Gorgeous Dark Dahlias

Veryzer · 2024-05-25T22:27:58+00:00

I swear the universe doesn't want me to grow HH Black Beauty. Two years ago it was just poor stock and only emerged as a spindly shoot that never did anythin...

Bessie

JessieC I love to hear the feedback regarding floppy stems and wonky flowers. I'm always looking for great cut flowers to hybridize with, and those flowers to stay away from.

Juliarugula

Teddahlia A poll was taken as to your favorite dahlia color . Purple won and and has won many polls since then.

I’m very curious about the favorite colors of members of this site. I have this weird theory that purple is a favorite color among men, but women tend to like other colors. I think this theory is probably based on my dad and my husband’s favorite flower colors (yes, purple).

My favorite flower color is orange.

Bessie

Juliarugula I have lots of favorite colors, and I have a hard time making decisions. So I took some quick shots of color in my yard and kitchen (dahlias undergoing vase tests).
Alstroemeria colors I like

Current Dahlia colors I like

calico20hill

I guess I think more in terms of "mood" then particular color. I like a turbulent purple with a silver backing like a thunderstorm. An intense red with orange tones shouts out "Fire!" Soft pale pinks make me think of babies cheeks . Brighter pinks are valentines. I have a friend who "hears" colors as musical tones and was amazed when she showed me information about how that was a real thing, not just her crazy notion. Color charts do help when sharing informtion on coloring but the gut response to colors is a wild and crazy thing!

blown_dry

Bessie These are the best colors. It's SCIENCE.

Teddahlia

Purple with darker purple is a nice color.

JessieC

calico20hill Mine are slow too! I received them early and potted them up. They’ve been in the ground for about five weeks, I’d say. They look fine, but they are not the most enthusiastic plants in my 2024 lineup.
And I forgot to mention Ivanetti, which I am trying again this year. I know it’s common and I believe easy to grow, but I had bad luck with it last year and tried again with a pair of tubers this year. Last night I noticed that one of them suffered sudden death, so I dug it up and popped a cutting into its place. It’s so nice to have cuttings to spare—the understudies of the dahlia garden! 😂

BackyardBouquets_17

I’m a lover of light pastel colors! The dahlias I find myself falling for are in the peach/orange class. The lighter in color they are the better. Blush colored would be another category and all the better if they fade out into a light or white color giving it a two toned affect.

My customers tend to like bright showy bouquets and those r the ones I find difficult to make since it’s not really “my style”. Usually the one I think is the absolute ugliest will be the first to sell 😂

Laia

I love so many dahlia colors. But purples are definitely a favorite of mine. I added quite a few purples for this year. I can’t wait until Ted & Margaret release some of those rich purple WL’s (and the novelty that changes forms but sometimes keeps its petals closed all day), that Ted’s teased us with pictures of. If they ever are released. 🤞🤞🤞🙏 They are my dream dahlias.

(Side note: I really want Margaret’s novelty purple seedling to come together with Sandy Boley’s novelty(?) pink seedling that keeps its petals closed, to try for more seedlings with this closed petal trait. I would happily devote a whole patch to growing these two, to try for seed.)

Here’s a pic of someone’s entry (maybe Glenn’s?) of GG’s K2 at the 2022 WCDS show. I was thrilled when someone (probably Glenn) brought tubers to this year’s society sale. The uniform petaled FD aren’t usually my favorite, but the color on this one really got me.

bloomhjelm

Purples and violets are so rich and velvety, so ROYAL... But I'm a fan of the coral to orange spectrum, and also the apricot golds.

Bessie

bloomhjelm Reedly is so pretty!

« Previous Page