Introducing the Bishop of Auckland. He's deep, deep red. Which is exactly what I had hoped for. Except that he is next to a Hebe which has been inspired by the heat or the solicitous attentions of myself to burst into flower too early. Purple flower. Red and Purple are not colours I would put together. I'm telling myself that it is very Great Dixter. Deep breath.
I do like the Bishops - I used to have the Bishop of Llandaff for years then it rotted away. My first dahlia to open is bright orange with lovely bronze leaves I like it but so do the slugs.
ReplyDeleteNow I am overpowered with a desire for an orange dahlia.
DeleteI wish that all my slugs would let me grow Dahlias but they won't...
ReplyDeleteThe Evil Kingdom of Slugs has been worryingly quiet this summer. I am expecting a major offensive any day.
DeleteThey ate my Chillies!
DeleteRed and purple together is very ecclesiastical, it is surely better than orange and purple...
ReplyDeleteI could call it my Cardinal border.
DeleteI've never got off the ground with Dahlias. My father grew them very successfully. I thought the buds looked greasy and took against them then.
ReplyDeleteI am extremely worried that the Bishop dahlias are entry level and that I might be lured into becoming a mad dahlia lady.
DeleteWe've not had much luck with dahlias. I do like them very much but so do the slugs and snails. This one is very pretty and red and purple can look good together.
ReplyDeleteSlugs??!! I thought I was supposed to be worried about earwigs. It shows how little I know.
DeleteFraid so - but I think it may be when they're young. We've not managed to get any beyond adolescence without being munched to bits. Perhaps when they're fully grown they're more robust.
DeleteSorry, Alice, I am reading backwards and not forwards, so my comments.... I blame Sarah Raven for my dahlia habit.
ReplyDeleteHmmm...if Sarah Raven is to blame then it might be respectable. Pass the catalogue while I find my credit card...
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