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Gallery: Leaves
Date submitted: August 17, 2014
Caption: Deep brown foliage
Photo location: The garden at Sanabria
Date of photo: 2014-08-17

Gallery: Entire plant
Date submitted: August 17, 2014
Caption: This is Durban, should be bigger but I haven't let it out of the pot this year.
Photo location: The garden at Sanabria
Date of photo: 2014-08-17

Gallery: Leaves
Date submitted: August 17, 2014
Caption: Marvellous contrasting stripey leaves, first year of growing these, absolute corker!
Photo location: The garden at Sanabria
Date of photo: 2014-08-17

Gallery: Entire plant
Date submitted: August 17, 2014
Caption: Three months of continuous strong flower. Well worth the space in the garden, outstanding.
Photo location: The garden at Sanabria
Date of photo: 2014-08-17

Gallery: Stamens, filaments and pistils
Date submitted: August 17, 2014
Caption: Usual lily powder waiting to paint the unwary.
Photo location: The garden at Sanabria
Date of photo: 2014-08-17

Gallery: Entire plant
Date submitted: August 17, 2014
Caption: Poor enough photo, sorry.
Photo location: The garden at Sanabria
Date of photo: 2014-08-17

Gallery: Bloom
Date submitted: August 17, 2014
Caption: Hardy, strongly scented oriental, four feet tall.
Photo location: The garden at Sanabria
Date of photo: 2014-08-17

Gallery: Bloom
Date submitted: August 17, 2014
Caption: Given a handful of slow release fertilizer when planted , and protected from slugs. Blooms benefitted from the food.
Photo location: The garden at Sanabria
Date of photo: 2014-08-17

Gallery: Emerging Growth
Date submitted: August 17, 2014
Caption: Slug damage on a young stem, they rasp away at it and the stem falls down.
Photo location: The garden at Sanabria
Date of photo: 2014-08-17

Gallery: Stem, scape, stalk or bark
Date submitted: August 17, 2014
Caption: Set the plant in a dip so that it can be heavily watered, Really likes the wet. Slugs eat the stems, and the whole plant.
Photo location: The garden at Sanabria
Date of photo: 2014-08-17

Gallery: Leaves
Date submitted: August 17, 2014
Caption: Good colour in the foliage.
Photo location: The garden at Sanabria
Date of photo: 2014-08-17

Gallery: Bloom
Date submitted: August 17, 2014
Caption: Very strong scarlet colour.
Photo location: The garden at Sanabria
Date of photo: 2014-08-17

Gallery: Entire plant
Date submitted: August 17, 2014
Caption: Excellent highly recommended plant, upright. Beloved of slugs, take defensive measures, outstanding colour foliage and contrasting deep scarlet flower.
Photo location: The garden at Sanabria
Date of photo: 2014-08-17

Gallery: Bloom
Date submitted: August 11, 2014
Caption: Great heads on strong necks, long lasting flowers of great integrity, plant continues to improve.
Photo location: The garden at Sanabria
Date of photo: 2014-08-11

Gallery: Leaves
Date submitted: August 11, 2014
Caption: Very odd plant, hope it flowers soon. One of the latest to bloom.
Photo location: The garden at Sanabria
Date of photo: 2014-08-08

Gallery: Entire plant
Date submitted: August 11, 2014
Caption: It is the oddest dahlia I have seen, and I am not liking the look of it. Have to wait for the flowers,but it is more like a string of brussel sprouts at present.
Photo location: The garden at Sanabria
Date of photo: 2014-08-08

Gallery: Bloom
Date submitted: August 3, 2014
Caption: A few beautiful blooms each year. Long lasting and robust, form is excellent, flower has stable colour integrity.
Photo location: The garden at Sanabria
Date of photo: 2010-08-31

Gallery: Entire plant
Date submitted: August 3, 2014
Caption: Doesn't make a big plant, but a very fine flower held up on a good neck.
Photo location: The garden at Sanabria
Date of photo: 2014-08-02

Gallery: Entire plant
Date submitted: August 3, 2014
Caption: Bought for the garden next year, but these are nice show examples. Bear in mind that show plants are grown to show blooms in different proportions to a garden plant, so this will be a big plant with these blooms next year.
Photo location: Bloom show 2014
Date of photo: 2014-06-03

Gallery: Entire plant
Date submitted: August 3, 2014
Caption: The flower is representative, but the plant is shrunken due to being in a pot, bought and planted late. It is a standard lupin size and not the dwarf plant with massive flower spike you see here. It will have better balance next year. Excellent colour, a
Photo location: The garden at Sanabria
Date of photo: 2014-07-21