I’ve never bothered about dahlias before but after visiting Lytham Hall & seeing these beautiful blooms I am going to buy some especially this wonderful variety.
I believe you have to lift the tubers before the frost…this is a big put off for me..perhaps someone in the know will tell me if that’s necessary bearing in mind we are in the north of England!
Three good things:
1. Jack is home for the weekend.
2. Clean sheets!
3. Cold custard.
This is beautiful, I love how the petals curl to form a cone. I must admit I don't lift them anymore as we're in the South but neither am I very successful with them. I think that as you're in the west and if it doesn't get too cold you may get away with leaving them in.
Such a bobby dazzler! So many types and varieties these days. We always grew dahlias, but I haven't grown any for years! I suppose it's the lifting of the tubers in Autumn and starting them off again that did it!
Lovely to look at, and this is a lovely variety and capture, but I couldn't make the necessary effort to look after them! Not up here in the frozen north, anyway!!! Too lazy for that.
This is very different. I have just started growing the again after several years of not having them. I don't worry about lifting them but we have a much more mild climate than you.. Have heard the experts put the tubers in trays of sand and store in a dry place..
These dahlias are so different to the dahlias we get here. They still form a lovely star-shaped flower. I pick up all my flower bulbs when they stop blooming and plant them again in autumn, quite hard work having to work kneeling down but I find it worthwhile.
@sangwann That’s the best way to look after them then…dedication! If I only have a couple it won’t be much work lifting them so I might give it a go perhaps!
I shall look for this variety in the garden centre next time I go!
Thank you for your comments.