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A few of the words
- DAHLIA
- Dahlias are native to the highlands of Mexico and were cultivated by the Aztecs long before Spanish botanists brought them to Europe in the late 1700s.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- TUBER
- Dahlias grow from fleshy tubers, not bulbs — gardeners in cold climates dig them up each autumn and store them through winter, then replant come spring.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- ASTER
- The name comes from the Greek word for star, a nod to the flower's neat, radiating petals — asters have been a symbol of autumn in American gardens for generations.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- SEDUM
- The variety 'Autumn Joy' — a classic garden sedum — was one of the best-selling perennials in the United States throughout the 1980s and 1990s.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
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Dahlias & Late Bloomers: a free large-print word search
Dahlias & late bloomers — free and large-print. Copper, russet, wine — the garden saves its boldest colors for last.
About Garden & Nature
As summer loosens its grip, the garden doesn't fade — it blazes. Dahlias throw up plate-sized blooms in every shade from ivory to near-black, while asters throw soft violet clouds above the fading grass. Sedum crowns deepen from dusty pink to rich copper-bronze, and the whole border hums with one last, unhurried show before the first frost settles in.
How to play
- 1Find a word from the list.Press the first letter and drag to the last — across, down or diagonally, forwards or back. Or tap the first letter, then the last.
- 2It stays marked.Found words get a soft teal line through them, on the grid and in the list.
- 3Make it comfortable.Use the A / A+ / A++ size control any time, or pinch the grid for a closer look.
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