dahlia
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“I didn’t want to completely lose my old self, but I wanted to let it wilt in a way,” they say, explaining how they saw themselves reflected in the dahlia.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2026
A total eclipse of the sun is said to look like a black dahlia or a monochrome sunflower.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 6, 2024
Named for the dahlia flower whose petals bloom in concentric arrays , the dahliagram's "petals" illustrate the relative impact of different pull and push factors contributing to human behavior over time.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 22, 2023
Visitors will be able to judge and choose the new "Hero of Stonehenge" - in the 1840s, this was a new variety of dahlia.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2023
She was bent over a dahlia bush with a pair of scissors.
From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart
"When I first started, there were a lot of the 'old boy gardeners', who loved dahlias, chrysanthemums, the old fashioned plants," he said.
From BBC ● Apr. 27, 2025
However, if you’re growing your dahlias in rows, Harris recommends pounding stakes into the ground at planting to avoid disturbing the roots later.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 27, 2024
However, Mr Armitage said her "very striking" composition of red and orange late summer flowers, which included dahlias, crocosmia and rose hips, left judges "bowled over" with its technical quality.
From BBC ● Dec. 2, 2023
Tables will be festooned with pink roses, Australian eucalyptus, dahlias and delphiniums.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 25, 2023
One of the curtain robes was draped over her head as a veil and she carried a big bouquet of only slightly wilted dahlias.
From "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
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