After 180 years, flowers and floral sculptures make a return to the famous stone circle this weekend

With the autumn equinox gone and the winter months not far away, Salisbury Plain can take on a rather chilly, sombre air.

But not this weekend when displays of 5,000 blooms – cerise pinks, deep crimsons, vibrant oranges – will light up the landscape to celebrate a largely forgotten Victorian tradition: the Stonehenge dahlia shows.

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