Thanks @Fairygirl The big russety orange dahlia and the white one came back after spending winter in the ground. Only 3 of 10 survived winter. The spiky one is new this year. Labels long gone but I shall nurture them this winter with lots of manure and compost and maybe some to protect the dahlia bed.
It's taken a while but I really love some of the dahlias now. Just need to work out how to get longer flower stems.......
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)."
I see the annual predictions for ‘the winter winter on record’ ❄️ 🥶 have started now there’s a fraction less B****t to fill the papers with ... does anyone keep a check on the predictions and whether they were right or not, do you think?
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
@Fairygirl They're from Mexico originaly aren't they so more likely insufficient watering and mulching?
@Dovefromabove I don't believe the forecast for the next few days if it includes rain. certainly don't pay attention to long range forecasts but I predict winter will be disastrous for somebody somewhere.
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)."
Given th eextremes we've had all over Europe this summer I don't think those predictions and warnings to prepare are unreasonable but only time will tell if they're accurate and cecessary respectively.
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)."
Obelixx, I find some dahlias survive winter better than others when left outside. Survivors are Arabian Nights, Pooh, Blue Bayou, cheap supermarket one with red and white stripes, ditto yellow and white, Bishop's Children and Yankie Doodle Dandy grown from seed. Can't remember the names of the others. My Bishop Of Landaff always die and now the local GC don't stock them any more.
Our Norfolk village doesn't have street lights, we take a torch to the pub up the road.
Quiet afternoon planned, ironing in front of TV.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
I suppose that's what I was getting at @Obelixx - dry ground etc. I just didn't follow through! I expect it's like a lot ofplants too - when they're established and more naturalised, they grow differently. Dunno - that's my theory anyway How about creating a manured bed with heftier soil and a heavy mulch, and put one in that and another in the usual conditions, then see what difference you get? A wee trial of your own. Winter being wintery? Whatever next.... Call me cyncial, but I think these daft forecasts are created by manufacturers and retailers, designed to make us spend money on 'stuff'. The nature of the UK landscape means that you can't reliably forecast anything more than a couple of days in advance. They also love these types of headline - and then when you read the whole thing you discover it's only a small part of the country that could be affected etc. I read the line about the Cairngorms temp dropping to minus 14 and laughed. Do they think that's unusual there ? A load of old hooey von fooey, but lots of folk fall for it
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Last year my dahlias all had short stems, this year I disbudded a few secondary buds, but not on all. This year they nearly all have longer stems. The only difference is that I haven't spent nearly two hours a night watering .
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It's taken a while but I really love some of the dahlias now. Just need to work out how to get longer flower stems.......
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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Is it the heat that stops them getting longer stems @Obelixx?
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
@Dovefromabove I don't believe the forecast for the next few days if it includes rain. certainly don't pay attention to long range forecasts but I predict winter will be disastrous for somebody somewhere.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Oh dear, I hope they are wrong.
Obelixx, I find some dahlias survive winter better than others when left outside. Survivors are Arabian Nights, Pooh, Blue Bayou, cheap supermarket one with red and white stripes, ditto yellow and white, Bishop's Children and Yankie Doodle Dandy grown from seed. Can't remember the names of the others. My Bishop Of Landaff always die and now the local GC don't stock them any more.
Our Norfolk village doesn't have street lights, we take a torch to the pub up the road.
Quiet afternoon planned, ironing in front of TV.
How about creating a manured bed with heftier soil and a heavy mulch, and put one in that and another in the usual conditions, then see what difference you get? A wee trial of your own.
Winter being wintery? Whatever next....
Call me cyncial, but I think these daft forecasts are created by manufacturers and retailers, designed to make us spend money on 'stuff'. The nature of the UK landscape means that you can't reliably forecast anything more than a couple of days in advance.
They also love these types of headline - and then when you read the whole thing you discover it's only a small part of the country that could be affected etc. I read the line about the Cairngorms temp dropping to minus 14 and laughed. Do they think that's unusual there ? A load of old hooey von fooey, but lots of folk fall for it
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...