Icy Sedgwick

Red dahlia near Newcastle Civic Centre.

In Mrs L. Burke's 1867 Illustrated Language of Flowers dictionary, the dahlia meant 'instability'.

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Jul 25, 2023 at 2:41pmWeb
Show threadSocialBeastieJul 26, 2023
@IcySedgwick Damn! I grow a lot of dahlias.
Show threadIcy SedgwickJul 29, 2023
@JackaGarth So does Newcastle City Council - they've got about five flowerbeds of them!