Great balls of fire: Dahlias are weird, wonderful and well worth the wait

Look, I love digging and pruning as much as the next horticulturalist, but there are some things I find very irritating about gardening. For instance, seeing a plant growing in a garden, looking stupendous, and then getting on the internet and finding I have to wait until next year to get hold of it. Someone more Zen-like and philosophical than myself might then ponder life's changing cycle, the beauty of the turning leaves, mumbling "for everything there is a season", etc. Me, it just leaves tetchy and irritated. I want it now. Now, I tell you.






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