The beautiful red & white Dahlia "Santa Claus", shot by my beautiful wife in the Dahlia Garden of Bayard Cutting Arboretum State Park on Long Island in New York. This "dinner plate" Dahlia has flowers up to 8 inches in diameter on plants 4 -6 feet tall. The Garden is maintained for the park by the Long Island Dahlia Society, and has some 400 varieties on display each year. You can learn more about the Society at www.longislanddahlia.com. You can visit this great New York State Park at www.nysparks.com/parks/95/details.aspx.