How To Use Dahlia In A Sentence
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Close against them and overpeering their tops were hollyhocks and dahlias; against these stood at lesser height sweet peas, asters, zinnias, coreopsis and others of like stature; in front of these were poppies for summer, marigolds for autumn; beneath these again were verbenas, candytuft -- all this is sketched from memory, and I recall the winsome effect rather than species and names; and still below nestled portulaca and periwinkle.
The Amateur Garden
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Why don't my dahlias produce any flowers?
The Sun
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Look at those hollyhocks, like pyramids of roses; those garlands of the convolvulus major of all colours, hanging around that tall pole, like the wreathy hop-bine; those magnificent dusky cloves, breathing of the Spice Islands; those flaunting double dahlias; those splendid scarlet geraniums, and those fierce and warlike flowers the tiger-lilies.
Our Village
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Late flowering annuals and half-hardy perennials, like Rudbeckia, Nicotiana, Chrysanthemum and Argyranthemum come into their own now, along with tuberous plants like Begonia, Dahlia and Canna.
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There are literally thousands of cultivated varieties of Dahlias which have been hybridized throughout the years.
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He was also a keen angler and an enthusiastic gardener, with his dahlias and leeks becoming the envy of Hampshire.
Times, Sunday Times
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For years I planted carrots among the roses, giant marrows and dahlias, and daffodils and daisies interspersed with broccoli and artichokes.
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You could plant some tall growers, such as Cleome hasslerana, which is a favorite of hummingbirds, and at their feet cluster a few dwarf dahlias and some alyssum, which are easily grown in planters.
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Standing next to another pot stuffed with pink and white dahlias, orange mimulus and white lobelia, they should provide colour until the first frosts.
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Don't overlook summer-blooming callas, dahlias and cannas.
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The celosia for one (seed packet) and now I have dinner plate Dahlias about a foot and a half tall (tuber) bloom or not to bloom will tell the whole story of thrifty shopping.
Tulips 2010 « Fairegarden
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Cut flowers are provided for by a few rows of zinnias, dahlias and gladioli in the kitchen garden.
The Education of a Gardener
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He stirred in a decoction of the juice of snow dahlia and other flowers, and in this way he made a delicious sauce.
THE BROKEN GOD
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Her diary also contains numerous references to the bulbs, geraniums, hollyhocks, and dahlias that she planted, tended, and appreciated.
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The beautiful actress, who has been dating Josh since falling for him on the set of new movie ‘The Black Dahlia’, is reportedly desperate to settle down.
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Start begonias, caladiums, callas, cannas, dahlias, gladiolus, and hardy gloxinias in pots indoors on a sunny windowsill.
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The pillars were adorned in an exceedingly tasteful manner with vases of various flowers including dahlias, sunflowers and chrysanthemums and long trails of ivy and coloured creeper.
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Broad-leaved cannas, hostas, deep orange dahlias, fiery crocosmias and tender bulbs such as gloriosa will all add heat to the scene, while plants of architectural interest such as Fatsia japonica, palms, cordyline and phormium can all add to that tropical feel.
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Very fancy fences can be created from tall flowering annuals such as cleome, cosmos, dahlias, sweet peas and sunflowers for a display of spring, summer and autumn colour.
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The pit, immediately inside the door, received her, dahlias and all.
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The garden is full of marigolds, pansies, dahlias, primulas and nasturtiums, as well as shrub roses and climbers.
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Among these, the best known are the stunning Asiatic and Oriental lilies, dramatic gladioli, and the many incarnations of dahlia.
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While you're at it, start up your caladiums, elephant ears, dahlias and begonias early too.
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The schooling fish here are the big attraction but the walls are covered in orange soft corals and large red dahlia anemones.
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Huge boulders surround the site, festooned in dead man's fingers and plumose and dahlia anemones.
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It is a good time to buy and plant conifers and evergreens, summer-flowering bulbs and dahlia tubers.
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A Fight for Flower Power Andy McMillan for The Wall Street Journal Dahlinova Dahlias at Metrolina Greenhouses in Huntersville, N.C. More photos and interactive graphics This year, Home Depot is touting an exclusive "Stellar Blue" ageratum, or floss flower, that hides faded blooms as it grows, requiring less clipping.
The Garden Gloves Come Off
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You never know just what you will get when you plant dahlia seeds, but this type can be depended on for small flowers in assorted colors on dwarf plants.
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The dahlias died down when we had the first cold spell.
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Dahlia . We fight for the sin, not the sinner.
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Dormant dahlia tubers can be potted up this month to get them going before planting out in May or June.
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You would have to show some spirit to make the grade with Dahlia.
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She swept up her dahlias with an ample gesture, pushed it open, and struck downhill for the nave.
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I loved every moment he was around and would stand at his side as he cleaned the pond of its green duckweed, tugged dandelions from the lawn and snipped the dead heads off Dad's prized dahlias.
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When not chatting we could gaze at the colourful display of flowers, dahlias, geraniums, hibiscus and of course enjoy the delicious cakes and refreshments.
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Start begonias, caladiums, callas, cannas, dahlias, gladiolus, and hardy gloxinias in pots indoors on a sunny windowsill.
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Start begonias, caladiums, callas, cannas, and dahlias in pots indoors on a sunny windowsill.
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We have perennial wallflower, fuchsias, lobelia, dahlia and sedum still blooming - the sedum looking particularly good with deep reddish brown flowers and yellowing foliage.
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For example, Anthony Parsons 'passion was “the improvement of various florists’ flowers” and his pioneering work his work on dahlias, pansies, verbenas, petunias, hollyhocks and achimenes resulted in dozens of new hybrids, the forefathers of many we grow today.
The polymath in the garden
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Summer-flowering bulbs such as dahlias, begonias and anemones bring variety, texture, unique color and long flowering times to summer gardens.
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For especially dramatic container plants, try the summer flower bulbs, for starters: tuberose, oxalis, agapanthus, cannas, begonias, dahlias, caladiums, lilies, or elephant ears.
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Harvest celosia, statice, gladiolus, dahlias, collards, mustard, tatsoi, kale, carrots, sweet Williams, zinnia, lilies, chief celosia, arugula, bok choi, mei choi and Chinese cabbage.
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Replace fading cool-season annuals with heat lovers like celosias, dahlias, marigolds, petunias, salvias, and verbenas.
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Summer-flowering bulbs such as dahlias, begonias and anemones bring variety, texture, unique color and long flowering times to summer gardens.
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Semi-tropical natives such as dahlias, gladioli, begonias, canna, caladium, elephant ears, oxalis and other tender summer-flowering bulbs will not make it through the winter outside of the warmest climate zones.
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Here a bouquet of dahlias, astilbe, and love-lies-bleeding is tucked into a wire basket embellished with supermarket rhubarb.
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Last year I underestimated the growth of my hostas and planted dahlias somewhere in their vicinity.
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Non-hardy bulbs, such as cannas, dahlias, and gladiolus, should be removed from the ground.
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A black and green garden collection of 96 plants costs £120 and includes dark dahlias, cosmos, perilla and scabiosa and green euphorbias, gladiolus and zinnia.
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Cannas, chrysan-themums, dahlias, begonias and cosmos have all done well but the Impatiens grew too leggy and nibbling by rabbits has stunted the growth of heliotrope, Helichrysum and Nicotiana.
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Think of loft insulation and air pockets; that's the kind of thing you need to mulch dahlias.
Times, Sunday Times
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A brand new cutting garden will contain an assortment of dahlias, zinnias and petunias.
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The garden is full of marigolds, pansies, dahlias, primulas and nasturtiums, as well as shrub roses and climbers.
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Gooseberries and apples, in fact, figure just as largely in the early Transactions of the Royal Horticultural Society as new exotics like dahlias and chrysanths.
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In mild climates, dahlia tubers can overwinter in the ground; in cold climates, dig and store them in a frost-free place until planting time in spring.
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These include the dahlias and impatiens as well as roses, cyclamen, nicotiana, geum and the darkening petals of Sedum spectabile.
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For especially dramatic container plants, try the summer flower bulbs, for starters: tuberose, oxalis, agapanthus, cannas, begonias, dahlias, caladiums, lilies, or elephant ears.
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Start begonias, caladiums, callas, cannas, and dahlias in pots indoors on a sunny windowsill.
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A black and green garden collection of 96 plants costs £120 and includes dark dahlias, cosmos, perilla and scabiosa and green euphorbias, gladiolus and zinnia.
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Five large dahlias and several clusters of roses, ageratum, and cranesbill geraniums are usually enough for one bouquet.
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The wild cornflowers and sunflowers I grew on the allotment last year were a big hit: this year I'll be branching out with some retro dahlias.
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Replace fading cool-season annuals with heat lovers like celosias, dahlias, marigolds, petunias, salvias, and verbenas.
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Flower stands are jam-packed with summer's best bouquets: dahlias, daisies, cockscombs and especially lilies of all sorts in mouth-watering colors.
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Between the slightly overcrowded urns and statues there were bright dashes of color, here of dahlias in full bloom, there of reddening garlands of ampelopsis or Virginia creeper.
The Inner Shrine
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The bride, who was given in marriage by her father, looked very charming in a gown of dahlia shade marocain crepe made on the long moulded lines, with hat to match.
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For late-summer color, plant begonias, dahlias, gladiolus, montbretia, and tigridia.
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It was summer when I was there, and beds of dahlias, marigolds, carnations, violets and pansies painted the entire garden in rich reds, purples, yellows and blues.
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Here a bouquet of dahlias, astilbe, and love-lies-bleeding is tucked into a wire basket embellished with supermarket rhubarb.
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There, after tilling and amending the soil, he planted roses, perennials, and a smattering of seasonal tubers, such as dahlias and tuberoses.
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The garden is full of marigolds, pansies, dahlias, primulas and nasturtiums, as well as shrub roses and climbers.
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Summer-flowering bulbs such as dahlias, begonias and anemones bring variety, texture, unique color and long flowering times to summer gardens.
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Fuller, formerly head chef at The Dahlia Lounge, particularly impressed the judges with “olive-oil-poached albacore tuna with smoked king clampanzanella, arugula and avocado.”
Best New Chefs 2009
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Dahlias and yellow daisies - heleniums, helianthus and heliopsis - will all repay you for it with more flowers.
Times, Sunday Times
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Replace fading cool-season annuals with heat lovers like celosias, dahlias, marigolds, petunias, salvias, and verbenas.
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Think of loft insulation and air pockets; that's the kind of thing you need to mulch dahlias.
Times, Sunday Times
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Why, for instance, does Dahlia continue to control the purse strings after Ella is revealed as the rightful heir?
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It is a good time to buy and plant conifers and evergreens, summer-flowering bulbs and dahlia tubers.
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Semi-tropical natives such as dahlias, gladioli, begonias, canna, caladium, elephant ears, oxalis and other tender summer-flowering bulbs will not make it through the winter outside of the warmest climate zones.
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A handful of seasonal blooms - magenta dahlias, rusty orange calendulas, and rosy viburnum berries - celebrate the fall harvest.
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After the frosts, gardeners are wondering when it will be safe to plant out dahlias, tomatoes and other tender plants.
Times, Sunday Times
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Store bulbs and tubers of begonias, caladiums, cannas, dahlias, and gladioli in a cool, dry place until March, when they can be started indoors.
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Beside a bed of blood-red dahlias, Samantha grows callaloo, a type of spinach popular in the West Indian community and grown from a neighbour's cuttings.
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Very fancy fences can be created from tall flowering annuals such as cleome, cosmos, dahlias, sweet peas and sunflowers for a display of spring, summer and autumn colour.
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I got our cenoby ready for them, and in those days I used to look like -- like Dahlia, I nearly said, sib, but you never knew Dahlia.
Exodus From The Long Sun
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For especially dramatic container plants, try the summer flower bulbs, for starters: tuberose, oxalis, agapanthus, cannas, begonias, dahlias, caladiums, lilies, or elephant ears.
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Stand shrivelled dahlia tubers in warm water overnight to revive them.
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Together with gladioli, lilies and begonias, the dahlias are one of the most important and popular summer-flowering bulbs.
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Small, miniature, and pompon dahlias should be about 2' apart.
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Eighty per cent of the dahlias planted didn't work.
Times, Sunday Times
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When the Joker enters one fray with a murderous flourish and that sawed-off smile, his morbid grin a mirror of the Black Dahlia's ear-to-ear grimace, your nervous laughter will die in your throat.
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After the first frost has killed back the foliage, dig and store tender perennial bulbs such as dahlias and gladiolus that can't survive the winter in the ground in a cold climate.
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Colourful petunias, vincas, celosias, dahlias and so on offer a feast to the eyes.
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Rose, gladiolus, carnation and dahlia are some of the common flowers that are in style with customers.
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Store bulbs and tubers of begonias, caladiums, cannas, dahlias, and gladioli in a cool, dry place until March, when they can be started indoors.
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Start begonias, caladiums, callas, cannas, and dahlias in pots indoors on a sunny windowsill.
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He was also a keen angler and an enthusiastic gardener, with his dahlias and leeks becoming the envy of Hampshire.
Times, Sunday Times
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Choose flowers with full heads like dahlias, carnations, chrysanthemums and daffodils.
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Abutilons; agapanthus; alstremeria; amaryllis; anemone; aralia; araucaria; auricula; azaleas; begonias; cactus; caladium; calceolaria; calla; camellias; cannas; carnations; century plants; chrysanthemums; cineraria; clematis; coleus; crocus; croton; cyclamen; dahlia; ferns; freesia; fuchsia; geranium; gladiolus; gloxinia; grevillea; hollyhocks; hyacinths; iris; lily; lily-of-the-valley; mignonette; moon-flowers; narcissus; oleander; oxalis; palms; pandanus; pansy; pelargonium; peony; phlox; primulas; rhododendrons; rose; smilax; stocks; sweet pea; swainsona; tuberose; tulips; violet; wax plant.
Manual of Gardening (Second Edition)
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A new selective medium to be used to simply and quick isolate Verticillium dahliae in cotton from naturally infested soil was introduced.
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After frost kills their foliage, dig up callas, cannas, dahlias, tuberous begonias, and other tender bulbs.
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A good thing, too, as everyone soon agreed: despite its beautiful flower, the dahlia tuber is not very tasty!
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He was also a keen angler and an enthusiastic gardener, with his dahlias and leeks becoming the envy of Hampshire.
Times, Sunday Times
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Plant agapanthus, caladium, canna, gladiolus, lilies, nerine, tuberose, tuberous begonias, watsonia - and, of course, dahlias.
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The ligulate corollas also may often be found in Chrysanthemums, Dahlias, &c., more or less deeply divided into their component parts.
Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants
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By using new growing methods which are similar to cultivating chrysanthemums in pots, it is now possible to achieve a longer season for top quality potted dahlias.
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After frost kills their foliage, dig up callas, cannas, dahlias, gladiolus, tuberous begonias, and other tender bulbs, Dry off the bulbs and pack them in vermiculite or sterile potting soil.
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Replace fading cool-season annuals with heat lovers like celosias, dahlias, marigolds, petunias, salvias, and verbenas.
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On the micro level, I still have some flowers: dahlia, boltonia, verbena boniarensis, heliopsis, and plenty of potted annuals.
Gardening While Intoxicated
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Don't overlook summer-blooming callas, dahlias and cannas.
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His Tiny Tots dahlias are unique in that they give off a pleasant scent, something dahlias just don't do.
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Those who enjoy dinner plate sized dahlias, or even beds of exuberantly increasing sweet woodruff need not apply.
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Dahlias occupy a special place in many gardeners 'hearts, affording a spectacular range of types, sizes, and colors, ranging from small pompom blooms to amazing "dinner plate" flowers.
Did You Know? Mexico's national flower is the humble dahlia
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It also has a magnificent border of giant dahlias, a plant that has been out of fashion for years, but one that gives great value.
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In the big planters, I put dahlias and calla lilies.
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But between assignments, her family always went back to her maternal grandparents 'home in New Jersey where her grandfather loved to grow roses and her grandmother had all of the old-fashioned plants such as hollyhocks, dahlias, lilacs, lilies-of-the-valley and mock orange.
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Although David follows these steps with tuberous begonias, they work for other tender bulbs, such as cannas, gladioli and dahlias.
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In what are erroneously called double flowers in this order, _e. g._ in the Chrysanthemum, Dahlia, &c. &c., the florets are all ligulate.
Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants
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Stake and support dahlias, gladioli, chrysanthemums and other top-heavy border plants.
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Choose flowers with full heads like dahlias, carnations, chrysanthemums and daffodils.
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Next to the mishmash of blackened dahlias, nicotiana rose staunchly and the roses that had been buds the day before were unfurling.
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The dahlias died down when we had the first cold spell.
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Most of the small Dahlias are early and profuse bloomers, starting to flower in July and continuing right through till frost.
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Dressing like your Aunt Dahlia DOES NOT mean I am prim, censorious and frigid.
Are SlutWalkers losing their way? | Victoria Coren
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Noting how thin the Professor's ash-coloured hair seemed to be, over the crown of his head, in comparison with Dahlia's luxuriant and elaborately dressed chestnut locks, I felt depressedly that the disparity in age was more marked than is often seen.
A Court of Inquiry
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For added summer color, Shari tucks tall ageratum, ‘Bluebird’ nemesia, calibrachoa, dahlias, and impatiens between the shrubs.
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We have perennial wallflower, fuchsias, lobelia, dahlia and sedum still blooming - the sedum looking particularly good with deep reddish brown flowers and yellowing foliage.
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Stake and support dahlias, gladioli, chrysanthemums and other top-heavy border plants.
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For red choose from annual phlox, celosia, dahlia, flowering tobacco, geranium, petunia, Salvia coccinea, or scarlet sage.
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Semi-tropical natives such as dahlias, gladioli, begonias, canna, caladium, elephant ears, oxalis and other tender summer-flowering bulbs will not make it through the winter outside of the warmest climate zones.
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Fructan occurs in many economically important species, for example, in the vegetative tissues of the temperate forage grasses and cereals and in the perennating organs of chicory, artichoke, asparagus, dahlia, and the onion family.
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A black and green garden collection of 96 plants costs £120 and includes dark dahlias, cosmos, perilla and scabiosa and green euphorbias, gladiolus and zinnia.
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For instance, the Dutch dahlia trade is said to be worth some 50 million dollars a year, the second highest figure for floriculture after tulips.
Did You Know? Mexico's national flower is the humble dahlia
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Crocuses and gladioli, for example, are really corms, while such favorites as dahlias and begonias are really tubers.
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My dahlias are flowering but the petals are ragged and tatty.
Times, Sunday Times
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Don't allow stored dahlias and cannas to get too dry or they will be difficult to start into growth again in the spring.
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When Dahlia tubers shoot, divide and plant in a sunny spot in the garden.
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Now we fasten pinecones to the dahlia sticks and shake them out every few days.
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Container gardens are also perfect for perennials, annuals, and summer bulbs such as lilies or dahlias.
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Yellow roses to signify joy and friendship, deep pink roses that send a message of thankfulness or dahlias, those symbols of good taste, might be more appropriate choices to express your sentiments.
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Dahlias are best dug up and brought in when the foliage has been blacked by the first frosts, although warmer winters do give them a better chance of surviving in the garden.
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I planted hundreds of dahlias and the frost killed them all.
Times, Sunday Times
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The wild cornflowers and sunflowers I grew on the allotment last year were a big hit: this year I'll be branching out with some retro dahlias.
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Coorg is a floral paradise and flowers like the huge dahlia, the anthurium, the orchid, the hibiscus, the lily, the rare pink allamande, the passion flower, the wild dhatura and the rose, bloom with supreme abandon.
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Plant summer bulbs such as gladiolus, dahlias and lilies.
SFGate: Top News Stories
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Marine life is as expected: spectacular walls of dead men's fingers and dahlia anemones.
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Dahlia Lithwick reports that it was a very depressing day in the Court, and not just because the conservative men on the bench seemed to think that adults have the authority to treat teenage girls 'bodies as though they were the trunks of cars stopped on the highway and that the girls in question should respond as emotionlessly and unquestioningly as cars.
The difference between in loco parentis and loco school principals
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The same goes for roses, columbine, dahlias, veronicas, salvias and many perennials - and it's true for most annuals as well.
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Keep working on late-season flowers such as rudbeckia, helianthus, heliopsis, helenium and dahlias.
Times, Sunday Times
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Last year I underestimated the growth of my hostas and planted dahlias somewhere in their vicinity.
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Stake and support dahlias, gladioli, chrysanthemums and other top-heavy border plants.
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Like dahlias you dig them up in the autumn, store in a frost-free place and replant in the spring,’ he says.
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Their drab brown contrasted with the bright red of the dahlia anemones just centimetres away.
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Clean out the greenhouse and make way for incoming pelargoniums, chrysanthemums and dahlias that will need protection from the frost.
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The easygoing summer bulbs - callas, dahlias, gladiolus, and lilies (Asiatic and Oriental hybrids) - come back in garden beds or containers year after year.
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Colourful petunias, vincas, celosias, dahlias and so on offer a feast to the eyes.
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Is it too early to plant out dahlias?
The Sun
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There were dahlia and rhododendron plants, avocado trees and fuchsias, even a fascinating hairy-leaved thing called a baboon flower.
There's Something In A Sunday
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Everything that could still bloom did—impatiens, begonias, pansies, fuchsias, dahlias, primroses, verbenas, and the last of the roses, their heads full-blown on skeletal stems.
Mourn Not Your Dead
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She was ladened with gifts: a jar of tomato relish, a huge cake of maple sugar, a bottle of a new kind of liniment for Grandpa, and such an armful of dahlias and phlox and asters and gladioli as Christina had never seen in her life.
In Orchard Glen
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This day we had frost, and the zinnias, dahlias, and blue ageratum died.
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In the beds, rich red and pink penstemons are flowering well as are the dahlias.
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The four-part series 100 Hollywood Crimes, Misdemeanors & Dirty Deeds will examine famous tragedies like the Black Dahlia murder and the slaying of Sharon Tate, the sex scandals of Roman Polanski and Hugh Grant, and even the more minor crimes that have landed starlets like Paris Hilton and Winona Ryder in hot water.
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It is a good time to buy and plant conifers and evergreens, summer-flowering bulbs and dahlia tubers.
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Cannas and dahlias may need to be lifted and stored.
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It will be noted that there is quite a spread, however, between the exact language of the law and the Committee report, for example: under the law it would appear that a dahlia might be excluded, and it also raises the question, under the language of the law, as to many of the root plants, such as peonies and others.
Northern Nut Growers Report of the Proceedings at the Twenty-First Annual Meeting Cedar Rapids, Iowa, September 17, 18, and 19, 1930
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Among the other flowers in the 10,000-odd pots were dahlias, snapdragons, phlox and petunias.
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Cutting across our path, there was a riot of colour as dahlia anemones jostled for space with dead men's fingers and sea stars.
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Artist, educator and fashion designer Sasha Duerr uses just about anything to dye clothing: from kitchen waste (coffee grounds, avocado pits and onion skins) to invasive "weeds" (wild fennel, oxalis) to the leaves, fruit or petals of nearly any tree or plant (maple, pear, fern, dahlia, etc).
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‘Bulbs are the flamboyant superstars of summer - think of lilies, dahlias, tuberous begonias, canna, caladium, gladioli, elephant ears, pineapple plants and agapanthus,’ she said.
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He was also a keen angler and an enthusiastic gardener, with his dahlias and leeks becoming the envy of Hampshire.
Times, Sunday Times
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Most of us have our genes arrayed on two chains of chromosomes, one from each parent; dahlias have eight chromosome sets, which makes them, technically speaking, octoploid.
SFGate: Top News Stories
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Bunt Newcombe came out of a side door of the stable. He was wearing overalls and a greasy barn smock, and he moved with an odd swing of one leg. "Bum leg, " Dahlia said.
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On the micro level, I still have some flowers: dahlia, boltonia, verbena boniarensis, heliopsis, and plenty of potted annuals.
Gardening While Intoxicated
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What we got in return were cocoa, corn, tomatoes, dahlias, jalapa mirabilis, poinsettias and a host of other flowers and of course capsicums, both sweet and chilli.
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Moving into deeper waters in the fjords you'll encounter shoals of mackerel, saithe and juvenile cod, and on the high-energy sites there are walls of orange dead man's fingers, plumose and dahlia anemones.
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Last winter I left my dahlias in the ground under a mulch, but they all turned to mush in the cold.
Times, Sunday Times
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We have perennial wallflower, fuchsias, lobelia, dahlia and sedum still blooming - the sedum looking particularly good with deep reddish brown flowers and yellowing foliage.
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Her diary also contains numerous references to the bulbs, geraniums, hollyhocks, and dahlias that she planted, tended, and appreciated.
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If you garden in a sheltered urban location, you can probably leave your dahlias in the ground through the winter.
Times, Sunday Times
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Dahlia was not uncomfortable, she was bristling - seething.
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O'Neill identified dahlia as a blue violet developed from aniline red, while Schultz identified it variously as methyl violet and a mixture of magenta and methyl violet.
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The Chrysanthemum eelworm also attacks asters, chrysanthemums, dahlias, doronicums and some common garden weeds such as groundsel, sow thistle, buttercup and chickweed.
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Not as glaring as a tithonia or a marigold, not as in-your-face as a dahlia.
Times, Sunday Times
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These include the dahlias and impatiens as well as roses, cyclamen, nicotiana, geum and the darkening petals of Sedum spectabile.
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There's a little purple potato from Switzerland, a sprawling cardoon of Tours, his own breeds of tomatoes and dahlias.
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The days are shortening and we see less of the sun, but temperatures have stayed high enough to prolong the blooming of even tender specimens such as dahlias and impatiens, which would succumb overnight to a frost.
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Within the railings is a flower-garden of respectable dahlias and chrysanthemums, where a man is sweeping the leaves from the grass.
A Pair of Blue Eyes
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Reveling in the sheer variety of natural forms, the photographer renders with equal finesse the undulating curves of dahlia blossoms and the bristling spikes of thistles and cacti.
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My bid to avoid supermarket plastic-wrapped flowers this year is going well: hardly a week's gone by when I haven't had a couple of vases of cornflowers on the windowsill or some dahlias in a glass.
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A black and green garden collection of 96 plants costs £120 and includes dark dahlias, cosmos, perilla and scabiosa and green euphorbias, gladiolus and zinnia.
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Fructan occurs in many economically important species, for example, in the vegetative tissues of the temperate forage grasses and cereals and in the perennating organs of chicory, artichoke, asparagus, dahlia, and the onion family.
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Together with gladioli, lilies and begonias, the dahlias are one of the most important and popular summer-flowering bulbs.
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The choir stalls displayed large bunches of wheat and asparagus ferns, while colour was added by a profusion of dahlias.
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She pulled an orange dahlia penwiper out of her pocket.
To Say Nothing of the Dog
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Don't forget the flower beds - plant dahlias and gladioli now.
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Then there are to be eschscholtzias, dahlias, sunflowers, zinnias, scabiosa, portulaca, yellow violas, yellow stocks, yellow sweet-peas, yellow lupins -- everything that is yellow or that has a yellow variety.
Elizabeth and Her German Garden