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Friday, October 12, 2012

Say it with Flowers

Flowers have become universal symbols of emotions. When a special occasion, people buy flowers to celebrate or to let someone know that they are special. People, especially men, say with flowers what they can not say with their lips.

Unbeknownst to many, the kind of flowers that you give to actually meaning. Your Valentine's gift for instance of red roses conveyed the message right for it means' I love you. " Other flowers bring different meanings. Here are some of the more popular ones and messages that each kind gives. Read on and find out what your loved one the next time you buy a bouquet to give.

Flowers - A Good Way to Express Your Feelings

The flowers are a great way to express your feelings. There are several kinds of flowers. And these flowers are totally different in colors, shapes, sizes and even in applications with each other. In India there are mainly four seasons. In the winter and spring season there are a lot of truth flowers.

 Especially in the spring season, beautiful flowers can be seen everywhere, even the morning breeze that blows also full of attractive fragrance of these flowers. There are different types of flowers such as, rose, jasmine, marigold, lotus, rosemary, lily, daffodil, mustard, dahlias and many others.

In the spring season the trees laden with beautiful flowers bow their heads when the wind passes through them.

The Flower Guide for the Weekend Gardener

Everyone needs a type of flower guide to get the most from their gardens, especially those who do not have time to garden every day. Flower gardening is all about stimulating the senses with a display of colors. So what should we plant, and when?
The buzz in gardening seems to be about whether the annual or perennial flowering plants. Some of these flowers give us textures, shapes and heights, while others just go crazy bloom all season long. Here is a simple flower guide for these two types of flowers that will help you design a spectacular wash of color to your garden.

Annual Flower Guide:

Your Wedding Flowers - What Are Your Choices?

Your wedding flowers usually associate with your wedding theme. When most of us envision wedding flowers we think of more traditional choices, but there are literally thousands of flower choices that work very well for wedding bouquets, ceremonies and receptions.

Here are just a few flower variations you think. We have divided them by color to help make it easier to fit your theme.

Yellows / ORANGES

Dahlia - a late summer and fall bloom known for its variety of colors. Very affordable and they work great in centerpieces and bouquets.

Garden Flowers and Shrubs in Early January

Research dahlia tubers and stems regularly and dust with sulfur as a suspicion of mold.

Sowing sweet peas (autumn sowing in pots or peat blocks preference for early shows). Seeds sown this month, the moderate heat of a greenhouse until germination occurs.

Some varieties are hard skinned: soak it overnight before sowing and light skin scratches on the other side of the eye before planting.

Creating a Summer Flower Arrangement

Summer is a great time to find cheerful colorful flowers arrangements for your home to create. Take advantage of these flowering time by choosing flowers in a variety of colors, shapes and sizes, such as those listed below:

Dahlias - a cheerful plant of the daisy family of flowers that can reach 10 inches in diameter.

Teddy Bear Sunflowers - a small version of the original sunflower. It grows to 3 feet tall.

Scented Geranium Leaves - this plant is sculpted leaves that are available in many scents of ginger to chocolate.

Your Complete Guide to Seasonal Wedding Flowers

Flowers are to a wedding what icing is to a cake! And when your big day is around the corner, then you have (the bride-to-be) have probably already spent considerable time browsing through pages and pages of catalogs florists to decide on the perfect flowers for your wedding. However, if you're the type who is not a dahlia was not a daisy, certainly, it can be a little difficult to be bombarded with all that information and end up feeling even more confused and indecisive.

First things first. There are year-long flowers and then there are flowers of the season. So, to avoid nasty last minute frustrations, it helps to know if the flowers you've set your heart on will be available when you get married. Tip: Choose flowers that naturally bloom. Not only will you cut down on costs, but you will also be assured of the availability, durability and freshness.

Thursday, August 23, 2012

Want to Know More About Growing Dahlias to Get Great Results?

Dahlias are truly the kings of the August arrivals - they are giants in every way. They are greedy, because unless they are placed in rich soil, they will not fully blossom, and they also need constant watering. Although they are perfectly hardy, you must feed them well if you want the really spectacular displays, which they are able.

If you want good results in the cultivation of dahlias, you'll need to know a bit about them first.

Dahlias grown from seed, officially half-hardy perennials, early sown and raised as half-hardy annuals to flower the same year until the frost. By that time they have become tubers, which should be lifted and carefully preserved through the winter until Easter.

Monday, August 6, 2012

Winter Protection for Dahlias - Care and Maintenance for Ongoing Colour

Dahlias are a great plant for any garden, creating a wide range of beautiful flowers in the summer and early autumn. However, if you just throw tubers in a border, you will often find that they fail by snail damage. A bit of care at this early stage of growth is vital, and growing plants in pots until they get a fair ball and many of the leaves is vital. Then they can be planted in a border, dead headed at times, and continued to prosper throughout the season.

With the onset of colder weather care for dahlias but does not stop, and winter care of tubers formed. If the leaves are again dahlias need some protection from frost and wet get into their system and allowing them to prevent rot. There are a few methods which should ideally be used for dahlias, and when to return growth next year, it's a good idea to take the time to protect yourself as I have discovered that the hope for the best just does not work in this case.

Dahlias - One of the Most Versatile and Beautiful Flowers

Of all the flowers, I think Dahlias are one of the most awesome and beautiful of all, and they are very easy to grow successfully, without too much maintenance.

What's particularly great about dahlias is that they can be used in so many ways, the length of the growing season.

For example, with garden and a garden they can be planted in a row, you can also plant some species in containers.

But more importantly, you can cut the flowers, to create beautiful bouquets in the flowering of the plants.

Growing Dahlias for Cut Flowers

Dahlias originate from Mexico and are related to the sunflower and daisy. Once a favorite of allotment growers, dahlias are enjoying a return to popularity and have now become a favorite plant for the herbaceous borders and patio containers. They will continue blooming until the first frost. Dahlias are also excellent cut flowers. There are many types to choose from in many different colors.

Dahlias are tuberous meaning they are passed by tubers in late summer or late winter. They can be grown from tubers stored in the winter or from root cuttings taken the previous season. Because they come from a warm climate, they must be grown in a sunny spot, preferably against a wall on the south and away from strong winds.

Dahlia Flower Gallery 04

Beautiful  Dahlia  Bouquet

Sunday, July 22, 2012

Growing and Propagating Dahlias

Dahlias are plants that can grow with heights ranging from one to five feet. If you wish to plant this type of flower, make sure to expose them constantly to the sun. Dahlias are lovers of the sunlight and they need adequate air circulation around them. The soil should also be fertile, soggy but well-drained, and rich in organic matter. Tubers should also be implanted to make sure that the eye is two or three inches underneath the ground level. Remember that you should not plant container-grown dahlias beyond the level to which they were growing in their container. Provide space for taller ones about twelve to eighteen inches away from each other in order to trim down the space to less than eight inches for smaller plants. A taller array of dahlia can be planted as a hedge with shorter flowers budding in front of them.

Dahlia Diseases: Viruses Unpleasant Surprises

Viral infections are one of the most terrifying of the diseases for dahlia growers and lovers of this great garden flowers. They are easily transferred, and infected plants, can be carriers, while there are no symptoms whatsoever. And viruses can not be treated with pesticides. Whether you're a great breeder or someone with a dahlia in a pot on your apartment deck, the idea of ​​losing your beautiful dahlias for viruses is frightening.
It is useful, say plant pathologists at Washington State University, the identity of the virus that a dahlia know because they differ in terms of the vectors responsible for the distribution, type of damage the virus causes and sources of inoculum and control .

Dahlia Categories Demystified (Sort Of)

Dahlias, even if we limit our exploration to the cultivated varieties of the genus, incorporate about as many shapes and textures, sizes and colors as any flower you might think of. It's especially confusing in a plant with so many cultivars. Today, domestic dahlias are known simply by the genus, Dahlia (named for Anders Dahl, an 18th-century Swedish botanist who studied the plant in its native habitat). Because the name Dahl means valley, dahlias were also known for a time as "valley flowers."

Dahlia bulbs, or tubers as they are correctly known, were introduced to Europe from their native soils in Mexico and Central America, and became widespread in the early 19th Century. Dahlias enjoyed a surge in popularity between 1820 and 1840, and the number of varieties increased in those years from 100 to 2,000.

Dahlias For the Home Landscape

Dahlias, with their summer explosion of colors, range of flower types and varied heights are a blessing to your landscape. Blooming in autumn, these various plants give you the choice of a low border plants to stately background plants that can reach 6 feet. With blossoms 2 to 12 inches, and in all colors, but blues, these flowers are garden favorites.

Dahlias can be started from seed, but most are grown from tubers. Because dahlias are hybrids, they do not come true when grown from seed. The tender tubers must be dug up each fall in USDA zones below 7, and stored, divided and replanted every spring. But the work is worth the beautiful color your garden will have.

Saturday, July 21, 2012

Show Off Your Lovely Dahlias

In large parts of the country, it is a fair and flower show season.

Even new dahlia growers might consider entering their best blooms in the league. There are different types of events the opportunity to showcase best of your dahlia garden has to offer.

County fairs almost always with a horticultural department, and in late summer, there are many dahlias at the exhibition. The categories in these cases often quite general, "dahlia" can be as specific as it gets.

Discover the True Meaning of Flower Power With Dahlia Flowers

Dahlia flowers have been grown by keen flower gardeners across the globe for centuries. Initially they were grown mainly by the Aztecs in their native areas of Mexico and Guatemala, but since being discovered by European plant hunters in the late 1700's they have risen steadily in popularity.

There's many reasons for that - the main one being that you'll have to look long and hard to find plants that will pack a punch of colour, structure and delight that Dahlia Flowers will - and then they're easy to grow, even for the novice gardener.