Philadelphia Flower Show -- Springtime in Paris

The Philadelphia Flower show is currently going on and is amazing every year!  It is ran by the The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society.  This years theme is Springtime in Paris, and as soon as you walk into the Philadelphia Convention Center you feel magical and that you are not in Philadelphia.  When you walk in there a replica bottom portion of the Eifel Tower.

The Philadelphia Flower Show is a must see, if you are in the area and have time, please go you will not be disappointed, the show ends this Sunday!

More photos too!!!! 

The First and Second Frost

Well the first and second frost came and went..and I figured Mr. P and I had a couple of hours to dig up dahlia tubers before heading out to brunch.

BEFORE:

We had about 15 dahlia tubers planted in this bed!

Now who knew the inside was hollow!!!

I love this photo...great job Mr. P!!!

Some dahlia plants I got a good amount out of tubers, and others not!  This is my second attempt at digging out the tubers so I am not an expert of how to dig them out. 
However, what worked for me was to dig a 12 inch circle around the base of plant and wiggle to you feel a heavy mass of tubers on your shovel.  Yes, I did cut some tubers in half, and on some plants, I did not even really get more than 3 tubers. 

This was a good dig!!!

I feel that this is what sweet poatoes would look like when freshly harvested????

The cleaned out bed!  Thanks Mr. P for your help!

The dahlia tubers are drying now, to be put away for storage for the winter!

That is one big flower!!!

I have been in love with Dahlia flowers, ever since a trip while I was a little girl to Campobella Island, Canada, right off the coast of Maine.  Than luckily enough one summer while living on my own, I found a Mansion that would sell them off the side of the road for Charity.  I would stop and buy a bunch in a Mason Jar every week for my desk at work!!

How nice would it be to be able to have rows and rows of flowers:

Below is my small Dahlia Paradise:

I am lucky enough to have 2 successful rows of Dahlia's, and another very slow growing row (I started it too late).  As of right now, I have three plants in bloom as beautifully shown above.  I am hoping that I can show you some more dahlia blooms by the end of the summer!!!