Mixed Dahlia Arrangement - Melina Fleur, Mystery Fox, Wizard of Oz - September 2025

Cut-and-come-again season is upon us in the garden.   Specifically for dahlias.  When I look back at last year's photos, this post from October 1st shows what I called "Pop'ing off" of dahlia blooms that happens as the weather cools down.   The Melina Fleur Dahlia shown in this post is LOADED with blooms.  In preparation (and hopefully) to stimulate that behavior to return in the coming weeks, I've been busy cutting blooms regularly.

Below is a small dahlia-only arrangement that I made on a recent evening.  Thanks to the re-used salsa jar, this burst of petals was gifted to our neighbor.  It is full of large Melina Fleur blooms as well as the group that I've been using regularly:   Mystery Fox, Wizard of Oz and this dark purple ball dahlia that is of an unknown variety.  

What's NOT in this arrangement (above) is any Sweet Nathalie dahlias.  Why?  Because they haven't quite thrived.  But, we're this/close to Sweet Nathalie season.  In fact, one of the blooms was ready, but somehow it was lop'd off and was laying on the ground.  See below:  this is just the head of the flower.  The stem was left on the plant.  A bird?  A errant kid walking by?  Not sure.  But, more Sweet Nathalie are on their way.  

I trimmed off the rest of the stem in hopes that the plant responds and sends out more buds.