sollat , 2 months ago

Last summer, a dahlia I planted where a big bush had been taken out grew into an absolutely enormous plant with big fluffy flowers strong enough to house a snail.

Poked around at the remains a bit ago and found apparently healthy tubers down there. I’d been resigned to mush.

There are sprouts! I’m not holding my breath, but there are sprouts! Considering pruning the old bits closer to the ground in order to put a cover on the new ones.

#Gardening #Dahlia #Florespondence

A large reddish pink to peachy pink multilayered dahlia bloom in side view with a striped snail shell perched among the petals from last September.
Several thick dry dahlia stems surrounded by snowdrop leaves, a gooseberry (I think), a hellebore and a small hosta. There are some small leaves from a ground cover near the area the stems came out of.
Closer picture of the area the old stems came out of, showing multiple small shoots emerging in various directions among the ground cover. Some look like new dahlia spikes in green and a purplish color.