GOD MADE THEM ALL: THE DAHLIA

 

The world is full of beauty and elegance. The beautiful fields, birds that sing and the blue sky; the Lord God made them all.

THE DAHLIA

Dahlias are perennial plants with tuberous roots, though they are grown as annuals in some regions with cold winters. While some have herbaceous stems, others have stems which lignify in the absence of secondary tissue and resprout following winter dormancy, allowing further seasons of growth. 

As a member of the Asteraceae, the dahlia has a flower head that is actually a composite (hence the older name Compositae) with both central disc florets and surrounding ray florets. Each floret is a flower in its own right, but is often incorrectly described as a petal, particularly by horticulturists. The modern name Asteraceae refers to the appearance of a star with surrounding rays.

ALL THINGS BRIGHT AND BEAUTIFUL, THE LORD GOD MADE THEM ALL