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

You all are going to make me sniff all my open seedlings this year. Truthfully I don't smell my dahlias because ... no scent. But now I am curious. The only way scent will start to accumulate in dahlias is by seeking out the unique specimens that have some scent, no matter what the plant or bloom looks like.

I hope a few of you that might have found something get together and trade plants and start some generational seedling trials.

Teddahlia

Several years, ago I was sure one of the seedlings had a faint scent and the next year it did not. The ones I have smelled over the years had a very weak scent that was hardly worth the effort(Hy Scent). I hope when someone actually increases the scent, it is a nice scent. I quickly got tired of smelling the flowers by the way, I have other things to do especially when there was nothing to smell.

Bessie

Bessie this "fragrant" seedling is sitting in the throw out pile. If anyone wants some genetic material, let me know. I decided the fragrance was like yellow trumpet daffodils. Not a smell I like.

Bessie

23015, Alloway Candy seed parent

23058, Hollyhill Donnatella seed parent

23061, Hollyhill Creamy seed parent

Updated picture for 23029, Alloway Candy seed parent

Bessie

These two seedlings have very delicate coloring.
23038 Alloway Candy sp

23042 is probably the most beautiful coloring of all my seedlings that have bloomed for 2023, thus far. Strong tall plant.

KitCMC

Bessie I love 23038!

SteveM

Bessie Great job, you have quite a collection of keepers for next year! How many do you think you will end up keeping over for a second year?

Teddahlia

Nice seedlings. Have not seen many Donnatella seedlings and the color is similar. Creamy seedlings look nice. It has had some really nice seedlings. White is a winner.

Bessie

Vase test started earlier today...
Four seedlings from Hollyhill parents.

Teddahlia

Your seedlings look good together in the vase. Our first year seedlings are not yet blooming.

calico20hill

Yum. pretty!

And here is my Berries Au Lait...this is the one Steve tried out for California but found it grew too tall under shade cloth. I think he touched it with magic fingers while he had it...The first to bloom ing my Berries Au Lait Row.

Bessie

calico20hill how tall does it grow in your garden, and how tall is it in Steve's? That's good info for me to have.

calico20hill

So far it is 40" in my garden but I beleive it will grow a lot more. Not sure but it may have been around 60" for me and thati s without shade cloth.

SteveM

calico20hill Noni. It wasn't so much the height when grown under the shade cloth as it was the long, skinny stems produced on the 2nd flush. The stems were too long/thin when grown here under 30-40% shade cloth. The flower and plant growth was excellent and I hope to try it in full sun some year when I figure out how to foil the gophers. The stock was excellent and I didn't see any variation in the 19 plants I grew last year, all from cuttings taken from the original tuber you sent. The color should make it desirable to florists.

Bessie

SteveM I'm still unsure. As I see Peaches N Cream and Blizzard come into bloom, I get more reference for what constitutes "good" in a Dahlia. For sure I'll save seven or eight at this point for growing next year. Below is the very first seedling that came into bloom, and indeed it did turn into a completely closed center bloom. It is very floriferous, but could use more substance. I'm looking forward to crossing Blizzard with 23060 to get a Dahlia with more petal substance.

SteveM

Bessie As I see Peaches and Cream and Blizzard come into bloom, I get more reference for what constitutes "good" in a Dahlia.

You mean a "good" cut flower, right? Blizzard is not a show dahlia and I doubt it would ever score in competition. It is also not a 'perfect' cut dahlia, it can be soft and can occasionally shatter. Her strong points are: easy to grow, pure white, very productive with usable stems even after 6 flushes. She has produced a a few fairly nice seedlings and her genetics can add a nice plant habit and productivity to a cut flower cross.

Congratulations on your seedlings this year. If you save 10% to grow for a second year you have done very good. Now you will have to start looking for space for additional planting.☺

calico20hill

Steve, I am hearing a lot of other people with gopher trouble too. So far they have not invaded past my critter fence and raised beds with wire bottoms but that would be hard to duplicate in the size of output you need. Maybe you need some attack ducks....or geese? They can be vicious!

I am loving the stems here in fulll sunshine but not sure the flower color will be the best in full sun. I have planted a number of plants and we will see what I figure out this summer here. I did sent this one on to Triple Wren to trial last winter. I am very curious how they will like it. And with any luck we will have 4 months of growing it through NW Oregon conditions...

Teddahlia

Peaches-N-Cream is a near perfect show flower that has a huge following for the cut flower market. It was originated by the Blue Dahlia Gardens in 1993 according to the Classification book ? However Virginia Walbot wrote on the Stanford website the following: This cultivar is formal decorative type, light blend in color, and of size M. It was hybridized and grown in 1994 by R.J. Muntjewerff, Middenbeemster, The Netherlands, named in 2000 by E. van Dongen, Zwaanshoek, The Netherlands, and introduced and registered in 2006 by P.J.K. van Schie, Lisse, The Netherlands. Its parentage is unknown.
When we first started to breed in the late 1990s I obtained it for breeding but the very few seedlings were not good and we lost it in storage(as do most people). I have been following some of the breeding results that has been posted the last few years. Has it produced any really nice seedlings?
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drewtheflorist

Teddahlia Peaches and Cream is not the same as Peaches-n-Cream

Teddahlia

Second year waterlily seedling out of a 2020 red seedling. Petals a bit too pointed but it is nice to get an OK flower early in the season. Difficult to get the color right. It is purple but not super pure purple like Seabeck's Hilda.

Teddahlia

Same flower a few hours later. It cups well and does not have too many rows of florets.

NCDahlia

Teddahlia how do the tubers store? i have not had much luck with many purples in storage?

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