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Saturday, September 19, 12:00 pm – 4:00 pmSunday, September 20, 10:00 am – 4:00 pmAll blooms will be sold for $1 each on Sunday at 4:00 pm!Burnstein Hall at Chicago Botanic Garden The Central States Dahlia Society will hold its 94th Fall Dahlia Show at the Chicago Botanic Garden this weekend! The . . . → Read More: Central States Dahlia Society Show Sept 19 and 20, 2026 Many, many moons ago, I blogged about my Rose of Sharon. After all, it was a small tree that bloomed for about two months in the summer. Gotta love that, right??? Wrong!!! That garden-variety Rose of Sharon started out as a seedling from a friend. We grew it into a single trunk . . . → Read More: My Seedless Rose Of Sharon Tree Blooms In Summer Sometimes nature’s summer glory ends up around my trellises instead of on them. This year, that’s definitely the case with this one! Even so, I think it has a beauty all its own. I really do try to keep the phlox under control because it’s so invasive, but my heart just won’t let . . . → Read More: A Pretty Hat To Decorate My Trellis It’s coming! It’s coming. The absolute best place to buy competition class dahlias is the Central States Dahlia Society at Chicago Botanic Gardens. I am not just saying that because I belong to the club and I’ll be there both days. These are plants that our members grew, either from their own tubers . . . → Read More: Central States Dahlia Society Sale May 2 – 3 It’s hard to believe, but today is February 15th and I worked in my garden! In Chicagoland! In 60-degree weather! Every so often we are blessed with a winter day that isn’t frigid and ca-ching, I’m out there. This really works out since I’m the one who doesn’t do much garden clean-up . . . → Read More: Yes To Gardening In Chicagoland In February! Wow – I had so many beautiful dahlias to pick from today. I wanted 5 to give away tonight when I give a dahlia presentation. You will quickly see why the presentation is called “Living fireworks”. Here are the blooms I am going to share.
HollyHill Big Pink Ketchup and Mustard . . . → Read More: 5 Beautiful Dahlias Our tri-color mum from Costco was a WOW last year, so we were so excited to see Costco has them in again, and only $17.99. Here is how it looked last year, and we look forward to that again. We bought the new one last week, with high expectations once we saw . . . → Read More: Tri-color Mum From Costco – WOW Our Steve Meggos dahlia is the first to bloom and it’s a beauty. Of course, so many are beauties that we grow 65 plants. Wanna see lots and lots and lots of quality dahlias in bloom? Come to the National Dahlia Show at Chicago Botanic Gardens on September 20 and 21. You can . . . → Read More: Our Steve Meggos Dahlia Is The First To Bloom Don’t even get me started on invasive plants. There are way too many for my liking. But (isn’t there always a “but”), we all pick our poisons. In this case, I do not mean actual poisons so much as the two invasive plants I am willing to put up with. The two that . . . → Read More: The Only Invasive Plants I Allow In My Garden |
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