My First Dahlia!
10 years ago
In 15+ years of gardening I've never kept one dahlia alive - until now. And it's one the grower warned me NOT to grow this far south - 'York & Lancaster'. In Spring it was crushed underneath a felled tree limb. I was determined NOT to let it die. This is the result:
Each flower is different from the one before it - on the same plant!
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