My pretties [gardening]

[rebeccmeister]

I continue to be pleased with the flowers I've grown this year.









They're a good way to justify the ridiculous number of vases that I still have even after paring down the ceramics collection.

Comments

[threemeninaboat]

I love them!

[rebeccmeister]

They fill me with glee and they smell wonderful!

I mostly associate them with my grandpa, who grew a big, beautiful variety in his garden every year until he couldn't anymore.

For some reason, dahlia bulbs were given away at my dad's funeral. I don't really know why they were a thing that was given away, and they ran out so I didn't get any at the time.

[missroserose]

Those are just gorgeous! I love how the colors contrast with the vases, especially with the black dahlias.

[rebeccmeister]

Thank you! I had fun picking through my vase collection for these flowers. :^)

[altamira16]

The flowers and the vases are beautiful.

[rebeccmeister]

Thank you! I'm so pleased to have such a beautiful spot in my house right now, given how much of life kind of feels like a shambles these days. (it just feels like a shambles because of too much working!)

[cmcmck]

Just stunning! :o)

[rebeccmeister]

Thank you!!

[thisnewday]

My second comment, after I said how lovely and interesting your flowers are, was going to be how much I liked the vases they're in. So don't diss the ceramics, lol...

[rebeccmeister]

Ha! I have made ceramics for ages and ages, and when that happens, a person winds up accumulating an excessive number of vases. So I only kept the ones that I really, really like so I don't have quite so many things that need to be kept dusted. I happen to love these vases, too. :^)

[twoeleven]

Very pretty!

Are dahlias hardy there, do you lift them every year, or do you treat them as annuals? The one time I tried them, they didn't come back, but that was a freakishly cold winter, and I may not have planted them deep enough.

[rebeccmeister]

I'm pretty sure they're NOT hardy here. Too cold in the winter! This is the first year I've ever grown them, so I am planning to lift them just after the first frost and will store them in the basement or thereabouts (not on the floor!).

[mallorys_camera]

Really? You recommend digging them out? I planted one this year, and the flowers are amazing. Why can't you store the tubers on the floor?

[rebeccmeister]

I think most folks could do perfectly well storing them on the floor. We just have the issues here of this being an, ahem, "dry" basement. :^)

I haven't tried just leaving them, but from what I understand they're not especially freeze-tolerant. So I'm thinking better safe than sorry!

[rainswolf]

Those deep red ones are really nice.