UDS Demonstration Garden

Our garden tour this week is the 

Utah Dahlia Society's own Demonstration Garden.  

It is a lovely garden growing on land lent to us by 

The Granger Christian Church located at 

3232 West 4100 South in Salt Lake City. 

 It is an appropriate spot because it is a little slice of heaven for us to be able to try different varieties of dahlias to see how they do in this harsh climate.

We are very pleased to have this very special plant in our garden this year.  It is a seedling donated to us by

 Steve Nowotarski, a generous member of the ADS Board.  The dahlia is going to be named for the ADS Centennial which will be in 2015.  

 We are watching this plant carefully and can't wait to see the bloom.

 A mass planting of Miss Delilah, one of our favorite varieties for it's  low growing habit in this climate and the abundance of blooms throughout the season.

Our fund raising efforts were put to good use by buying  new stakes for the entire garden this year.  They are made from metal conduit, cut to size and drilled so we can attach each plant's identification information.

 Aljo

 Hy Mom

 Embrace

 Just Married

 Chilson's Pride

 Mark, UDS President busy disbudding

Mark and the other members of UDS are very proud of our demo garden this year and hope you will take time to visit it soon.