Dahlia 'Holland Festival' and 'Avignon' with the foliage of Grevillea 'Peaches and Cream' and Leucadendron 'Reverse Polarity'

I rarely participate due to a chronic inability to be sufficiently organized.  Today, despite our long miserable heat wave, the Dahlias were so lovely, they deserved their moment.


Comments

  1. Kris PetersonAugust 24, 2020 at 3:30 PM

    Your dahlias look fantastic, HB! I'm glad you took some time to put a few vases together to share them. Once again, I love 'Catching Fire' and will look for that next year. Mid-80s here today but the humidity is still running high, making it feel more uncomfortable than it should at that level.

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    1. Hoover BooAugust 24, 2020 at 7:14 PM

      Thanks. It's good to practice. They are getting a little better.

      I think 'Catching Fire' is my favorite Dahlia this year, though 'Cafe Au Lait' is really good also. The white on 'Catching Fire' looks hand-painted with dry brush, like a Gazania.

      Yucky humid here too. :(

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  2. CathyAugust 24, 2020 at 11:16 PM

    I really like how you have chosen to feature a number of dahlias in separate and minimalist vases - it works so well. I do put individual casuality blooms into a little vase on their own, but you have made a feature of yours by adding foliage, whiich would be worth doing even for my casualities! Hope your heatwave recedes soon, especially if you have high humidity too. What a shame about your spam - WordPress tends to be really good about filtering out spam of all sorts, but I do check it periodically to make sure no genuine comments have ended up there

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    1. Hoover BooAugust 25, 2020 at 11:37 AM

      I think the foliage with the single flower is a good idea. If nothing else it holds the flower up, but foliage is interesting, too.

      Blogger used to filter spammers out better. They did a major update to the software to make it phone-friendly (I guess) and it has some bugs.

      Thanks again Cathy for the excellent meme.

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  3. Lisa at GreenbowAugust 25, 2020 at 3:28 AM

    Oh yes, your dahlias are gorgeous. I love the first two vases in their simplicity. They have so much character with what you added to the dahlias. Happy IAVOM.

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  4. danger gardenAugust 25, 2020 at 9:37 AM

    Well done! These are perfect. I could stare at that first one for hours.

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  5. AnnaAugust 26, 2020 at 12:39 PM

    Oh your dahlias are all beauties and you have found perfect companions for them. Thanks for sharing them with us. I share that inability to be organised.

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  6. jjkOCAugust 31, 2020 at 6:20 PM

    Stunning dahlias! Hoovb do you dig them up and replant them every year? I love the mass planting effect!

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    1. Hoover BooSeptember 1, 2020 at 12:43 PM

      Thanks! No, I don't dig them up. I did that once and they dried up and died. They come back about 95% of the time left in the ground. Maybe 99%.

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