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June | 2022
Feature
IN SEASON:
Dahli
BOTANICAL NAME
Dahlia spp.
COMMON NAME
garden dahlia
By Tonneli Grüetter
he time to rejoice is here! Dahlia season has returned to the
Northern Hemisphere (typically mid-July through early to mid-
fall), delighting fl ower designers and consumers alike.
Pulitzer Prize-winning author and renowned newspaper editor
William Allen White once said, "My advice to the women of
America is to raise more hell and fewer dahlias." Savvy fl orists,
however, can agree that there are few fl owers more radically
diverse, colorful and expressive than the Dahlia.
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