We complicated the weather issues by moving to a new piece of ground as we needed more space. On top of that we moved house as well to be nearer the new nursery which meant moving the dahlias mid-propagation, not the easiest task.
We took the land over in mid-March when it was very wet so had to wait for a dryer spell before getting it ploughed; this happened on the 14th April. It then rained for the next 4 weeks, every day. We could then able to get it rough cultivated in mid-May, fine cultivated a couple of weeks later and planted out during the first two weeks in June. Running late already!
June and July did not provide good growing weather either, our plants are running about three weeks behind any normal season. However, our contacts in New Covent Garden Flower Market still demand our blooms so we expect to have a good season overall.
A selection of images of this year's first delivery to the Market and a collarette seedling that the bees like!
