Dahlia Seedling Pictures - 2023

Bessie · 2023-05-25T15:02:05+00:00

First blooming plant from January 18, 2023 seed sowing. Alloway Candy is seed parent, unknown pollen parent.

Cosey

SteveM 5" without any plant maintenance. I'd love to see what this one can do in the hands of an experienced show grower. The petals completely touch the stem.

SteveM

Cosey When you get a seedling that you think might make a good show flower you should send it to a couple of trial gardens to see if it passes (maybe you already have?). It is quite a thrill to get a seedling scored in a trial garden.

Cosey

Cosey One of these days I will do that.

KitCMC

Cosey this lady is going to be a star ⭐️

calico20hill

My HH Black Beauty seedlings...Among the many that looked nothing like HH BB , is this beauty! I've been looking at photos of HH BLack Beauty and it appears to me that the petals are more rolled on this one. It may be just a shade lighter, also. Anyhow, I really really like it.

THe cat is is my son's, Zephyr

KitCMC

calico20hill love the seedling, and the kitty!

AndreaB

calico20hill THe cat is is my son's, Zephyr

Jasper, Byron and now Zephyr. Some of the most handsome kitties I’ve seen!

calico20hill

Well, yes, LOL. Out of all the kitties who needed homes we fell for Zephyr with is aqua blue eyes. THose eyes reminded us of our long gone beloved Hairry. Zephyr and Marya are still grrowing into their personalities.

Teddahlia

We visited Clack's Dahlias on Sunday. Ginger is doing much better after getting her hip replacement. Ginger Clack was able get some seeds from Spartacus and got a very nice seedling. It is an "A" sized flower, well over 8 inches in diameter with good depth. Color is a darker red than Spartacus and it may be just a bit streaked. They have named it CDP Ezra. The CDP stands for "Clack's Dahlia Patch". Plant is 4 feet tall.

Juliarugula

Teddahlia that’s stunning!

calico20hill

Here is my favorite seedling this year. It is one of my Salish Berries Au Lait seedlings. I saw it doing this last year and hoped I would be able to carry it over. I think you could say that it is worth it! What does one call this formation? I think RIver's has some of them, though not in my seed patch . I also need a jazzy name for it.....oh yes. I think it is Bb sized but haven't measured it and it grows to a nice size but not terribly tall....I'll try to take those measures tomorrow. I sure hope it makes seeds! But even more I hope it makes tubers....

Juliarugula

calico20hill ooh - I love it! The petals make me think of cannolis! 🤣🤣. Probably not a romantic enough name for it though.

Krista

calico20hill Wow this one is so cool!

Teddahlia

I just posted on Facebook that it is a double orchid. It would be in the NX class and probably pink. Noni, likes to create flowers that really get your attention.

AndreaB

Now I can’t look at it without visualizing the florets filled with cream and topped with mini chips!
Rollie Cannolis 😂
It’s beautiful, Noni. I hope it makes tubers, too!

calico20hill

I just remembered, this probably came out of the Berries Au Lait seedlings that Steve had and tried out. So Thanks Steve for what ever you did to it when you had this stock :-)

SteveM

calico20hill So Thanks Steve for what ever you did to it when you had this stock :-)

Noni, I wish I could claim some of the credit, that is a beautiful color and I love the form. Does the double orchid have a tendency to shatter? I have had limited experience with them.

Teddahlia

I went out after the rain and picked these pink seedling flowers. In the picture they look much bigger than they are and that is 5.5 inches in diameter. The artificial light in the kitchen gives these flowers a slight blueish cast. I tried to tone down the blue but the color is just bit off . I put before and after together.

Bessie

SteveM Speaking of shattering... I've removed Solo dahlia from my open hybridization. When I'm removing outsides petals they come off readily, the head has popped off more than once when messing with the bloom, and they have a bobble head at this point in time.

calico20hill

I will keep my eye on it and see how soon it shatters.. I hope we have a few more weeks left to observe it in...

Cosey

Bessie It's always hard to remove something that photographs so well. However, given time and space you'll be glad you made the hard decision now versus when you might have had many more plants.

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