Otto’s Thrill Dahlia – Barnesdale Farm

Steps 2, 3, and 4 of our 10-step plan to grow dahlias

I’m taking a brief break from currently completing step 10 to write to you, now, about steps 2 – 4. During the next few days, however, I will return to…

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Growing my new favorite flower, the dahlia

French poet, Paul Verlaine, describes my new preferred bloom magnificently in his poem, “Un Dahlia”, or “The Dahlia”. He writes: “Ainsi le Dahlia, roi vêtu de splendeur…” (12) or “Thus…