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The joy of planting dahlias

Always smiling @allknowing (153529) • India 26 Jul

We had a dahlia plant while we were in the city. It came from a tuber that I bought online The tuber had to be kept in storage until it sprouted. I gently placed it in a pot and saw it coming to life. In days it grew to be a...

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Dahlia

Always smiling @allknowing (153529) • India 27 Feb 25

The petal formation in a dahlia is perfect. There are many colours and sizes on finds in this flower. They are easy to grow given the right climate. The only defect if I might call it is the stem sometimes cannot carry the...

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No other flower is as well formed as the dahlia

Always smiling @allknowing (153529) • India 24 Apr 23

While living in the city I did have success growing dahlias but here in this semi rural town somehow they do not thrive I have not seen a single garden around here that has dahlias. I ,marvel how well formed the petals are each...

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Gardening is a never-ending learning process

Fleur @Fleura (35062) • United Kingdom 5 May 22

Maybe that’s why it’s so good for us. Gardening is well known to be good for both physical and mental health, and it certainly does keep you looking forward all the time, and learning new things. I’ve been growing things almost...

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In Birbhum and Bankura the dahlia flower farms attract dragonflies and butterflies

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23245) 9 Apr 22

The flies and insects venture around the flowering biosphere. Bankura and Birbhum in West Bengal are very fertile. There are flower farms spread across big areas. There are lovely flowers like dahlias, crysanthemum, hibiscus. In...

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The yellow dahlia grows bigger in size in spring season.

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23245) 21 Feb 22

It is now spring season in Kolkata and India. I have planted yellow dahlia plants in pots in my balcony. In the winter they have smaller flowers. In the spring season there are bigger flowers. The sunlight is stronger in the...

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The yellow dahlia glitters like gold in the winter.

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23245) 12 Feb 22

I have planted yellow dahlia in the pots in my balcony. The flowers are really big. The winter is ending in Kolkata now. In the soft sunlight the flowers glitter like gold. There is no fragrance but the flowers create a treat for...

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The Flower Valley at Khirai in Kolaghat is amazing.

Dr Souvik Chatterji @sathviksouvik (23245) 29 Dec 20

The beautiful flowers like Dahlia, Chandramallika in flower valley in Khirai in Kolaghat are amazing. They are white in colour. They make the entire place look white. Many farmers buy the seeds for their nurseries from the...

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Beautiful dahlia

nawala @nawala123 (20871) • Indonesia 30 Jun 20

This morning i went to my father farm. Along the way, i saw so many flowers, and mostly is white and red roses. But therr are many dahlia too. It is flower which cane from Mexico

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A Little Bit of Sunshine

Jackie Money @olliesmum (828) • Norwich, England 14 Sep 19

Amongst my recent dahlia purchases was this little beauty. It was a bit slow to show me what it had to offer but, as the days get shorter and the sun less powerful, it's lovely to walk out in the garden and be greeted by this ray...

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Dahlia Delight

Jackie Money @olliesmum (828) • Norwich, England 14 Sep 19

I bought some rather sad looking little dahlia plants back at the beginning of the summer and, despite some of them doing extremely well during July and August, there were two or three that looked as if they'd come to nothing but...

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The National Flower of Mexico - The Dahlia

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382240) • Rockingham, Australia 19 Feb 17

We recently visited a retirement village in Bunbury, Western Australia, after receiving several invitations to various 'open days'. Currently there are about nine units up for sale and we were able to look through these at our...

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retirement village

western australia

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When do you plant dahlias?

annamol @annamol (275) • United States 21 Jul 10

A friend promised me some dahlias. They are so beautiful but I'm very new for this plan and don't know much about it. Do you have good experience with growing dahlias? When do you plant them when you first get them?

the black dahlia

jiffys_frog_woman @jiffys_frog_woman (4050) • United States 12 Jan 08

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