OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) - The Evergreen State Dahlia Association is doing its part to brighten the state Capitol campus by planting bulbs this weekend.
The Olympian newspaper reports (https://is.gd/GM8GIG ) the pilot project is designed to demonstrate how partnerships between the state and community organizations could work.
The association says it will plant 20 different types of dahlias between the two outer hedges of the Sunken Garden, located between the Winged Victory Monument and the greenhouse.
Dahlias are cultivated for their brightly colored flowers.
The Department of Enterprise Services, which manages the 485-acre campus, has signed an agreement with the Dahlia Association that requires the group to do the planting, stake the plants, weed around the dahlias, remove spent flowers and dig up the tubers in the fall.
The first blooms should appear in late July to early August.
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Information from: The Olympian, https://www.theolympian.com
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