Teri, I can just see your dahlias as a ground cover! I hadn't even thought of that.
Leon, your words are always so gracious, thank you.
Mary Stella, do you plant yours all in a row like my mother did? When they bloom maybe you could send a picture, stakes and all! That would surely bring back memories for me. When I visited Seward, Alaska, I was stunned by the size of plants, even the dandelions had blooms almost as big as mums. I"ll bet your dahlias are stunning.
Vic, thank you for being my cheerleader!!
The last picture in the article is the last dahlia I had, Deb, gone now as the result of wretched weather no doubt, but it was only about 3 feet tall and not very big as a bloom, but it was truly beautiful. I need to think about getting more of that size. Seems that they always produce the most perfect bloom of any flowering plant. Perfect symmetry usually.
