The Flowers of the Year for 2013 have been announced.
This year the flowers of the year were selected by the Nanaimo Galdiolus & Dahlia Society (we alternate years selecting the flowers of the year).
The single will be Gwyneth which is an orange waterlily (WL OR).
Photo from http://www.mountainvalleydahlias.com
The triple will be Lakeview Glow which is a small (over 4 to 6 inches in diameter), yellow incurved cactus (BB IC Y)
Photo from http://www.dahliasbylesandviv.com
Dahlias work extremely well as border plants and in pots and as an added benefit the bees and butterflies love them. Pictured below are some dahlia varieties that work particularly well in the garden border, including Rembrandt which grows to about 12″ tall and Bonne Esperance which grows to 18 to 24″.
Here is the 2016 Victoria Dahlia Society Show – Winners List
It’s early-July and the dahlia garden is starting to come to life in Victoria. Below is a photo of Jomanda growing in Rob and Sarah’s garden – what’s growing in your garden? Send your dahlia photos to vdspublicity@shaw.ca so we can post what’s blooming in your garden.
It’s mid-June and my dahlias are growing well, soon it will be time to start disbranching and disbudding! It won’t be long before the blooms are ready and it will be time to bring them into the VDS Annual Show, taking place on August 16th and 17th at Westshore Town Centre. If you want to…
This is just a reminder that the Victoria Dahlia Society Show is free for anyone to enter. You do not have to be a Society member, you just need to have some dahlias in your garden. You also don’t have to have any experience showing dahlias as there are many Society members who would be…
Link to Times-Colonist article
