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Category Archives: dahlias
September Bloomers
Over the years I have kept some sort of record of blooms at their best every month, originally with Garden Bloggers Blooms Day, and then with Chloris’ Top 10 meme with a period of going-it-alone in between; Chloris is giving … Continue reading
Posted in annuals, dahlias, Garden Bloggers Blooms Day, Gardening, Gardens
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Best of the August Bunch
For some time, Chloris of My Blooming Garden has been hosting a meme celebrating the Top Ten blooms each month; it is often difficult to pick just ten, to avoid both repetition and featuring several varieties of the same species, … Continue reading
Posted in cutting beds, dahlias, Garden Bloggers Blooms Day, Gardening, Gardens, herbaceous perennials
Tagged Chelsea chop
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In a Vase on Monday: In Memory of the Purple People Eater
In the dim and distant pre-lockdown past, when Thursdays were Grannie Days and I looked after Younger Daughter’s two children, our afternoon routine was sleep (them), walk, refreshment (“cake..!” went the plaintive cry) and then play till hometime accompanied by … Continue reading
Posted in cutting beds, dahlias, Gardening, Gardens, In a Vase on Monday
Tagged Caithness Glass
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Six on Saturday: Yellows
I decided, for want of anything else grabbing my attention, to share six yellow blooms from my garden as part of Jon the Propagator’s weekly meme – but then struggled to find six, nearly having to resort to half of … Continue reading
Posted in cutting beds, dahlias, Gardening, Gardens, Six on Saturday
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Six on Saturday: Making a Bold Statement
I like dahlias. Is that a bold enough statement? Strictly speaking, I don’t suppose I like ALL dahlias, but in truth I was referring to the dahias themselves making the statement, which is probably unrefutable as their solid chunky blooms … Continue reading
Posted in bulbs, corms and tubers, dahlias, Gardening, Gardens, Six on Saturday
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Some of the Best July Blooms
Just like last month, it is very difficult to narrow the best blooms in the garden down to around ten or so for Chloris’ monthly meme, but I am just about there and making a point of including ordinary stalwarts … Continue reading
Posted in cutting beds, dahlias, Garden Bloggers Blooms Day, Gardens
Tagged Top 10 blooms
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In a Vase on Monday: the Gaiety Club
Today I am celebrating the abundance of the cutting beds with the brightest dahlias and zinnias available, with a few others for support. David Howard is in there again, with Geoffrey Kent (red), Dorothy Rose (pink), Top Totty (purple, and … Continue reading
Posted in cutting beds, dahlias, Gardening, Gardens, In a Vase on Monday
Tagged dahlias, flowers in a vase, zinnias
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In a Vase on Monday: Bright Eyes
Today’s vase started with two large red grown-from-seed dahlia blooms, with their bright yellow eyes, and was developed around the theme of ‘bright’, but when it came to arranging them they dominated the rest of the blooms because of their … Continue reading
Posted in cutting beds, dahlias, Gardening, Gardens, In a Vase on Monday
Tagged flowers in a vase
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Six Hatchlings on Saturday
It is always exciting when something in the garden flowers for the first time, or after a long absence – an occasion for the red carpet to be rolled out and for a tootle on a trumpet or, at the … Continue reading
Posted in climbers, cutting beds, dahlias, Gardening, Gardens, herbaceous perennials, shrubs, Six on Saturday, Weather, Wildlife
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Six on Saturday: the Times They are a Changin’
Cooler temperatures and blistery blustery Thursday have ensured that things in the garden are very much a changin’, but I for one have no objection. There is something about the seasonal changes at this time of year that brings out … Continue reading
Posted in composting, cutting beds, dahlias, Gardening, Gardens, Six on Saturday, snowdrops
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