Nottingham Post published Giant 7ft dahlia flower grows in Beeston garden

A dahlia has dwarfed its grower as it reached a massive 7ft – with a fishy tale to its origins.Six years ago, Steve Maddocks planted a cutting taken from a flower which had been cultivated by his late father, Walter.The 53-year-old, of Bramcote Avenue, Beeston, wanted to plant the offshoot in memory of his dad, a retired builder's labourer of Clifton who passed away aged 81 in 2009 and left behind his widow, Jean.Every year since, the plant has grown as any dahlia would, reaching no higher