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DECORATIVE AND cactus dahlias make fabulous summer flower arrangements for home. Reds,
pinks, yellows, whites and many other shades are plentiful in August and September. i elu, a)

Showtime for summer flowers

THE GREAT spiky blooms

of cactus, pompon and

decorative dahlias put on a
* spectacular summer show.

These tall-growing bulb flowers
are especially popular among
home gardeners for both the
display they create in garden
borders and their long life as cut
flowers.

Dahlias are at their peak in
August and September. In fact,
they will go on flowering pro-
lifically through early autumn,
until the first frosts chill the air.
It’s not unusual to see dahlias in
bloom long. after most perennials
and annuals have finished flower-

ing.

Unlike many other bulb
flowers, no one has been able to
hybridize dahlias to bloom beyond
their natural flowering period.
That is why they are only avail-
able for a few short months.

In addition, due to the large
amount of space the plants require
in shipping and the fact that their
fragility makes them susceptible to
damage in transport, dahlias are
rarely cultivated by professional
growers. So cut dahlia bouquets
remain largely the preserve of avid
home gardeners.

There are actually a wide varie-
ty of dahlias flower forms from
which to choose. It was Anders
Dahl, the Swedish botanist in
whose honor the flower was nam-
ed, who did the most to cross

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various plant lines and create new
forms in the 18th century.

As their popularity increased,
the dahlia trade flourished. By the
latter part of that period, the
Dutch and English were actively
competing in this. business and
planting dahlias in their parks and
other public places.

Flower shapes include the fol-
lowing:

Cactus: looks like a spider, with
petals rolled into tubes; generally

large flowers (20 to 25 cm in di-
ameter); reaches 1.5 metres in
height;

Semi-cactus: Similar to cactus but
the petals are less rolled and
pointed; there are so many
hybrids of this and the previous
group that it can be difficult to
figure out to which class some
cultivars belong, thus semi- and
cactus dahlias are often listed

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