Wet and Aggressive Corella challenges Magpie

Wet and Aggressive Corella challenges Magpie

Sunday 27 May 2012

Sunday Selections #71






Sunday Selections, brought to us by Kim, of Frogpondsrock, is an ongoing theme where participants post previously unused photos languishing in their files. 

Anyone can join in, just post your photos under the Sunday Selections title, link back to Kim, then add your name to her Linky list at Frogpondsrock.  

This week I am featuring the tree dahlias which dominate the bottom fence of our garden.  Each year it is a gamble whether we will get hard frosts which kill the buds off before they bloom.  This year the frost was delayed long enough for them to bloom in profusion.  The tallest of them are probably about twelve feet high and, in the annoying way that plants have, our neighbours on two sides get better views of the blooms than we do.













21 comments:

  1. Very pretty. Do they have a fragrance as well?

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  2. Very pretty flowers - now I need to attend to my own garden seeing as how the rain has finally stopped.

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    1. JohnD: You have had rain? We have had incontinent pigeon rain - splat, splat and gone.

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  3. I have a tree Dahlia here. It is on the bottom side of the house in the most protected spot I have. It is getting bigger each year but I think I am being very hopeful even thinking that I will get it to flower in Tassies cold climate. But I am an optimist :)

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    1. Kim@frogspondsrock: We get no blooms far more often that we get blooms. They seem moderately happy in the cold - but a good frost does them in.

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  4. I could almost be envious of the loveliness in your garden. Over 40 years ago, when we lived in Melbourne. I had them 15' -18' tall and flowering all over. I have tried growing them here but Adelaide, at least on Mt.Lofty and in the Eastern foothills just is impossible. The extremes of burning summer winds and, with many dry frosty winters just make them grow backwards until they can struggle no more.

    I loved seeing your success story.

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    1. Arija: Thank you. From a gardener like yourself that is lovely to hear.

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  5. Very pretty blossoms - they remind me of the cosmos flowers we used to grow when I was a child. Do you have cosmos in Australia?

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    1. jenny_o: We do have cosmos, and hopefully I will remember and put some in later this year. They are very pretty plants for living up a dull corner.

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  6. incredible photos!!! beautiful!!! are they really Dahlias?

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    1. Unknown: They are tree dahlias, and are certainly closely related to the more familia dahlias.

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  7. Bonza photos, I especially like the last three photos showing how colourful the Dahlias really are close up :-).

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  8. What beautiful flowers! And it seems you have a nice garden too. Lovely!

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  9. Tree Dahlias!! I wondered what they were. I thought cosmos at first until I saw the size of the plant. They're pretty.

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  10. Lovely photos. I am glad you left us these before you go and rest awhile

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  11. Just beautiful. I love these flowers, although I love most of them. I too am glad to have them to enjoy while you rest up. :-)

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  12. Those pictures of the flowers on the cork floor really work.

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  13. Neighbors have lucked out with your flowers! I think our neighbors get lemons and oranges from us. So beautiful.

    Take care of yourself, and "in the fullness of time", return to dazzle us all with your observations and wit. You keep your readers honest and in the real world.

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