So May is going to be about Adelaide in my People and Places album - yes- I am behind - ha ha - what's new?
This week I will be posting photos from the Botanic Gardens.
Every year, members of the Dahlia Society of South Australia Inc. and our horticultural staff, come together to prepare and maintain our dahlia display, which flowers in late summer.
Dahlia history
The parents of these much-loved perennial herbs came from Central and South America. Dahlias were an important food and medicinal crop to the Aztec people. Today dahlias are grown for their decorative flowers. Over the past three centuries hybridisation (combining different varieties) has given rise to a range of fascinating flower types.
