With the garden remodelling we have started this year, I was determined to include many dahlias for autumn colour and of course for cutting.
Next week I'll be showing you my favourite varieties, but for now here is my brightest star, cut and popped into an old fashioned pudding bowl as a vase!
I bought the tuber for this dahlia quite by chance. In a local supermarket, late in the planting season, they had thrown together all the unsold bulbs and I happily sorted a few.
This baby produced such stunning blooms that I was careful to lift the tuber at the end of the year, and label carefully before storing in our wine cellar, away from the frost.
When I pulled it out in spring it was big enough to divide into four separate plants, so this year I'll have plenty of blooms.
I just love the gentle colour of the petals and
their texture and generosity ....
their texture and generosity ....
so I ask you: is the dahlia the peony of autumn?
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