Monday, August 22, 2016

Colorado Dahlia Society Show




On Saturday August 27th and Sunday August 28th, the Colorado Dahlia Society will hold its annual show at The Flower Bin, 1805 Nelson Road, Longmont, Colorado. The show is free and open to the public. You don't have to be a member of the Colorado Dahlia Society to show your dahlias. You do have to register your entries by 9:00 AM Saturday morning, August 27th. Each dahlia must include two leaves along with the blossom, in order to be accepted into the judging.
Very few plants offer as many colors and forms as dahlias do.
For ongoing fall color, dahlias are a great choice. Dahlias will bloom from late summer to first frost and can be grown in containers on the patio or in the garden. According to the American Dahlia Association, dahlias originated in Central America where they were called Acocotli and Cocoxochitl by the ancient Aztecs. Spanish explorers brought the plants back  to Europe and it was a staff member at the Royal Gardens in Madrid, Spain who named the plant after Swedish botanist Andreas Dahl.  Dahl considered the flower a vegetable. The first varieties with large, double flowers were bred in Belgium in the early 1800’s.
Now there are hundreds of varieties to choose from.
Dahlia flowers range in size from less than 2" in diameter to over 8". There are nineteen forms of Dahlia flower types,  from ball to semi-cactus.
Come to the Colorado Dahlia Society show,
The show runs Saturday August 27th and Sunday August 28th. 
See the wide variety of dahlias you can grow in your own garden.
Talk to other dahlia growers and learn more about planting, growing and showing dahlias.

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