We’ve written before about growing our own Dahlias and over the years we’ve been trying to refine our collection so that there is a bit more colour co-ordination and less of Mark’s “vibrant mixes”.

We’ve got a few spaces dedicated to flowers in the allotments.  We like the idea that the plots should be decorative as well as functional and there are times when we simply want to enjoy the surroundings.

Flower Bed 21 July 2016

Dahlias 21 July 2016

The Dahlias need regular dead-heading to keep the flowers coming and this means a regular flow of cut flowers for the household.

Dahlias 26 July

Dahlias 26 July