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.
In the 1840s crowds of up to 10,000 people would arrive to gaze at prize-winning dahlias and flower sculptures and enjoy cricket matches and brass band performances.
Louise Crawley, a landscape historian at English Heritage, said: "The shows were an opportunity for people to gather and parade in their finery. It is wonderful to see these beautiful flowers return to Stonehenge after 180 years."
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