[Yabba]

I'm glad you asked that, I've just taken a bunch more photos today

We've just put the covers on, quite literally ... I still stink and need to head for a bath sharpish! ... but the dahlias will motor along now

One week to go!






Trellyn are such gorgeous flowers, if we could have exhibited this one today it'd have taken best in show without a doubt






I have a world champion for my brew boy


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[Spana]

Ohmy, i'm speechless.  They are just mega gorgeous.

Best of luck at the show.

[Yabba]

Thanks , we've spent a fair few months to be ready now ... wanders off muttering "7 days is a long time ... 7 days is a long time .... 7 da ... ohhh yeah, need to put the gutters back on ..... ys is a long ti ..... ohh and put the ladders away ...me, 7 day..."

I'm gonna be such a wreck in 6 weeks

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[Kagganz]

How did everything go Yabba?

Sorry if I've missed anything  else relating to this subject (probably have)........... but I've only just got through the 'General Gardening' passport control all the way over from my home place of 'Grow your Own' you see 

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[Plottered]

i was at southport show on the Saturday and there were some truly amazing displays of Dahlias, did yours make it in the end ?

[Yabba]

but I've only just got through the 'General Gardening' passport control

Lets hope I replied before your visa ran out

did yours make it in the end ?

These are the "spares" that I brought home for the Mighty V ( *bows* )


We managed to come third in the individual championship with this entry :
--- challenger --
*cough*a new one I need to learn the name of*/cough* --- diane
-- trellyn --
challenger --- challenger


Wendy ( *all bow to her weather predictions* ) kicked our arses by winning the giants class though :'(


The good news is, we did far better on our home ground ( Northwest Dahlia Society Championships ) last week .... I ran out of ink whilst Barry was telling me what we'd won .... but I'm still waiting for the pictures :-S

We couldn't enter the next show though, because we took our eye off the ball and all the best blooms are damaged

We lose the world championship crown this year as well

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[Hey Jude]

Yabba, those dahlias are breathtakingly beautiful - thanks for the photo's!

[Rangerkris]

I dont think the paper idear would have worked looking at these.  Nice stuff.

[Kagganz]

Wow!  They're all stunning!  Well done 


Must dash back now though, I'm only here on a 24 hr visa 

Byseeeeeee

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[Yabba]

Heh, I still think we should have entered a few paper flowers and videoed the judges response

Thanks for  the compliments, we do work hard to get to this point of the year ... that'd be the royal "we", I just bimble round and water them

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[Spana]

Well done, they are so lovely.  I can only guess at how hard you must work to get such quality blooms.

[lovemyveg]

How are your dahlias doing now Yabba?

It's a flower I've completely fallen in love with this year.  In fact I'm half tempted to use half my veggie plot to just grow dahlias ('specially since I'm not having much luck with the veggies lol)

This is my first year planting dahlias as I have never been drawn to them before and my first thoughts were absolutely correct.  I hate them,  they are long and leggy and need staking, everything in my garden eats them and all the leaves are holed like net curtains and then the blousey flowers appear - yukk

[scabs]

It's a flower I've completely fallen in love with this year. 

Ditto!

[lovemyveg]

Thanks , we've spent a fair few months to be ready now ... wanders off muttering "7 days is a long time ... 7 days is a long time .... 7 da ... ohhh yeah, need to put the gutters back on ..... ys is a long ti ..... ohh and put the ladders away ...me, 7 day..."

I'm gonna be such a wreck in 6 weeks

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Well done, they are beautiful.