Here's something a little different - a heartfelt plea to restore the humble dahlia to your garden.

 

 

Rarely do you see dahlias in florists or supermarkets, but cut dahlias do make a spectacular floral display in British homes during late summer and early autumn. Once grown by our parents and grandparents, they somehow got lost along the way, became less popular and labelled with that ultimate insult of the modern world “old fashioned”.