PlantFiles Pictures: Tree Dahlia (Dahlia imperialis), 1 by Tomtom

Tomtom wrote:
Happenstance,

that's all hugeness with lots of stalks, isn't it?
My photo was taken the year before last.
This year it's like this at the moment.
One is now 4m50m tall and the other is about 3m50.
It is not easy to prop them up so I tie up one to the apricot tree and fix the other to a part of the house.
Typhoons often damage them.

This crop usually starts to bloom around November 10 here.It growth is recorded at:
http://homepage1.nifty.com/heartsease/dahlia/dahlia.imperial...