Guilt-tripped by Dahlias

[nickdub]

Planted out the last of the dahlias in the newly cleared bed - the weeds were mostly nettles and ground elder but there was also a liberal amount of bindweed - a lot of small stones, bits of brick etc + two building sized pieces of stone. The back of the bed still has a healthy crop of nettles in it, but the front by the pond looks OK for now.

I also stuck some borage plants, a new pear tree and an impulse bought multi-blue clematis from ALDI in it . Probably end up stick some left-over leeks from one of my veg beds at the back of it, as I need to clear them for new planting.

[veggiechicken]

^^^ That's my sort of garden.

[bramble]

My dahlia, Double Delight is in blossom these last few days.
A beautiful cerise/wine colour..
Bought the tubers in Lidl earlier in the year and have it in a pot until I make some space for them.

[nickdub]

Mine which are all planted out are looking OK, the tallest are now about 1' high - first time I've grown dahlias from scratch, so not sure how long it will be before they flower.

[Scarlet]

Is this their second year? Didn't they flower last year?

[nickdub]

Is this their second year? Didn't they flower last year?

It is their second year from seed, yes - surprisingly to me there were about 3 plants which flowered last year - probably the v sunny weather I suppose - anyway the rest will be new to me, so am hoping for something spectacular :-)