Dahlias: Better late than never, 1 by pirl

pirl wrote:
Canby Centennial is a great color. I love when dahlias look hand painted. I'm eager to see my Goshen Calico - twice as curious to see where I planted it. Generally I take photos as I plant but I guess I forgot in spring.

I use "i must garden" deer spray and it does work but those sneaky deer must sense every bit of new growth and many of my roses have no new foliage (that was there yesterday) and no buds. When I planted a Burgundy Iceberg last month I doused it with the deer spray (smells nice and minty) and kept spraying it since it has one bud that did open and so far the deer haven't bothered it but I can see their footsteps in the garden.

I despise the deer and don't like the people who feel the humans are wrong and the deer should have the run of our well tended properties and vegetable gardens.