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Mar 22, 2018 7:49 PM CST
Name: Jackie
Lake Lanier, GA (Heat Zone 7) (Zone 7b)
☺ I love flowers!! ☺
Bee Lover Cut Flowers Dahlias Daylilies Hibiscus Lilies
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Speaking of cut flowers <and the 25+ dahlia tubers that will be arriving soon Whistling > I just learned that when cutting dahlias:

"After you've harvested dahlia flowers, make a fresh horizontal cut at the bottom of the stem and place the cut ends in about 2-3 inches of very hot (not quite boiling) water. Let the stems stay in the water for at least one hour. This hot-water treatment conditions the stems so the blooms will last four to six days."

--Dahlia Flowers: How to Grow, Cut, and Arrange Them: https://www.bhg.com/gardening/...
A garden is a grand teacher. It teaches patience and careful watchfulness; it teaches industry and thrift; above all it teaches entire trust. — Gertrude Jekyll

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