Dahlia 'Garden Festival'.Kindly sent by Inverglen...Beautiful

That's a beauty!

I just love it Michaella, such a wonderful gift..:>)

IT IS SO PRETTY:-)))))))))

Love the colour combination

Very pretty

Thanks all...Im delighted with this Dahlia....:>)

I was looking at your pictures trying to find the name of a beautiful lupin you had , the same one that Rachel de Thame used on the royal barge at the Jubilee pageant on the Thames because its the Queen's racing colours and bumped into this picture by chance. Glad it grew well. Our comes in all sorts of different shades , some like this, some a deeper colour , and all on the same plant. Good fun.

Hi Inverglen...Thanks again for the lovely Dahlia...Yes, lots of different shades on it...lovely.
The lupin is 'Masterpiece' from Westcountry Nurseries...It doesnt seem to produce seed, the flowers die and just drop off....I did successfully take a basal cutting this Spring, if you cant find it, i'll try a cutting for you next Spring, if you like....I'll put a reminder in my diary...:>)