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Gardening

Emile

(41,764 posts) Sun Dec 21, 2025, 06:42 PM Dec 21

Dinner Plate Dahlia

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What is your favorite flower? [View all] Emile Dec 21 OP

The dinner plate dahlia. lamp_shade Dec 21 #1

Beautiful Emile Dec 21 #3

Good choice. I concur. yellow dahlia Dec 21 #4

Yellow Dahlia's are beautiful ❤️. Emile Jan 31 #16

There is something magical about dahlias. yellow dahlia Jan 31 #17

The "lowly" carnation. LoisB Dec 21 #5

Nothing lowly about the carnation, they're beautiful. Emile Yesterday #24

Freesia, but, also a sucker for snapdragons. blm Dec 21 #6

Freesia Double Blue is beautiful, and so are Snap Dragons. Emile Yesterday #23

Bird of Paradise LogDog75 Dec 21 #7

Wow, that's gorgeous! Emile Dec 21 #8

Those colours and patterns are crazy. applegrove Dec 21 #9

Thanks. It is even neater that they are real. applegrove Dec 22 #13

I thought the first was totally fake. I still kind of do. applegrove Dec 22 #12

This one is really beautiful. Emile Dec 22 #14

Not my type of flower. Kind of a dark theme. No? applegrove Dec 22 #15

Pink Lotuses are beautiful Emile Wednesday #20

Happy sigh: "Ahhhh...." TY! electric_blue68 Wednesday #21

Roses !!!!!!!! Trueblue1968 Monday #19

Everyone loves roses, and they smell so good. Emile Yesterday #22

Bloodroot, Royal Catch Fly, and Figwort. Botany Yesterday #26

Great choices! Emile Yesterday #30

Peony Catlady123 Yesterday #27

Pink Peony close up. Emile Yesterday #31

To make me smile: Sunflower 🌻 Polly Hennessey Yesterday #28

A field of sunflowers, makes you smile. Emile Yesterday #33

Daffodil. You see them and you know it's really spring Walleye Yesterday #29

I have them growing next to the house. Emile Yesterday #34

I was only up about 2 to 3 inches. A little late this year. Walleye Yesterday #36

Pansy Faux pas Yesterday #32

They do look like they are smiling Emile Yesterday #35

I have 2: bamagal62 Yesterday #37

Great choices! Emile Yesterday #38

Thank you for the photos! bamagal62 Yesterday #39