This week’s cheerful flower is something I’ve been waiting to see all summer. I was beginning to give up hope.
Dahlia ‘Miss Brandy’
It’s been a pretty poor year for dahlias – an extremely slow start and then a random frost that nipped the top of the plants despite a fleece covering.
This is rather lovely though and worth the long wait.
One of my new dahlias for the last Cheering Up Mondays flower of August. Dahlia 'Penny Lane' I was beginning to think this was never going to flower. The dahlias are so much later than usual this year. Worth the wait though. For a weekly dose of floral cheer into…
I've said goodbye to the dahlias for another season and they're now tucked up in the garage waiting for spring. Dahlia 'Maroon Fox'. This was one I grew for the first time this year and it's perfect for cheering up the start of the week. For a weekly dose of…
I couldn't resist another dahlia for this week's Cheering Up Mondays flower. Dahlia 'American Sunset'. This is one of my new dahlias for this year - isn't it beautiful! Aptly named as well. Those colours really are sunset shades. I've got four dahlias in flower already. I'm just hoping the…
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Lovely sunset or even fruit salad colours (I’m thinking sweets here).
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Lovely sunset or even fruit salad colours (I’m thinking sweets here).
Oh, I’m with on fruit salad chews!