Tesselaars Kabloom

[Whwoz]

To make my life a bit easier tracking down which plants I will need to order in our spring, plus provide a bit of colour for those in white season and anyone else whom feels they could do with something bright.

Kabloom is an Autumn garden show/festival put on by Tesselaars, whom originally imported Tulips into Australia and no doubt use it as advertising for there ranges of plants and to offset some of the cost of ground that would otherwise be idle for a fair chunk of the year. Massed plantings are the way they have gone here, with big blocks of individual plants repeated over and over. Not a large variety but massive numbers. Hopefully the full lenght bed shots from up in the Ferris Wheel will convey some sense of scale. Fortunately most plants have tags, even if one did have to hunt for some.

[Whwoz]

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[Whwoz]

The Dahlias on display were from the Hypnotica range

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Cherish Pink

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Lavender

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Purple Bicolour

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Red

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Rose Bicolour

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Tequila Sunrise

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Tropical Breeze

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White

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Yellow

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Orange

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One of the long beds

[Whwoz]

Sonnet Snapdragons

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Big Bed

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Carmine

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Crimson

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Orange (tagged) and Crimson

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Pink

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Yellow

[Whwoz]

Spider Flowers from the Sparkler range

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Rose

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Lavender

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Purple

[Cornelius_Gotchberg]

Many thanks, @Whwoz, the magnificent splashing of brilliant colors brightens up the cold bluster we have here!

The Gotch

[Whwoz]

Some Delphinums

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Pagan Purple

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Pink Blush

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Sweethearts

these were not part of the big beds, but closer to the shops/food vans on the day in a more sheltered position

[Whwoz]

Sunflowers were grouped in beds in several areas. A range of colours, styles and heights were on display

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3 from plots labelled as Giant Single

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Classic Lime

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Ice Lady

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Two from a plot labelled as 'Landscape'

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Lilac Monarch

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Lilac Spray x3

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Sonnet x 3

[Whwoz]

Sweet William from the Jolt Range

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Pink Magic, flowers darken as they age, giving a mixed effect

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Pink

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Purple

[Whwoz]

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On the road side of the property, where they have games and find the Fairy setup for young kids they have a number of beds that are planted with perianal plants, and this was one.

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Salvia Victoria Blue, Victoria White and Blaze of Fire in the big beds, all highly popular with the local bee population

[claire838]

Having plant tags is a bonus too, even if you have to go hunting. Beats trying to guess or remember what was what months later when it’s time to order. Hopefully it gives you a solid list to work from come spring

[Whwoz]

And a few mixed photos that do not fit in a group

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Bubble Fairy in action, for the kids, little and not so little

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Ferris wheel

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Foxglove Falcon Fire, only a small patch of this up top in a sheltered area

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Missed the tag on this one

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A couple of small massed planted beds up top.

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And they had even mass planted one of the ornamental chillis

[rxkeith]

very nice. seems like a place where you can spend the day, have fun.
reload at the food vans, and go back for more looks.


keith

[MissS]

The gardens are just amazing. It's a great place to see what is doing well in your area and to find new things to grow. I could wander around there all day.

[JayneR13]

Can you all imagine the army needed to keep this place tidy? Just Wow! It would be a lovely job though, in many ways.

[Whwoz]

@rxkeith , you got it in one.

@MissS yes it is a fantastic place to see what's going well and does take the best part of a day to see it all.

@JayneR13 I have no idea how many people are employed by Tessalars, but they must have most out there at planting time. Rough calculations lead me to think that somewhere around one million annuals get planted. What you don't see in the photos is that all of the Dahlias have been dead headed. Lots of extra work.