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Decorative Dahlia
Dahlia 'Dalina Samoa’
(DAHL-ya)
Orange flowers aren’t my favorite but over the years they have become more beautiful to my eye. ‘Samoa’ is a nice dark shade of orange and the flowers look nice growing against the dark green foliage. I have been very happy growing the Dalina type of Dahlias. They are short (big bonus, no staking) and seem to produce a lot of flowers. The color range is also good. They are mostly named after far off tropical locations, which is always fun when planting them in our cold, damp spring.
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Here is another Dahlia. It looks like a Cactus type even though the tag said ‘Bishop of Oxford’. I am pretty sure that name is wrong but it is still a beautiful flower.
3 comments:
Mmm, so beautiful flowers.. colours are very pleasant.. Thanks..
Greetings..
The composition of your photographs are absolutely fabulous. I find I am attracted to the yellows and oranges more in the fall.
Gorgeous photos. I do love flowers.
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