Dahlias still flowering

[Squash64]

I know some of you have lost dahlias to frost recently but they are still flowering here in Birmingham.

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Took this photo yesterday.

[Squash64]

[saddad]

and here in Derby  :)

[flowerlady]

Wow that's lovely ... what is the variety ?? 

I still have a few in bloom  too, on my patio, but they have all got very small flowers now!  :-X

[Robert_Brenchley]

So far we've had one frost in central Birmingham, and that was so light it left tender veg almost unaffected. That's the urban heat island effect for you. A city is always several degrees warmer than the surrouding area. It's caught me unawares several times over the years; I once went to work in a little sleet, and ended up in a train which was brought to a halt by the weather halfway to Reddich. Out there the snow was several inches deep, and falling fast.

[Squash64]

Wow that's lovely ... what is the variety ?? 

I still have a few in bloom  too, on my patio, but they have all got very small flowers now!  :-X

Sorry, I can't remember what variety it is.  I might have the name at the allotments, I'll let you know if I find it.

[shirlton]

Mine are all up now. They were still flowering though

[GrannieAnnie]

Squash, those are beautiful, a delicate color! Makes me want to try growing dahlias sometime.

[RobinOfTheHood]

Still got dahlias, lobelia, cosmos, french marigold, nicotiana, ipomea, lavender, petunia and probably a few others still in flower.

Late frost this year, but I'm not complaining!

I also still have 2 hanging baskets going strong, with trailing lobelia, pelargonium, surfinia and begonia as well as fuschia in. Interestingly, the pelargoniums survived outside last winter in the severe conditions, as did the begonias.

[Squash64]

Squash, those are beautiful, a delicate color! Makes me want to try growing dahlias sometime.

I find dahlias very easy and troublefree.  Apart from some staking for the taller varieties and deadheading from time to time they need very little attention and give masses of colour all summer.

[saddad]

Just brought in another two armfuls. Some Chrysants as well...  :)