Dancing joyfully with wind like Flavia,
Dressed beautifully like a royal Princess,
Determined to win the pageant to Impress!
Dahlias are exuberant flowers,
Defining their joy with bright colours,
Dazzling petals of ravishing pink, yellow and white,
Dauntless flowers that look straight into the Sky bright!
Do you sense the Sun winking at you, dear Dahlia?
Do you see the Stars smiling at you, sweet Dahlia?
Do you feel the wind caressing you, pretty Dahlia?
Dahlias are flowers of hope and confidence,
Dolly, bold and jolly flowers of flamboyance,
Dreamy, creamy petals of coloured exuberance!
The
Empress Josephine adored dahlias. When her marriage to Napolean
Bonaparte was annulled she fled to her house ' Malmaison' and sought
solace in her extensive gardens. There her dahlias thrived and
blossomed and soon became the object of envy. Since hers was one of
only two gardens in France known to have this Aztec flower.
Josephine jealousy guarded her precious Dahlia collection, but a visiting
Polish count, with the help of her lady-in-waiting, bribed her
gardener to remove hundreds of plants. She banished the gardener and
her lady-in-waiting and ordered all the Dahlia tubers to be destroyed.
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