MY DAHLIAS
DAHLIAS are considered one of the most spectacular garden flowers.
The dahlia was declared the national flower of Mexico in 1963.
These colorful spiky flowers generally bloom from midsummer to first frost, when many other plants are past their best.
These flowers are real BEAUTIES.
In the mid 19th century a London newspaper offered £1 to the first breeder to produce a blue dahlia.
The reward has never been claimed and breeders are still striving for the elusive blue color.
There have been several near blue cultivars.
