dahlia

“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

Harris says the average 4-foot-tall dahlia will grow to around 18 inches in diameter, so space plants at least 12 to 18 inches apart.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 27, 2024

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

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

With sun, support and water, your dahlias will be off to a vigorous and productive start, with blooms arriving in midsummer, when we’ll look at how to harvest blooms and maintain your plants.

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