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Ready for Dahlias

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Ready for Dahlias

We've enjoyed a break in the winter weather in Maryland. A couple of mild days will really get you thinking about spring and summer flowers. I hope you are planning your garden. I look forward to capturing the changing colors of the seasons in photographs.

Some Maryland gardeners are pretty good when it comes to growing award winning dahlias. If you have a green thumb, please share some of your pictures.

Dahlia Show, sponsored by the National Capital Dahlia Society, at Brookside Gardens. Saturday afternoon, September 25, 2010. Canon PowerShot G11 camera. Photograph by Roy Kelley.

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Roy Kelley, Retired, Former Associate Broker, RE/MAX Realty Group

Gaithersburg, Maryland  

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Mel Ahrens, MBA, Kelly Right Real Estate
Kelly Right Real Estate - Hood River, OR
Customized Choices for your Real Estate Needs

I'm with you... can't wait for spring to arrive. I love to garden, but am not very good at it. I grow mostly roses, tulips, pansys, petunias and daffodils... they grow the best here. We get some pretty cold days well into spring and summer, so I need hearty flowers. Thanks for sharing your stunning photo.

Gretchen

Feb 20, 2011 07:05 AM
Michael Therriault
Michael Therriault Contracting - M.T. Contracting - Blakeslee, PA
The name to remember when you want it done right.

Roy, I have neither a green thumb nor a long growing season, but I’ll take pictures of my neighbors and my wife’s accomplishments when the season arrives. That is beautiful! 

Feb 20, 2011 07:06 AM
Patricia Feager, MBA, CRS, GRI,MRP
DFW FINE PROPERTIES - Flower Mound, TX
Selling Homes Changing Lives

That's a beautiful dahlias! I've never been successful growing them but they are a work of art! Thanks for keeping me up to date on the names of flowers!

Feb 20, 2011 07:07 AM
Roy Kelley
Retired - Gaithersburg, MD

Good to see that a pretty dahlia got your attention. You might have to attend dahlia shows to find ones this nice. It is not what we normally find in a neighborhood garden.

 Flowers are always blooming at Longwood Gardens.

Feb 20, 2011 07:15 AM
Toni Weidman
Sailwinds Realty - Trinity, FL
20+ Years Selling Homes in New Port Richey, FL

Roy - that's a beauty. They never really appealed to me but I could love that one.

Feb 20, 2011 08:08 AM
Joshua Zargari
MJ Decorators Workshop LI staging and home decorating - Lynbrook, NY
MJ Decorators Workshop

A real beauty Roy!

Feb 20, 2011 08:43 AM
Roy Kelley
Retired - Gaithersburg, MD

Thanks for your comments, Toni and Joshua. There are many different kinds of dahlias.

 There are always blooming flowers at Longwood Gardens.

Feb 20, 2011 09:07 AM
Kristine Ginsberg
Elite Staging and Redesign, LLC - Short Hills, NJ
NJ Home Stager

Roy - Now that's a Dahlia! They don't look like that in my garden - must be a hybrid. Great photo! (I noticed that my Dahlias do great later in the summer - must be a heat thing.)

Feb 20, 2011 09:17 AM
Roy Kelley
Retired - Gaithersburg, MD

Hi Kristine:  More of my dahlia pictures may be seen on my Facebook page.

 There are always flowers in bloom at Longwood Gardens.

Feb 20, 2011 10:29 AM
Chris Canfield
Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage - Tucson, AZ
Homes for Sale in Oro Valley and Tucson, Arizona

Hi Roy - Fantastic photo!  I am planning my garden alright--planning to go find it in about a month.  : )  Another few inches of that white stuff coming tonight and tomorrow--someday the gardens will re-appear!

Feb 20, 2011 11:02 AM
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