2023 - Dahlia Blooms

edewitt · 2023-06-17T14:24:58+00:00

It's a bit early but at some point everyone's going to need a place to share their glorious dahlia photos. I've got a bloom from one of the cuttings I took...

SteveM

MissyWeitzel That color looks like it would be popular with florists. What size was she for you?

MissyWeitzel

SteveM It is about 3.5" in diameter for me, but keep in mind I tightly space my plants, so quite often blooms are somewhat smaller in my garden.

calico20hill Me too - it is so pretty!!

calico20hill

I like the bricky rose coloring with the darker center.

edewitt

I finally got a decent bloom from my Verrone's Sandra J plant!

Krista

edewitt Prrrretty!

AndreaB

Rainy evenings are perfect for looking through the photo album. Here are a few of the late bloomers.

Labyrinth

River’s Lucile

Lady Darlene

Sheval Megan

JS Neon Purple I don’t think the name suits this cultivar. It’s such a nice deep, rich purple.
Nothing fluorescent about it.

En Pointe

Ferncliff Inspiration This is such a joy to grow.

Hollyhill Black Beauty

Neon Flare I don’t grow many collarettes, but I love the random gold in this one.

Jennie

Clearview Debby

dahlia1972

AndreaB Do you have any Neon Flare tubers for sell/swap? I absolutely love it and it's not listed at all on Dahlia Addict.

Emilyp

Is anyone growing Allen's Alley Cat? Can you post a picture of it if you have one please?

calico20hill

Emilyp I grew it but I can not find a picture of it.

Krista

Emilyp I am growing Allen’s Alley Cat and it is very not super orange. My first bloom was a hot mess but I’ve got another one coming (that’s looking to be very similar in color as this one) and can post a photo when it does.

I visited Allen’s Dahlias in August and his stand of AACs were also light in color like mine. Yours matches the images on Cowlitz River’s site though.

Emilyp

calico20hill

calico20hill Was it really super orange for you Noni? Did it look like this?

Emilyp

Krista Thank you Krista! Mine is definitely more Heathcliff than Garfield. It is in a very shady spot, I wonder if that makes a difference.

Krista

Emilyp Interesting, maybe I’ll try mine in a shadier spot next year - I like the intensity of yours better. Then again …

calico20hill Hello Lote! Pretttty, Noni!

Krista

Emilyp I almost forgot to post this! Bloom #2 wasn’t the beautiful deep orange yours is - I will definitely try Allen’s Alley Cat in a shadier spot next year!

calico20hill

MIne looked very much like the first picture... I wasn't particularly drawn to it and that may be that they faded out. It had some stiff competition where I had it planted and I think my eyes were drawn to Lote (From Cowlitz River Dahlias) mostly. If it made good tubers I will try it again next year in a different spot.

Emilyp

calico20hill Thank you! I checked out Lote, and I see what you mean, what a beauty!

Krista

I’ve been so eagerly anticipating the arrival of this sweet bloom, I’m so happy Alpen Sundown made it before frost!

AndreaB

Krista The first year I grew Alpen Sundown I was smitten. I lost it and replaced it, but it just didn’t seem the same after the honeymoon. Yours is gorgeous, Krista.

KitCMC

Krista gorgeous Krista!

Krista

AndreaB Oh, I just think she’s dreamy. If you’d like to try again with her, I’ll be happy to send you a tuber for next year!

Teddahlia

Alpen Sundown: Glad to see some of Bill Mclaren's Alpen varieties are still around. Steve must be proud of his father's groundbreaking breeding and the outstanding book he wrote called the Encyclopedia of Dahlias. I would like to hear what it was like growing up in Montana on a dahlia farm.

Teddahlia

Posted Margaret's garden picture to Facebook. Here it
is for you all.

AndreaB

Teddahlia We need more of Margaret’s pictures… it’s beautiful ❤️

JessieC

Teddahlia Wow what a delight! Thank you (and Margaret) for sharing it 👌

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