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Thursday, September 06, 2007

Jomanda






I won the trophy for best vase of dahlias at Sutton Bonington on Sunday with this set of 3 Jomanda. It's a 'small ball' type and is very popular with a lot of growers as it doesn't often let you down. The stems grow straight and firm and the blooms themselves very rarely suffer from markings or blemishes.




I only grow 8 plants of it but it throws up an awful lot of blooms and I usually manage to have a couple of vases most weekends during the growing season. However, all my dahlias have been slow to get going this year and last weekend was the first occasion where I was able to stage a vase of 3. However, I should have








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