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.

calico20hill

I hope I will be able to get any of your new ones this year. Last year was very difficult but I got a few from trades with others here. The trade in rooted cuttings has helped. But I would love to be able to buy tubers like I used to.

Cosey

This new seedling received top plant marks (from my own devised standards) this weekend. Iron like stems but still slender. Very firm blossom attachment (zero wobble when shaken), blooms above plant canopy without competition from sucker buds, multiple blooms on the plant at the same time. Now I have to wait to see how the tubers are.

Finally, a mini white with great stems and attachment!

A huge want was given--- a collarette with long, strong stems and a firm blossom attachment. There are so many weak collarettes out there that don't hold up well in field situations.

And the "funest" seedling in the field this year. Not a perfect plant but I'll keep it for my private gardens around the house.

NCDahlia

Cosey the white one looks nice!

Emilyp

Cosey I love the "funest" one! Isn't it great when there is no wobble? Such a happy moment when you realize they have good stems 🙂 The white one is very pretty.

KitCMC

Teddahlia I love the contrast of the coloring on the reverse! I hope Margaret names it too!

Teddahlia

The little white one has "Aussie" shaped florets as they complain that our formal decorative flowers are just poor ball dahlias. They are supposed to lay flat like yours. I hope you recognize this is a compliment on a nice flower.

Teddahlia

Miniature waterlilies are rather rare. Second year seedling.

Krista

Teddahlia Lovely!

Teddahlia

Not enough pictures being posted . Seedling 20-33 out of Black Beauty 7 inches in diameter.

NCDahlia

Teddahlia I like this one too! I think I understand your numbering. Year 2020 and it is seeding 33 that you tagged to grow again so its in year 3.

Bessie

Teddahlia thanks, I like seeing photos. Rather shocking that 20-33 is a seedling of Hollyhill Black Beauty. I really appreciate knowing that.

KristinS

I will preface this with, I am a total newbie to breeding. I have very little clue as to what makes a good show flower partly because showing doesn't really interest me. I mainly grow for cut flowers and I realize I still have a ton to learn! With that said, I would love to share some of my favorite first year (first ever) seedlings.

My seedling below is on the left with Bloomquist York on the right.

NCDahlia

KristinS Really like this, great job! Picture 7 is my favorite

Juliarugula

KristinS I really like all of your seedlings, but I agree that last mustard yellow and red is particularly beautiful! I love mustard yellow!

AndreaB

KristinS Very nice, Kristin. I see a lot of beauties!

KitCMC

KristinS so many gorgeous blooms! I really like the white one.

Teddahlia

Same color. Show flowers can be nice but most of us grow dahlias for their beauty and that is a personal thing. Margaret looked over my shoulder and said she likes the color of your seedling.

KristinS

Teddahlia I posted more. I am still figuring out how to use message board. 😅 I am glad there are others growing for their beauty and not simply perfection as defined by the showing rules.

Please tell Margaret thank you. I think that one is my favorite. I love the picotee.

Teddahlia

Very nice set of seedlings. Last one with dark reverse is "cool" (using my old time hippy vocabulary) .

KristinS

Teddahlia Thank you! Any camera suggestions for picking up the correct coloring? That one in particular I can’t get the color to show correctly. It is soooo red and soooo mustard yellow it looks unreal, but I can’t for the life of me get the color to pick up correctly!

Teddahlia

Odd colored flowers seem to photograph better if they have another lighter colored flower next to it or behind it. Use your cell phone for the picture and cell phone pictures have lots of built in post picture processing to make them look good. When I try to improve cell phone pictures in photoshop they are already processed to look good and more processing usually does not work. My Canon camera does not process pictures that much and I can usually improve the picture. I use the cell phone for most pictures these days but when motivated will take some very nice pictures with my Canon camera. The Canon camera pictures are better if you use the right settings but usually that involves shooting with several different settings and that takes time. Cell Phone pictures are quick and easy.

KristinS

Teddahlia My Canons are even worse than my iPhone at capturing colors. 😅 You’re so right, phones are a lot more convenient. I wonder what a white background would do. I might try it next time I’m having problems. Unfortunately, I hardly have any white flowers this year. I have Salish Snow Day and Hollyhill Miss White out there, but they haven’t bloomed yet.

calico20hill

I really like the gold with dark red reverse! The dark color reverse gives it. lot of visual depth as well as being fun colors to work with. I find a lot of cell phone pics need the color warmed up and made deeper to match the flower. I always edit the colors to what my eyes saw, not how it photographed.

KristinS

calico20hill Thank you! I tried to edit this one to get the color right and it just wouldn’t recreate it for me!

KristinS

Juliarugula Thank you!

KristinS

AndreaB Thank you!

KristinS

KitCMC Thank you! I am waiting for another bloom on that one. I will save it for next year since I don’t have many whites. I’m looking forward to seeing how these grow as stand alone dahlias and not just seedlings crammed together to see what they look like in year one!

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