A Stevan's Linday Dahlia - Rippon Lea Estate, Elsternwick
I visited Rippon Lea historical mansion last Friday on a beautiful and sunny day. Whilst I was strolling through the gardens behind the house, I came across a bed planted with an amazing variety of dahlias.
Some were identified as to what variety of dahlia they were. This one is a Stevan's Linday Dahlia which have peach coloured ball blooms.
Dahlia is a genus of bushy, tuberous, herbaceous perennial plants native to Mexico and Central America. A member of the Compositae family of dicotyledonous plants, its garden relatives thus include the sunflower, daisy, chrysanthemum, and zinnia.
Rippon Lea Estate is a heritage-listed historic house and gardens located in the leafy inner Melbourne suburb of Elsternwick. Built in 1868 for Sir Frederick Sargood, a wealthy Melbourne businessman, politician and philanthropist, the Sargood family lived at Rippon Lea until Frederick's death in 1903. The property was sold to a consortium of real estate developers who had plans to demolish the house and subdivide the land. However due to one of the partner's deaths, it was partially subdivided and the house and remaining land not subdivided was sold to Ben and Agnes Nathan, who owned the Maples chain of furniture stores in Melbourne in 1910. The Nathans lived there until Ben's death in 1935. The property then passed to their eldest daughter, Louisa, along with a legacy of one million pounds. Louisa bequeathed the Rippon Lea estate to the National Trust upon her death in 1972. It is still in the care of the National Trust of Australia today. It was added to the Australian National Heritage List in August 2006. The house is sometimes used for exhibitions and the Hollywood style ballroom built in the 1930s is used for functions, most commonly weddings. The gardens are often used for entertainments such as open air plays, opera and children's shows.
A Stevan's Linday Dahlia - Rippon Lea Estate, Elsternwick
I visited Rippon Lea historical mansion last Friday on a beautiful and sunny day. Whilst I was strolling through the gardens behind the house, I came across a bed planted with an amazing variety of dahlias.
Some were identified as to what variety of dahlia they were. This one is a Stevan's Linday Dahlia which have peach coloured ball blooms.
Dahlia is a genus of bushy, tuberous, herbaceous perennial plants native to Mexico and Central America. A member of the Compositae family of dicotyledonous plants, its garden relatives thus include the sunflower, daisy, chrysanthemum, and zinnia.
Rippon Lea Estate is a heritage-listed historic house and gardens located in the leafy inner Melbourne suburb of Elsternwick. Built in 1868 for Sir Frederick Sargood, a wealthy Melbourne businessman, politician and philanthropist, the Sargood family lived at Rippon Lea until Frederick's death in 1903. The property was sold to a consortium of real estate developers who had plans to demolish the house and subdivide the land. However due to one of the partner's deaths, it was partially subdivided and the house and remaining land not subdivided was sold to Ben and Agnes Nathan, who owned the Maples chain of furniture stores in Melbourne in 1910. The Nathans lived there until Ben's death in 1935. The property then passed to their eldest daughter, Louisa, along with a legacy of one million pounds. Louisa bequeathed the Rippon Lea estate to the National Trust upon her death in 1972. It is still in the care of the National Trust of Australia today. It was added to the Australian National Heritage List in August 2006. The house is sometimes used for exhibitions and the Hollywood style ballroom built in the 1930s is used for functions, most commonly weddings. The gardens are often used for entertainments such as open air plays, opera and children's shows.