D-D-D-Dahlias!

It’s been my first year growing dahlias, and I am completely besotted with them! They are currently the absolute star of our cutting garden at Holly-Bee, and have been for a good couple of months or so. With a bit of work to start with- potting the tubers up somewhere frost-free in Spring, making sure slugs don’t get to the new shoots, and feeding them fortnightly once planted out- they then work so hard, producing an unbelievable amount of flowers. And they keep on flowering until the first heavy frosts (which could be any day now). There are so many varieties and colours to choose from, my list for next year is already too long…