I don’t think I will mention anything about the weather and the lack of rain!
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So, good luck in your gardens.
We hope you have your tulips and daffodils ranonculas annemones with most bulbs in for a spring bloom.
Our Mother’s Day stall on May 10 was a little quiet this year, with not many people around. We had three prizes to win, all donated by the horticultural society.
We had three very happy winners.
We had our annual general meeting a couple of weeks ago and there are a few changes with the executive committee. Leslie Littleboy is our new president and Helen Petrie is the treasurer. Rhonda Tyacke is still the secretary, and Shirley Lewis is still the publicity officer.
Many thanks to Lois McGuinness for all her hard work, patience and positive changes over the last three years.
At our next meeting, we are having Rodney Hurtz discuss basics and tricks of growing dahlias. Rod and Carol Hurtz are growers and win many awards at our shows.
We will have our Spring Show in October this year due to availability of flowers etc.
We are also taking part in the Peter Allen Festival, so put on your thinking caps – all welcome to join in the Peter Allen theme with flowers etc.
We will talk more on that nearer the time.
Good luck with your gardens – you will need it!
Facts about dahlias
From justfunfacts.com
- Dahlia is a genus of bushy, tuberous, herbaceous perennial plants native to Mexico.
- Dahlias are members of the Asteraceae family, related to the daisy as well as the sunflower and the chrysanthemum.
- There are 42 species and about 20,000 cultivars of dahlia.
- This great variety results from dahlias being octoploids — that is, they have eight sets of homologous chromosomes, whereas most plants have only two.
- Dahlias have mostly tuberous roots.
- The stems are leafy, ranging in height from as low as 30 centimeters (12 inches) to more than 1.8–2.4 meters (6–8 feet).
- Dahlia’s display a vast array of hues, with the exception of blue.
- These spiky flowers generally bloom from midsummer to first frost, when many other plants are past their best.
- Dahlias are considered one of the most spectacular garden flowers.
