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Amazing Dinner Plates Dahlias
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Three Dogs in a Garden
(IC: blogger)
Dahlias range widely in height and foliage color, as well as bloom size, variety and shape. "Dinner plate" varieties may have blooms as large as 12" in diameter.
On a recent visit to a local flower farm, it was bright blue sky and dahlias as far as the eye can see!
The dahlias we have come particularly to see are the "Dinner Plates" which, as the name suggests, are blooms the size of a small dinner plate.
This striking dinner plate streaked with magenta and maroon caught my eye immediately.
In the field there were rows of different shades of pink and lavender.
Dahlia 'Otto's Thrill'
Dahlia 'Cafe au Lait' is a creamy mix of pink and pale peach.
Opposite the row of hot pink Dahlia 'Otto's Thrill' is a line of creamy-yellow flowers striped with red.
Dahlia 'Lady Darlene'
The flower petals swirl up from the centre like flames.
If you want to grow dahlias, here is some brief pointers for storing them over winter in a northern garden zone:
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Published October 4th, 2014 1:06 PM
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Eroque022810 on May 29, 2017
They are my favorite flower. I live in northern Illinois and had the opportunity to speak with someone who had beautiful dahlias. He took his out of the ground and stored them. I'm in zone 5 I believe I wonder if I have to go to that trouble? That's what keeps me from planting them. Then he stored his in his garage unheated. I may give it a shot,if I buy one and it can stay in the ground I'll purchase more. So you didn't say which one you went with how can you choose?
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