My brother-in-law grows dahlias, and has many different varieties…as opposed to our one variety.  They are his pride and joy, and he has won ribbons at the county fair the last few years for his beautiful flowers.  Last year he won grand champion with his pompom dahlia.  I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to take pictures of his beautiful flowers before the frost gets them.  Pretty aren’t they??

Growing Dahlia’s is a bit of a pain in the great white frigid north.  They are annuals up here, so each Fall you have to wait for the first hard frost to send them into hibernation and then dig them up and store in the basement over the winter.  They are high maintenance plants, but so pretty if they survive storing for the winter.