Dahlia flowers. Photograph: Alamy/PA
For many of the country’s most competitive dahlia growers, the Irish National Dahlia Society’s annual show earlier this week in Wexford is a highlight of the growing year and an opportunity to meet fellow growers as well as to exhibit their exquisite blooms. Among those who gathered at the show last Tuesday were Martin Lawlor, as well as David Moloney from Clonmel; Niall and Catherine Coveney from Wicklow; Trevor Stevenson from Shankill; and Christopher White from the Naul in north Co Dublin.
Moloney recommends that beginners start off with a great show-bench variety such as ‘Jomanda’ , or ‘Mary’s Jomanda’ . Both varieties are also great favourites of Niall Coveney, who shares his passion for dahlias with his wife Catherine. For the Harrogate show, the couple are also bringing flowers of the miniature cactus variety known as ‘Ryecroft Pixie’ and ‘Hamari Rose’ , grown in their large country garden in Wicklow, where the division of labour has been very cordially arranged .
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