"IanW" wrote in message ...

"IanW" wrote in message ...

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On Mon, 13 Oct 2008 10:19:09 +0100, IanW wrote:

Hello

I took a couple of pics of this rather exquisite little orange flower
at
Waterperry Gardens near Oxford yesterday:

http://www.creationfactor.net/misc/orange-flower.jpg
http://www.creationfactor.net/misc/orange-flower2.jpg

My mum thinks it's a Chrysathemum, but does it have a particular name
or are
there too many chrysanthemums to bother giving individual names to?

Thanks
IanW

That's a dahlia

Ahhh, excellent. Found them now - more specifically called Ball Dahlias:
http://www.cmlb.net/ball/Page.php?id=1

hmm, or it might be a Pompon Dahlia. Not sure what the difference is:
http://www.cmlb.net/ndcpompon/

http://www.dahliaworld.co.uk/dahlia.htm They all have different names as do
Chrysanths. you would need to ask the grower to be sure which one it is