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| At the entrance to my back gardens |
There are a few kinds of flowers that I will ALWAYS love; foxgloves, roses, irises just to name a few. BUT' in the last three years, I have fallen in LOVE with dahlias. It began with me reading this article from the Middle sized Garden- based in England, she lives in zone 8 like me and she says you DON'T have to dig up Dahlias for them to come back yearly. It's a great article with lots of ideas and information- I highly recommend it!
Anyway; D A H L I A S......I LOVE them! Here in Decatur, GA, they start their show in May and most of them will continue their dance until first freeze. Yes, their leaves will need a little attention in the heat and they DO need to be staked- but, come on- they are SO VERY worth it!
This week, we had our first freeze and with it, went the last of this years blooms. I think, even frost burned, they are still quite wonderful. It will hurt my heart to cut them down this weekend.
For the last two years, I've been working on a garden journal for others to be able to use for their own gardening notes, ideas and memories. So, of COURSE I had to include dahlias! |
| Close up of my painting for the July "spread" available as a card or print in my shop |
And this is how the journal page will look with numbers and lines for notes.
More soon, I'm off to cut down and mulch my dahlias!
Cheers,
Stephanie
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