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Local cut flowers are hot stuff these days as farmers and small-scale growers cash in on the popularity of fresh bouquets, and home gardeners continue a trend that caught on during COVID-19 cocooning.

Ball dahlias are arguably most common: they’re perfectly spherical flowers with petals shaped like little tubes. These are the type of flowers you’d probably see winning first place at your local ...