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Looks like a Zinnia
to me.
If Wunx and I can ever get our butts in gear, we're planning to build a website for the Utah Dahlia Society. Wunx is a designer and a web programmer and all sorts of other geeky things!
So, I happily partnered with her on this project knowing full well that 99.5% of the hard work would rest smack dab upon her shoulders.
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So, last night I thought I'd put forth 5 of the 10 minutes I intended to invest in the We.Be.Dahlias.com web site and that's when I began to see the error of my ways...
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Dahlias may look bold and beautiful but they're wimps in disguise.
- You have to dig them up in autumn or they'll freeze their little toes.
- They are highly susceptible to hungry buggers.
- They need a lot of water, fertilizer and TLC.
- Last but definitely not least - they don't grow well in my clay soil. The whole reason I volunteered for this gig was because I thought they'd give me a few bulbs!
Can you tell which of these flowers isn't a Dahlia
* The 50,000 varieties of Dahlias could be 20,000 varieties, depending upon which website you visit. Fingers crossed it's the latter...
4 comments:
I guess it is the last one but no idea really. They are all gorgeous. I can't wait to try and grow some even though I have to dig huge holes and fill them with real soil because all I have is clay too. I'm sure the Dahlia Society will appreciate whatever contribution you make!
Get real, Kate, you showed us the flowers' reproductive structures. That's a dead giveaway. Aquilegia caerules stamens and pistils look nothing like a Dahlia's. (What can I say, I look at the sex organs first. I must have a dirty mind.)
Proof positive, Wunx! I always suspected you were a tramp. :D
Giggle. I LOVE Wunx's answer, which I was going to say a little more subtly. I don't grow dahlias just for their wimpiness, and they also don't like the fog and lack of serious heat up here. But I do love those that resemble the first pic--they're just so tidy and patterned.
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