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Dahlias of Meadowburn Farm

Dahlias of Meadowburn Farm

"The many varieties and wonderful colors of the modern dahlia make it a totally different flower from the one our grandmothers knew. The names are descriptive of the different varieties, and as there are so many of them, and they bloom from early in June or July until frost, a garden of dahlias might be very interesting." ~ Helena Rutherfurd Ely in The practical flower garden

No picking or cut flower garden is complete without dahlias, which have enjoyed a renaissance from the local cut flower movement, and Mrs. Ely was right to enthuse about their shapes and colors.  The survival of the Meadowburn dahlias is largely due to the three generations of Furman family who painstakingly dug up and overwintered the tubers, divided and replanted them in spring, and staked the plants unfailingly with cedar posts.

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Top Row (Left to Right):  'Helena Rutherford Ely', 'Meadowburn Byba Vincenza', 'Jane Cowl'

Middle Row (Left to Right): 'Meadowburn Albert Furman', Assorted varieties, 'Clara Ellen'

Third Row (Left to Right): 'Danny Bea', 'Meadowburn Walter DeVries', 'Meadowburn Old Tweet'

 For more information regarding these varieties, please visit Meadowburn Farm's page on dahlias.

Tubers of these varieties can be ordered and dispatched for early spring delivery as soon as weather permits. Please contact Quill at info@meadowburnfarm.com for availability and ordering information.

Anatomy of a Garden: Meadowburn Farm

Anatomy of a Garden: Meadowburn Farm

5-10-5: Quill Teal-Sullivan, Garden Manager at Meadowburn Farm

5-10-5: Quill Teal-Sullivan, Garden Manager at Meadowburn Farm