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Michael147Michael147 Posts: 32
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Plant ID please many thanks - the 2nd one I think is a variety of dahlia going by the buds? but very tall for a dahlia

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  • LynLyn Posts: 21,340
    If you cut the dead buds off the dahlia it will keep flowering until the frosts. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • BorderlineBorderline Posts: 4,688
    The top photo might be Selinum Wallichianum, Milk Parsley.
  • Michael147Michael147 Posts: 32
    I wondered please if anyone knew what the dahlia variety might be please?
  • AnniDAnniD Posts: 11,161
    There are so many dahlias!  It could be "Bishop of Oxford",  but l'm not sure whether the foliage is dark enough. 
  • Michael147Michael147 Posts: 32
    It’s a very distinctive dahlia - not like other dahlias - it’s very wirey and over 2m tall with small orange flowers. I grow lots of regular dahlias but this one is different, many thanks
  • LoxleyLoxley Posts: 5,043
    edited September 2019
    It's a very nice one, quite natural looking. According to Google there's a species dahlia called D. coccinea which looks rather similar.

    https://www.cgf.net/plantdetails.aspx?id=5349
  • Michael147Michael147 Posts: 32
    Thanks, but I don’t think it’s that one as it says height 60cm only
  • PerkiPerki Posts: 2,327
    I think it could be dahlia coccinea strain, for example Dahlia Coccinea Mary keen can grow upto 2 metres I don't think its Mary keen though its not red enough.   
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