It's definitely been a good year for Goldfinches and Greenfinches here, they get through so much food! [ATTACH][ATTACH]
I’ve found that all types of dahlias are attractive to bees and insects @Clare G Once the pom pom types are fully open the pollen is exposed. I...
I’ve been watching the osprey nest at Poole Harbour this season via their webcam, they’ve had an incredible season raising 4 chicks. I wonder if...
I generally buy them as tubers in the autumn @ViewAheadLots of places sell them online, I bought quite a few this year from Peter Nyssen and...
Following on from the post from @Athelas about the perfection of their dahlia Jowey Winnie, I took some photos of my Pom Pom dahlias. It’s...
Brilliant photo @Ezzie it really is glowing, a beautiful dahlia.
There’s loads of swallows still here @DiggersJo last year my swallows left here in the middle of September. Every evening we have about 20...
Finally, after a disastrous swallow nesting season for us, we have had 2 swallows fledge, our only 2 from the whole season. Last year we had 15...
As @Ezzie and @fairygirl have already mentioned dahlias are very greedy and need lots of water and feed. I water mine every other day and when...
Lots of my favourite Cafe au Lait flowers out at the moment. [ATTACH]These are a mixture of Cornel Brons, Wizard of Oz and Jill.[ATTACH]
These echinacea didn’t flower last year as I thought the foliage was a weed and pulled it out during early summer. I almost did the same this...
There’s still time for your Cafe au Lait @Wild_Violet one of mine hasn’t really got going yet but I’m always optimistic :smile: Your Red...
How interesting @NigelJ I had no idea about “colour fluidity” and very interesting that they use Cafe au Lait as an example. Now I know about it...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Not sure which Dahlias these are … last year I ordered Cafe au Lait Twist but when they bloomed they looked more like Cafe au...
Hi @katecat58 I bought some dahlia tubers from Sarah Raven last year and when they flowered they weren’t anything like what they were meant to be....
Pleased to see you’ve got a flower @fairygirl and it managed to evade the slugs! My leaves look very similar to yours, holes everywhere.I’ve...
Even the pom pom varieties provide nectar for the bees. This bumblebee fell asleep for ages in this dahlia, Cornel Brons, after feeding. [ATTACH]
I haven’t got any water lily type dahlias @Ezzie but your two dahlias are definitely making me want some for next year. Love Diana’s Memory :smile:
I was just watching my swallows flying around and more and more joined them, there was at least 20. They were all alarm calling, such a loud...
Hi @CarolineL no I don’t leave them in the ground over winter. I did in my first year of growing dahlias and about 50% survived so I’ve lifted...
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