Went to Ayelttes last Friday and saw their trial beds of dahlias which
were not as good as they normally are, indeed Ayletts said so on a
notice and said they wouldn't be leaving dahlias in the ground
overwinter again.
Some of the dahlias were wonderful but some were really, well, only a
mother could love them, including one scratty looking thing called Pooh
which had about 4 moth-eaten thin miserable petals to a
bloom/flowerhead.

Well worth a look though as they have the plants en masses so you can
see them, though their new grounds next door to their garden centre
aren't as extensive as the old trial grounds. Anyone can wander round

Janet
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Janet Tweedy
Dalmatian Telegraph
http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk