Dahlia Row

| Flower Roberts

I usually do not plant in rows.

But I envisioned a bed of tall dahlias along this walkway through a hill.

I thought it would be great to look down on the blooms.

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Snow Country Dahlia

Last fall I amended the soil with all the ingredients dahlias love…

compost from the kitchen, bunny poop and mushroom compost.

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Firepot dahlia

I even topped them off with a special stinky concoction that included fish emulsion and Epsom salts.

They have grown wonderfully.

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Thomas Edison dahlia

They were so beefy they needed extra staking.

I think my dahlias are happy in a row.

Don’t you?

FLOW

 

10 thoughts on “Dahlia Row”

  2. Beautiful. I think you created a perfect home for your Dahlias. I have not tried to grow them in this Arkansas clay soil, but they use to grow for me in the sandy soil of Arizona. Love the colors you planted.

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    1. Thanks Peggy. The other dahlias scattered throughout the gardens have not done this well.
      Dahlias have their own requirements. That is why I decided to put them together. I will keep doing this. It is easier.

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      1. I started over with my flower planting when I moved. I moved from Arizona to Arkansas in the winter time. I find things that grew in the Arizona sand do not do good in this Arkansas clay soil.

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