Bee's eye view

[ladyapple27]

My orange blend dahlia.

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[eqfe.livejournal.com]

Beautiful colors and shades. What size is it?

[ladyapple27.livejournal.com]

Big-the plant gets 6-8 ft tall before pulling down the stakes each year. The blooms are in the 6-7 inch range. If it was properly pruned, the blossoms would be dinnerplates, but I prefer having more blooms over fewer gigantic ones.

Bonus: No 2 blossoms are identical, and the colors change with the weather.

[eqfe.livejournal.com]

Very yummy. I'm with you, those dinnerplate size dahlias need to be individually supported.

[ladyapple27.livejournal.com]

I'm going to use bigger stakes on this one next year. Then again, I used bigger stakes this year than last, and Big Orange was too much for them.

[trekkingkitty.livejournal.com]

Wow, that is so pretty.

[rhodielady-47.livejournal.com]

I really love this dahlia! Do you remember the name of it?
Thanks for posting the pic!
:)

[ladyapple27.livejournal.com]

My brother calls it "Kudzilla" because it's impossible to keep it in bounds or stake it so that it doesn't fall over. I wish that I did know the name. Momma bought it years ago and has long since forgotten what it was called.

[rhodielady-47.livejournal.com]

I do like a vigorous plant in the garden. I enjoyed seeing the subtle play of color of these flowers in the pic's.
:)

[wherrymotor.livejournal.com]

Georgia Okeefe comes to mind at once.

[ladyapple27.livejournal.com]

Does she? That's pretty good company.

[wherrymotor.livejournal.com]

Last year's Chickfest took place at G.O.'s digs out west, a famous salon.