Another view of the lily with a red dahlia battling for light

Beautiful colour and the dahlia contrasts great!

More luck than judgement Sheilar

Aren't most things in the garden more luck than judgement Tommt?? lol

You are right there Sheilar. I have an old sycamore tree on the other side of my back garden fence. It was very late in shooting leaf and some of the leaves look a bit dodgy. I always put a few tubs near the back gate to add security. This time I've found the dahlias and lilies panted in the tubs have caught a cotton wool sort of fungi while a potted azalea has given up the ghost in less than a fortnight I had similar problems before and all in the same place.I did ring the parks department while the sycamore was dormant but was told the tree was okay, I think I'll leave to my own judgement from now on. I am taking some photos and will post on ask a question...

Those are lovely:)

Thanks Violeteyes