The only thing growing in my yard at this time of year is a snowball!
I thought I would spread a little spring fever with these beautiful dahlia photos.
These were flourishing in the chill October air on a recent trip to Canada.
We jumped on a Big Pink Hop on Hop off Bus in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. A portion of the proceeds from these tours is donated to the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation. As they say in their brochure, "never enough PINK until there is a cure"! I would have to agree.
We jumped off at the Halifax Public Gardens on Spring Garden Road not knowing quite what to expect.
Just seeing the beds of dahlias exceeded my expectations! There is so much more to the garden that I will be sure to revisit it on this blog on another day. It was truly a surprise to see such a lovely city garden.
The flowers were still dripping with raindrops from a morning rain shower which made them twinkle in the clearing morning sky.
I cannot profess to be very knowledgeable about dahlias so I could only marvel at their beauty, their size (some of them the size of a dinner plate) and their diversity of color and shape. I vowed then that I need to learn a little more about them.
Since spring doesn't seem to be coming to my yard soon enough I hope you enjoyed a vision of what is to come....at least in Halifax!
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