{"id":6150,"date":"2016-02-27T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-02-27T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/alys-fowler-dahlias-and-gladioli-bring-colour-to-house-and-garden\/"},"modified":"2016-02-27T13:13:26","modified_gmt":"2016-02-27T06:13:26","slug":"alys-fowler-dahlias-and-gladioli-bring-colour-to-house-and-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/alys-fowler-dahlias-and-gladioli-bring-colour-to-house-and-garden\/","title":{"rendered":"Alys Fowler: dahlias and gladioli bring colour to house and garden"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nAs long as you\u2019re not too fussy, they can be a great way to get late-season colourSome of the most joyous cut flowers are the simplest. Buy a plant, plant it, wait a bit, cut it off, love it a little and, with luck, the whole thing happens again next year. Dahlias and gladioli are such plants and perhaps some of the easiest cut flowers to grow in this manner. No seed trays, no pricking out or potting on, just time it right and wait.At this point in the year, it\u2019s worth looking out for bulk buys of dahlia tubers and gladioli corms. Notoriously they often don\u2019t match the garish photographs that come with cheap packages, but as long as you\u2019re not too fussy, they can be a great way to get some late-season colour both for the garden and the house. And if you don\u2019t like the colour of the blooms in the garden, cut them all: what looks terrible outside often works wonderfully in a vase. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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