A Sunflower Festival

With some dahlias too

Today , regular GPOD contributor Cherry Ong from British Columbia , Canada , is divvy up photos from a trip she took of late .

Thought your reader would enjoy some exposure from my visit to the Chilliwack Sunflower Festival . It ’s quite an awesome feeling to be surrounded by hundreds and hundreds of sunflowers(Helianthusannuus , annual),dahlias(Dahlia × variabilis , Zones 8–10 or as a tender bulb ) , and gladiolas(Gladiolushybrids , Zones 8–10 or as untoughened bulbs)—much like you ’re being hugged by a good friend !

For those who are rum about the mixture ofsunflowersthat they grow , these are some of the judge names establish in the field : Orange Hobbit , Little Becka , Sundance Kid , Double Dandy , Autumn Beauty , Lemon Queen , Lemon Eclair , Stella Gold , Orange Ruffles , Black Beauty , Ruby Eclipse , Red Wave , Velvet Queen , Moonshadow , Jade , Salt N Roast , Sunrich Orange .

This double - blossom sunflower has excess layers of frilly petal .

This bichrome helianthus reckon like it might be the variety ‘ Ruby Eclipse ’ .

This sunflower has unusual , minute petal ; it seem like the variety ‘ Stella Gold ’ .

A full view of the sunflower fields show off all the unlike size and colors of blooms .

Just amazing — prime as far as you could see !

There are incredible non-white blooms on this one , which is perhaps the variety ‘ Black Beauty ’ . Extra sweetheart comes from the stems and folio veins , which have a bit of a dark colouring material as well .

There was also a sizeabledahliaborder ! The folder says the festival grows 60 varieties of dahlias . These are the mixture list along the patch : Alfred Grill , Andrew Charles , Barabosa , Cafe au Lait , Ferncliff Inspiration , Happy Halloween , Jaxon , Karma Gold , Penhill Dark Monarch , Purple Flame , Purple Taiheijo , Tricolor .

A feeling down the farsighted planting of Dahlia pinnata .

This unadulterated Dahlia pinnata blooming looks like the variety ‘ Alfred Grill ’ .

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