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| Dahlia pom-pom from seed |
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| dahlia pom pom in a cage |
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| Dahlia Glory of Nordwijk: profilic bloomer |
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| Dahlia Glory of Nordwijk: close up view |
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| Dahlia kelvin floodllight from tuber |
Sunday 7 April 2013
Dahlia
I have few variety of dahlia, i do not know whether growing dahlia in lowland tropic is a curse or a blessing. Dahlia that i've grown from seed is more than a year old and from tuber is 9 months old and are still going strong. After i deadhead all the spent flower and smaller branches, i fertilise it, new shoot will grow and it will flower again, since energy is spent above the ground it do not think it has time to form tuber.The flower is also smaller than in temperate country because it has no resting time ( dormancy period)
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Dahlia it's a beautiful flower!I had this kind of flowers last year in a patchwork.I like the white one(in the last picture):)
ReplyDeleteI love dahlias, there are so many of them, anyone can find something interesting for himself or herself :)
ReplyDeleteDahlias very elegant. Always surprises me with so many tubers they develop in the soil.
ReplyDeleteMarc: Actually it is yellow, but the colour is almost white because i grow it in partial shade.
DeleteDewberry: i love it too, it comes in many shape and colour, waiting for cactus dahlia to bloom.
Tukangkebun: dahlia do not produce many tuber in the tropic , too busy flowering i guess:-)
mak sy ada tanam a few types of dahlia...sy cuba nak semai tapi not sure rupa benihnya..biji halus ke atau ada macam rambut2 halus?
ReplyDeletePernah tengok benih zinnia tak? Benih dia lebih kurang benih zinnia, kira besar juga benihnya sbb boleh pegang, kenapa tak tanam Dari keratan batang? Lagi senang
Deleteokey sy ada zinnia seeds..boleh compare...tak tahu pulak boleh tanam dgn keratan btg nya...nak cuba lah..thanks ya!
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