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    RAZZLE DAZZLE

    Mar 02, 2021 4 minutes
    Photography Katharine Davies

    We love dahlias here at Black Shed flower farm. We must do, as we have over 500 plants! As busy cutflower farmers and florists, me and my wife Helen need hundreds of blooms every week throughout the season to make our bouquets and to supply brides, events and other florists. Dahlias are very generous and prolific, flowering in a huge range of colours and forms from July through to the first frosts in October or November, making them a very important part of our farm. Better yet, once you understand their needs, they’re remarkably easy to grow.

    Dahlias are available in myriad forms and are classified by group: there’s

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