General Dahlia Chat 2024
Old picture of Hollyhill Lavender Blu. Hope it makes lots of cuttings.
Teddahlia I grew those back when! They were amazing!
I never thought I'd say this, but our West Michigan dahlia society had an awesome zoom meeting last night. Dr. Alex and Zach who are working on the genome project gave a very exciting update. It sounds like they're doing the rounds of society zoom meetings, so if you get the chance to listen in on one, I encourage you to.
If that was not enough excitement for one evening, at our business portion of the meeting after, everyone voted 'yea' for hosting the national show in 2026! It's not all finalized yet but should be soon. I'm especially excited because I unknowingly joined the wmds a few months after they hosted nationals in 2019 and thought I'd never see it back here. I don't think I'll be at Wenatchee this year, but I hope to meet some of you in person at Chicago in 2025 and Grand Rapids in 2026. 
MissyWeitzel but I hope to meet some of you in person at Chicago in 2025 and Grand Rapids in 2026.
Oh yay! That’s so exciting! I didn’t know Chicago was planning to host in 2025 either. So happy I’ll get to go, and twice in a row at that!
MissyWeitzel it was an excellent presentation. It still is unrealistic to me what science is capable of. I feel like this should be sci-fi or futuristic stuff.
I am pretty sure we won't make it to Chicago but I actually have my husband interested in going to Wenatchee. I told him about all the fun tours that he would enjoy and we have not spent much/any time in the Wenatchee area so he will enjoy that. Now that he has better hearing aids I think he will enjoy meeting new people too. He is actually getting a little bit interested in dahlias , LOL...after spending a lifetime calling them "your weeds". I think he sees the social advantage of having other people to visit with....that might even share an interest with him in electronics or aerospace. I have (Gasp!) caught him reading Dahlia of Today when he did not now I was looking. If we had more dedicated dahlia space I would give him a packet of seeds and show him how to plant them...I'm pretty sure he would be hooked and then I wouldn't be able to get in a word edgewise
MissyWeitzel that is fantastic news! I can already dream up the carload of dahlia enthusiasts I’d love to pick up on my way to Grand Rapids! 
Teddahlia you finally got it back?!? YAY!!!!! I’m so glad!
I remember seeing a post from last year where Ted called Spartacus "the king of the sports" and included a number of Meggos dahlias and others. What about Bloomquist Jean? Is that another sport? Does anyone know its parentage?
Kenora Valentine (A FD R intro 1990) or Kenora Wildfire (A SC R Intro 1989) by Leroux.
By the pictures on the ADS website they are different.
Does anyone know if this old fb post is accurate? Are they one in the same?
Halls of Heddon has it listed as the same. I think they're different cultivars based on the ADS classifications and pictures. https://www.hallsofheddon.com/product/dahlia-kenora-valentine/
What about Bloomquist Jean? Is that another sport? Does anyone know its parentage? I thought I read it was seedling of Bloomquist Barbara. Not sure about that though. I got an email and Federation had it's auction yesterday: Bulls Blood by Walt Jacenko garnered $190- HH Honey Gold $125- HH Tarantula $85- HH Fingerpaint $50.00. Bulls Blood and Tarantula are related, same seed parent.
I finally purchased Jersey Beauty. I started looking after reading ads in the old ADS bulletins and the pricing was insane. Pre-release was $50.00 the first year, $25.00 the next year. It did fall in price before the depression, because everyone was growing it and now it took a few years to find someone willing to sell me a tuber. How excited am I? I purchased a book written by the hybridizer in 1928, Modern Day Dahlia Culture - W H Waite.
