Dahlia

It has been a very good year for dahlias. It wasn’t the best though for the ones I left in the ground but those have been in there for at least 3 years so I figure I should now lift and divide them. Anyway, the ones that are good just keep on giving. I cut them every day and either give them to friends or bring them in the house.
One of the main reasons I like growing them is because they are easy to grow and won’t stop giving you flowers well into Autumn.

These above are a mix of ones growing in my garden but some I picked at Green and Gorgeous. I have too many orange-Autumn colour ones and so Sweet Nathalie (or Café au Lait) stand out a bit. I’m definitely going to mix in more colours next year. This is the best time of the year seeing all the beautiful varieties growing out there i.e. writing a dahlia shopping list.

I love displaying dahlias in a rather simple way, putting them in these vintage stoneware jars - Victorian ink bottles. You can esily find these on etsy or car boot sales.

I grow most of my dahlias at the very back of the garden. This area looked like this - below - when we moved here 7 years ago but we cleared it a lot. We’re only renting so there’s ony so much work we want or can do but I’m quite happy with the current state.

So yes. Dahlias. Such a colourful (sometimes even a bit too much for my liking) and easy to grow flower, do grow them if you can.