Lovely displays, and the photo of the painting. I had a pot on my bench over Winter and thought it was my Toad Lily... but it has been a nice surprise to see it was the Cosmos ‘Chocamocha’. I wasn’t sure if it would survive the winter. Once it’s got more blooms, I hope to put that in my next posy. Not sure what happened to the Toad Lily though...
I'm very much hoping @Mary370 saw the tagging and isn't still upset. It's really clear to me that Liri was talking about herself only. Blame it on the heat?
Thanks Obelixx. I bought the Dahlia from the bargain bin in Summer, with flowers fading, and planted it out and it is now just starting to put on a second flush. I will be buying more next year as very pleased.
I bought about 8 plants as tubers in bags this spring. 2 did nothing but the others have flowered, finally, but with very short 3 or 4" stems. Been a bit lazy about cutting them so yesterday I cut off all the spent heads and bunged all the good ones in wee vases. I'm hoping that'll encourage longer stems as there seem to be plenty of buds to come. New to this dahlia lark.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
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A lot of my giant dahlias only have short stems. The ones I cut have short stems so that the buds behind develop in about a week. They are good in what I call an eclectic mix of vases. Single flowers in old whiskey or gin bottles, or very short stems, balanced on top of jam jars full of water. The fireplace looks like it has a load of waterlilies on it, heads facing up. I can't seem to post pictures any more since they changed the rules. The cafe au lait have done well, along with Kelvin floodlight I bought as tubers from Lidl. I will definitely be saving them for next year.
Short stems are fine on the plant but a 3" stem for a 6" wide flower is definitely top heavy in a vase tho they seem to be lasting well once I've got their vertigo sorted.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
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I had a pot on my bench over Winter and thought it was my Toad Lily... but it has been a nice surprise to see it was the Cosmos ‘Chocamocha’. I wasn’t sure if it would survive the winter. Once it’s got more blooms, I hope to put that in my next posy. Not sure what happened to the Toad Lily though...
Japanese Anemones, Cosmos (various including Chocamocha), Dahlia ‘Genova’ and Sedum ‘Autumn Joy’.