Friday, July 29, 2016

Five on Friday

It's Friday so once again I'm joining in with  Amy at Love Made my Home for this week's Five on Friday. 


Earlier this week we visited Biddulph Grange Gardens our nearest National Trust Property.  At this time of year and into August and September one of the highlights, and there are many, is Mrs Bateman's Dahlia Walk.
 


I think we were a little early for the dahlias in their full glory but there were plenty of blooms to see so I've selected five to show you below and a further five to make a collage with.
I hope you enjoy them








This will be the last Five on Friday link up until September as the wonderful Amy, who has kept us going with this, is taking a well deserved summer break.  Thank you Amy for continuing to join us all together, have a lovely summer break and we look forward to starting again in September.

Click on the link below to find other bloggers who are joining in this week with 

43 comments:

  1. I've been thinking of taking a day out to Biddulph in the near future. Would you recommend it over Trentham Gardens?

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    1. Both very different. Biddulph is quieter, with lots to discover in the different little world gardens, you could combine your visit with Rode Hall or Little Moreton Hall. Trentham has different things to offer as it is much busier. There are the gardens, wildflowers and the lakeside walk, boat trips, retails outlets and garden centre plus monkeys. You coud spend a whole day there. It depends how much time you have:)

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    2. We've 'done' the monkeys and the retail park (Pieminister is a regular for lunch, then Cadwalader's for afternoon tea) but I've never got to the gardens. Every time I try it pours with rain!

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  2. Oh they are so pretty Rosie. Dahlias always remind me of my grandad, he grew them in abundance and we always went home with a bunch. Thank you for sharing, have a lovely weekend xx

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    1. They do make lovely cut flowers for the house don't they?:)

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  3. The dahlias and your mosaic are sooo beautiful. Lilac and pale yellow go so well together.

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    1. The lilac and yellow ones were lovely together and they do sit well side by side:)

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  4. Beautiful Dahlias, wish we could grow them here.

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    1. We have one but it is a constant fight with the slugs to keep it flowering:)

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  5. We have one lonely, but beautiful Dahlia in our garden. It would be a treat to visit Biddulph and see the gardens. I love the blooms that seem to melt from one colour to another, and the ones with contrasting petal tips. Gorgeous!

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    1. We just have the one dahlia too at home. Biddulph is a lovely garden with many gardens within it and always a joy to walk around:)

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  6. Aren't they gorgeous, so precise and colourful. It's just a bit too early for them all to be out at once isn't it, something to look forward to though. :-)

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    1. Yes, we may return towards the end of August or early September when they will be at their best:)

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  7. Beautiful mosaic and indeed blooms. Love the wide range of colours.

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    1. Thank you, glad you enjoyed the photos. The colours are lovely aren't they?:)

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  8. Enjoyed your five and will miss your posts until Sept when the party returns.

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    1. Thank you, I will miss Five on Friday too but will be posting about other things occasionally through August, I hope:)

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  9. Great photos... I love the pops of color :) That looks like a wonderful place to visit. Thank you for sharing. Happy Friday! Have a wonderful weekend :)

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    1. Thank you Deb and thank you for visiting, glad you enjoyed my post:)

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  10. My dahlias haven't really "got going" yet either. They are such varied flowers and you've captured a nice selection here.

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    1. Thank you John, we may make a return visit later to see if there are more. The one in our garden has ben flowering for ages but that is just one variety:)

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  11. We came home from our trip to discover the dahlias just beginning to bloom. They make such wonderful cut flowers for the house. I'm looking forward to them "really getting going." There are so many varieties of dahlias, and your photos show them well.

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    1. I wish I'd made a note of what the varieties are so I could have named them in the post, but it was hard to lean in and look at some of the dangling tags as other photographers were waiting to get their photos. They do make wonderful cut flowers don't they?:)

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  12. How lovely to have a walk just for dahlias, and such an amazing variety. I left some in the ground over winter last year and didn't really expect them to survive, but they have come back bigger and stronger than ever - wonders will never cease!

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    1. Your dahlias did well as they usually have to be taken in over winter, it must have been a mild one. How lovely that they all came back this summer:)

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  13. Love dahlias but have never been very successful growing them myself. There are so many gorgeous varieties, something for everyone. Have a lovely weekend.

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    1. I'm never sure if I prefer the shaggy petaled ones or the pom poms, but then the petaled ones are lovely too and as for the colours - it is so hard to chose:)

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  14. Beautiful photos and gorgeous dahlias - love all the different colours :) The National Trust does have some superb dahlia displays - the one at Calke was good a few years ago and I always try and visit the one at Baddesley Clinton. Great post Rosie :)

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    1. They do don't they? We visited Baddesley Clinton in late May 2013 but I remember the garden as being very beautiful and I love the walled garden at Calke:)

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  15. Beautiful blooms what a fab mosaic you created with them.

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    1. Thanks Maggie, glad you enjoyed them:)

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  16. I've really got to make an effort to visit Biddulph Grange, that dahlia walk looks as though it will be really fantastic when it is in full bloom.

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    1. It is a lovely garden to visit, I'm sure you would love it:)

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  17. Beautiful. I've never been but you are tempting me now... x

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    1. It's a lovely place to visit if you ever come this way:)

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  18. It is a long time since I have visited. I really must make the effort when the Dahlias are out :-)

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    1. It has changed quite a bit over the last few years, the Dahlia Walk is lovely:)

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  19. I love dahlias. Those pictures are wonderful. Don't think I've been to Biddulph. Another property to add to the list :)

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    1. Bidduph is a garden of gardens all influenced by different parts of the world with plants collected by the Victorian Plant Hunters still around, plus new innovations too:)

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  20. I think the Dahlia walk looks lovely. I think we should all grow more dahlias! The only down side is the slugs and snails strip them of leaf and flower in no time! x

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    1. We had one dahlia corm last year which we overwintered indoors and then planted out again it has done quite well but it's badly slug bitten in places:)

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  21. Thank you for your kind words! We visited Biddulph last year and it was pouring with rain, but still beautiful, so you must have really enjoyed it on a dry day! Lovely to see it again! Thank you too for joining Five On Friday. I hope that you have a great August and I look forward to seeing you again in September! xx

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    1. I think Biddulph even looks lovely in the rain but it isn't good if it is absolutely pouring as the paths get very slippy. Have a great August, Amy:)

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