the southern Belle. Look at all those petticoats! All dressed up & only me to see & then swoon over. A gift from Stephanie for my cut flower garden. LOVE.
I’ve seen them written that way here too. Usually that is how a woman’s name is spelled. I wrote it that way b/c that is the way it was written on the tag. I’ve never seen any that are dark, but then I’ve never really shopped for them b/c I thought they looked so fake. It wasn’t until I posted it that it occurred to me that they looked a bit overdone, like too many petticoats under a big hoop skirt in ‘Gone with the Wind’ (movie)! I’d love to find/see a dark one. I bought another while shopping with the woman who had gifted me the yellow. I always think flowers love to have company of another. Flowers seem to thrive when planted beside one of the same species–or i’m just sentimental & think they’d do better with a friend. 🙂 I know I do. ~amy
I think Dahlias are enjoying a revival. For quite some time they were considered a bit too full-blown and over the top. They were the kind of flowers which the old-boy gardeners would grow. Oh, and now I have said that I can smell them!!! (Not the old boys, the flowers)!!!!
I am a HUGE fan of green and black flowers and have one bed where this colour scheme is very prominent.
I agree with you about planting and I always plant groups of the same species.
I so wish you were close by Amy. I do so feel that I can empathise with your joy and pain and that we tread a similar path through life. It’s good to know that there are like minded souls out there, however distant.
Thanks for the great reply.-Karen.
I wished we lived by one another too. I’d love to share some plants & advice. I never thought of having a dark color schemed garden before. I do have green flowers. Dahlias do seem a bit too full blown. They seem a bit to stunning to be real. I can’t wait until my perennials grow in so I can show you all my old fashioned flowers. I love the classics. I love having you as a pen-pal, Karen. Whenever I see your face in my comments, I can’t wait to read yours b/c I know you’ll make me happy or teach me something. ~amy
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Very much so. Thank you! ~amy
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In England, we call them Dahlias (pronounced day-lee a’s). I love them, especially the big, dark, almost black ones. What a lovely gift. -Karen
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I’ve seen them written that way here too. Usually that is how a woman’s name is spelled. I wrote it that way b/c that is the way it was written on the tag. I’ve never seen any that are dark, but then I’ve never really shopped for them b/c I thought they looked so fake. It wasn’t until I posted it that it occurred to me that they looked a bit overdone, like too many petticoats under a big hoop skirt in ‘Gone with the Wind’ (movie)! I’d love to find/see a dark one. I bought another while shopping with the woman who had gifted me the yellow. I always think flowers love to have company of another. Flowers seem to thrive when planted beside one of the same species–or i’m just sentimental & think they’d do better with a friend. 🙂 I know I do. ~amy
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I think Dahlias are enjoying a revival. For quite some time they were considered a bit too full-blown and over the top. They were the kind of flowers which the old-boy gardeners would grow. Oh, and now I have said that I can smell them!!! (Not the old boys, the flowers)!!!!
I am a HUGE fan of green and black flowers and have one bed where this colour scheme is very prominent.
I agree with you about planting and I always plant groups of the same species.
I so wish you were close by Amy. I do so feel that I can empathise with your joy and pain and that we tread a similar path through life. It’s good to know that there are like minded souls out there, however distant.
Thanks for the great reply.-Karen.
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I wished we lived by one another too. I’d love to share some plants & advice. I never thought of having a dark color schemed garden before. I do have green flowers. Dahlias do seem a bit too full blown. They seem a bit to stunning to be real. I can’t wait until my perennials grow in so I can show you all my old fashioned flowers. I love the classics. I love having you as a pen-pal, Karen. Whenever I see your face in my comments, I can’t wait to read yours b/c I know you’ll make me happy or teach me something. ~amy
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So Lovely!
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Thanks, Jennay. It is a stunning blossom. ~amy
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