Originally from Mexico, dahlias are a tropical flower that summers from August and well into the fall. Butterflies adore them, I adore them, and you likely adore them too. Let’s all grow dahlias so we can have the brightest coloured gardens on the block!
Summer Bulb of the Year
The decorative dahlia has the honour of being called Flowerbulbs.com’s 2021 summer bulb of the year (even though it’s a tuber it’s categorized as a summer-flowering bulb). One of 12 groups of dahlias, the decorative dahlia is a popular variety due to its size and striking colours.
This plant has slender stems with oval leaves, and “ray flowers” that are wide, flat, and have round or pointed tips. They exist in short to tall varieties, ranging in height from 20 to 60 inches.
Since they have such long stems, they make for a wonderful cut flower perfect for tall vases. The bright burst of colour is sure to brighten any bouquet for Random Gifts of Flowers, and the cutting of the flower will encourage even more blooms on the dahlia plant.
The 11 Types of Dahlias
Single-flowered: a single row of flat or cupped florets with a central disc. 12-24 inches tall.
Anemone-flowered: a large outer ring of flat petals with a mass of tubular florets in the center. 24-36 inches tall.
Collarette: a large outer layer of flat petals with an inner wreath of collar-like florets. 30-48 inches tall.
Waterlily: full double blooms in a flattened shape. Up to 48 inches tall. Decorative: the Flowerbulbs.com 2021 summer bulb of the year! Learn more about this stunning bloom below.
Ball: small globe-like variety with double blooms. Flat florets that are blunt or round-tipped. 48 inches tall.
Pompon: another small, globe-like variety with double blooms. Florets are curled and blunt or round-tipped. 32-48 inches tall.
Cactus: double flowers with long, pointed petals. 60 inches tall.
Semi-Cactus: another double flower with long pointed petals, but the petals curl for half or less of their length. 60 inches tall.
Peony-flowered: open-centered flower with 2 or more rows or rounded petals. 40 inches tall.
Mignon: small variety with single layer of rounded florets 1-3 inches long. Well suited for containers. 20 inches tall.
Topmix: another small variety of single-flowers. Quite bushy and well suited for containers. 14 inches tall.
Fresh air increases the flow of oxygen helping you digest food more effectively so this will particularly help if you are trying to lose weight. By increasing the amount of fresh air we get, will increase the amount of oxygen which helps our white blood cells function properly by fighting and killing bacteria and germs.
You may have noticed after spending time outside, you come back indoors feeling brighter and perhaps ready to get back to work. More oxygen results in greater brain functioning, improving your concentration skills and providing you with more energy.
In addition, venturing outside will also help you produce vitamin D from the sun (when it does come out), which is essential for many bodily functions including supporting our immune system, strengthening our bones, teeth and much more.
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I must explain to you how all this mistaken idea of denouncing pleasure and praising pain was born and I will give you a complete account of the system, and expound the actual teachings of the great explorer of the truth, the master-builder of human happiness. No one rejects, dislikes, or avoids pleasure itself, because it is pleasure.
Increses life via breathing
Walking has the lowest dropout rate from any other exercises — because it’s so easy to do, you can do it anywhere, and it requires no special equipment other than a good pair of walking shoes — and a recent research study showed that walking for an hour or more a day has the greatest impact on increasing lifespan than any other activity.
A healthy mind has an easy breath.