Dahlias
Mark suggested a walk through the Bellevue Botanical Gardens this morning and I jumped at the chance. After seeing the incredible display of Dahlias in the flower stalls at the Market downtown last week, I was anxious to see if the Botanical Garden had a section for them. And I wasn’t disappointed.
We grew Dahlias in Oregon for a couple of years, coming off the inspiration provided by the Swann Island Dahlia Farm in Canby, Oregon. They are one of the largest producers of bulbs-by-mail and their display gardens are wonderful, topped only by the acres of flowers in their production fields. Very much like the tulip festival, the Dahlia festival was a highlight of the end of summer. I’m such a sucker for that stuff!
So now I have dreams of a Dahlia garden of our own. Surely there will be a good place for them in our soon-to-be backyard. It is truly wonderful to have something concrete to look forward to again, instead of just that ‘someday’ and ‘whenever’ and ‘if only’ business…
posted by Cathy @ 2:47 PM
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Beautiful flowers! Can you grow columbine there? When Kathy and I were in Colorado last year, there were the most beautiful mountain meadows with fields of wildflowers, a lot of them columbine. There were lots of varieties of colors and they have a very exotic shape to the flower. I'm sure they would make a wonderful addition to your future back ( or front ) yard too!
Yes! Columbine will grow here - we saw some in Microsoft's landscaping as we walk around their campus this spring. It is one of my favorites too but gardeners tend to not use it because the foliage doesn't do much and it only blooms once and then is sort of in the way. But a perennial garden would be just the thing!
Incidently, there is an incredible yellow variety that grows on a single hillside on Mt Lemon in the spring - up past the ski area.
Thanks, We'll have to go up there and look for it.
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