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Comment by margaret woodford on November 20, 2011 at 10:22am

thank you jan...i've decided i'm having one whole bed just devoted to the dahlia...i am so loving this flower....i have seven beds that are 6' x 28' long....three of them are for various perrenials and three are for zinnias and one for veggies and the last one is for various other stuff..but i'm taking out the veggie one and next year it will only be dahlias..i'll but the veggies in barrels...i'm not sure but one of the catalogs have a beatiful selections of dahlia...i think there are over 450 varieties!!!!!!

wow!!!!!! thanks again

Comment by Jan Page on November 20, 2011 at 9:29am

Margaret, Your Dahlias are so pretty to look at now that the season is over! 

Contributing Gardener Comment by Lyn (Sydney,Aus) on October 24, 2011 at 2:04am

Oh sorry Darlene - I always presume people know I live down under!!  Yes we leave our Dahlias in through the whole year and just cut them back to ground level and wait for them to reappear.  Of course I added lots more new ones to the garden too as I adore them!  Last year the Dahlias flowered for months and months, I guess the temperate climate helps of course.  I like the fact that it can be searing hot and they seem to thrive on the warm weather.  We are only into Spring now but already temps have reached 93 today!  I even turned on the air con for a while!

Darlene I did post some photos on my page of my french Dahlias from last season, as I am unable to post to any groups for some strange reason.

Comment by Darlene Sunseri on October 24, 2011 at 12:49am

Oh Lyn, when I read your post that your Dahlias are just starting to come up all I could think was this poor lady has no idea what she's doing. Then I took a look at where you live and now I'm jealous that your season is just getting started. We are expecting frost by the end of this week and the cold temps will knock mine down. It will be time to dig and divide. 

Enjoy your coming Dahlia season.

Contributing Gardener Comment by Lyn (Sydney,Aus) on October 22, 2011 at 6:51pm

I'm waiting for the rest of mine to start popping up through the soil.  One of them had a good munching from presumably a snail, but I know once they do start to show through the soil they grow at an amazing rate.  I was really surprised when my french Dahlias grew to over 6 ft high, I then realised what the packet meant when it said - Must be staked!!

Comment by margaret woodford on October 22, 2011 at 6:31pm

thanks lyn....i knew i had some of the purple dahlias and also some of the purple and white, but i was completely surprised by the yellow with the pink edges!...it was such a nice surprise!...i'm going to have to dig them up within the next couple of weeks before the first frost!

Contributing Gardener Comment by Lyn (Sydney,Aus) on October 22, 2011 at 6:23pm

Just stunning Margaret, a wonderful array of colours you have there!

Comment by margaret woodford on October 22, 2011 at 3:12pm

the last of the dahlias!!!!!!!! so sad.......but they sure are pretty!!!!!!

Contributing Gardener Comment by Lyn (Sydney,Aus) on September 28, 2011 at 6:01pm

Margaret - No I am in Australia - just outside Sydney, but adore NZ all the same, was there earlier this year.  NZ has a far  better climate for plant growing than we do as they seem to get more rain.  Their climate is also very similar to that of Tasmania - the wee island that hangs off the end of Australia that so many people forget to include!

Yes we are just midway through Spring and the dahlias should start to flower around Christmas.  I only had 3 different dahlias last year but was amazed at the amount of flowers, their size and how long they flowered for.  I think that is what has won me over.  They stand so big and beautiful in the garden and this year I have added them to the back garden also.

I just love looking at all the wonderful dahlia pictures that people post here, it just encourages me to add more!!!

Comment by margaret woodford on September 28, 2011 at 5:55pm

thank lyn....our dahlia time is limited now,...maybe a few stragglers into October...i'll take any i can get..i also love them.....i agree...starting to become an "obsession".....good luck with your tubars...you're in NZ, so i imagine your season is just starting????

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