What flower am I holding in this photo from 1982.

[SeasideDaisy]

Just that really, I’m in my nans garden and I’d like to plant some the same, anybody think they can identify?

Foxgloves. Hollyhocks. Climbing roses.

Sweet peas

Stocks

Hopefully not a foxglove, slightly toxic

Have you uploaded a photo because I can't see anything.

It’s under review, I don’t know why it’s taking so long to upload

@SeasideDaisy Is it the red thing in your right hand? I wonder if it's the same as what's in the border behind which look like dahlias

I'm going to say geranium but it's really hard to tell from the photo

It's difficult to tell, but it looks like a dahlia, and so do the flowers in the background.

No idea OP, I can't decide if the flower is fuzzy or whether it's the photograph. Can you describe it?

Colour?
Multiple layers of small petals like a dahlia or lots of small petals like a daisy? Larger petals like a rose?
Size of flower head?
Can you recall if there was a scent?

Dahlias are a classic "old fashioned" garden flower - I'd say it was either a dahlia or a Carnation.. or, possibly a chrysanthemum but they are autumn flowers and have leafier stems as a rule. All three definitely come in a strong deep red (as well as numerous other colours)

The photo is from 1982, so pretty sure she survived.

No idea on the flower though. My first thought was calendula, but the flowers in the boarder don't look like it.

Looks like a carnation.

I’d say a carnation too. Or possibly a ‘pink’ (dianthus) if the photo colour is off a bit (these are easy to grow!).

My first thought was dahlia

I think the larger clump is of lilies, and there's perhaps a small rose bush too. So possibly a rose in your hand. Although I did wonder about a carnation.

Dahlias come in various different types - if you are thinking of inspiration look on the Crocus website as their pictures are usually good

https://www.crocus.co.uk/plants/_/dahlia-arabian-night/classid.2000012838/

I think those orangey flowers in the flower bed in the background are antirrhinums aka snapdragons, but the thing in your hand doesn't resemble that. Could possibly be a dark coloured variety of French marigold. Everybody used to grow those.

This.

You can see them in the background. 100% a dahlia

The photo is so fuzzy its impossible to tell what flowers they are. Can hardly even see the flower.

Carnation

Thanks all!!

Orange Dahlia. Hence the Pom Pom

Is there no-one in real life you can ask? If I said to my mum, hey what were those red flowers that Granny used to grow, she could probably tell me!

Definitely dahlias OP. They’re amazing, such a huge variety of shapes and colours, as @BeaLola said, and they make absolutely gorgeous cut flowers. There’s an American guy on insta who did a series where he planted a different variety for every day of the year and showcased them one by one!