Category Archives: dahlias

What’s Blooming in October?

Posted on October 21, 2021 by Cathy

Well, the dahlias of course, and showing no signs of stopping either. The blooms may be smaller than they were earlier in the season, and there may have been a few casualties when stems have become top-heavy, but they have … Continue reading →

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In a Vase on Monday: Time to Push Up the Daisies?

Posted on October 18, 2021 by Cathy

Whilst clearing the contents of the cutting beds, I have sometimes hesitated, holding back the secateurs and erring on the side of caution and leaving some of the annuals a little longer; calendula have fallen into this category although really … Continue reading →

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In a Vase on Monday: Single But Happy

Posted on October 4, 2021 by Cathy

Many blooms in the garden are increasingly on borrowed time, partly in the knowledge that we could have frosts at any time (although this didn’t happen until early in November in the last two years) and partly because annuals have … Continue reading →

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In a Vase on Monday: Gold

Posted on September 27, 2021 by Cathy

I may not have incorporated dahlias into a Vase on Monday for a little while, but they have been used in posies for friends – and I also have a vase of assorted dahlias on the kitchen table, victims of … Continue reading →

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Surprising and Not So Surprising

Posted on August 28, 2021 by Cathy

I was astonished this week to find a bloom on agapanthus grown from HPS seed sown in January 2019, especially as I am still awaiting blooms on agapanthus from seed collected some years prior to this. I have no idea … Continue reading →

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In a Vase on Monday: Burnished

Posted on August 23, 2021 by Cathy

Miss J. Hunter Dunn, Miss J. Hunter Dunn Furnish’d and burnish’d by Aldershot sun… I don’t suppose the young lady depicted on this tankard is called J. Hunter Dunn, but whenever I hear the word burnished these lines from John … Continue reading →

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In a Vase on Monday: the Spanner in the Billiard Room

Posted on August 9, 2021 by Cathy

Beginning to pick blooms for today’s vase, I was struck with their sheer redness, especially Dahlia ‘Bishop of Llandaff’, which somehow brought to mind Miss Scarlett from the board game Cluedo, hence the additional props of the spanner and the … Continue reading →

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Crowning Glory and Other Curiosities

Posted on July 24, 2021 by Cathy

I showed an example of fasciation on Wordless Wednesday last week, in that case in a veronicastrum; today I found another example, this time in Veronica longifolium ‘Marietta’. Fasciation occurs due to abnormal activity in the growing tip of a … Continue reading →

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In a Vase on Monday: Sizzling

Posted on July 19, 2021 by Cathy

It really has been sizzling here in the last few days, with temperatures hovering around 30°, making gardening tasks sticky and uncomfortable. With our second and last group visit to the garden planned for Tuesday, deadheading, staking and tying back … Continue reading →

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Six on Saturday: David, Dorothy and Some Bishops

Posted on July 17, 2021 by Cathy

Most of my dahlias have been flowering for a few weeks, some now prolifically, and with some difficulty have chosen six to share on Jon the Propagator’s weekly meme, starting with David Howard (above) and Dorothy Rose below: Top Totty … Continue reading →

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