I am joining Cathy at Words and Herbs for this year’s Week of Flowers sharing images from our gardens. Today I have a first for my South Florida garden in 2022, Dahlias. It has been interesting reading about the experience of other gardeners with this perennial, but fussy favorite. I am finding the single Dahlias like the red one below don’t rev me up. I like the fluffy, exuberant dramatic ones…
Below, the fluffy, exuberant one.
A drama queen with stems too short to have much fun in a vase..still worthwhile.
Hopefully these images warm up gardeners living in more northern climes. To see more flowery images from around the world visit Cathy at wordsandherbs.wordpress.com.
Happy Gardening!!
The Shrub Queen 
Love the pink one!!
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So glad you finally found success with dahlias, hard-won!
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The pink one is gorgeous!
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I have has success and failure with dahlias, so anything goes.
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I love the frilly ones too, but the single red is also very striking and reminds me of zinnias. I find dahlias frustrating as they rarely perform as they should for me, and the slugs and earwigs love them! So lovely to see yours!
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I think that is my issue..zinnias are much cheaper and easier to grow.
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I have not had any luck with dahlias. Maybe I should try them in a pot.
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That’s the only way I can grow them and probably starting them early. Nobody grows them in summer here although there is a big spring floral Dahlia industry in Central Florida.
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