2024 - Dahlia Blooms

SteveM · 2024-03-18T01:41:40+00:00

Let the fun begin! My first bloom of the 2024 season: Bloom: 'Sophie F' (BB ID Pk) A 20 year-old seedling I still use for the Coral palette. Vase: From my...

Krista

MissyWeitzel Stunning!

JessieC

At last, some blooms worthy of sharing!
Woodlands Wild Thing did not disappoint. This is only the second bloom, but it was a late addition and I stuck it in a grow bag.
The other one is Skipley Spot of Gold. It’s got a fascinating geometric pattern. I like these short squat vases for showing off blooms like this.

Krista

JessieC Pretty, and I like your vase choice too! These are two I’ve never grown and they sure are lovely.

Teddahlia

Bill Mishler bred Woodland's Wildthing and it was his favorite one he bred. Bill was a brick layer by trade and he was the one who told me if you put bricks into a 5 gallon bucket and fill it with water, the next day the water will be all gone , absorbed by the bricks. He drove a diesel Rabbit pick up for years and got 70 miles per gallon(not really). However it's top speed was something like 55 MPH. He bought a Honda Fit when they came out to make his wife Betty happy.

Juliarugula

Teddahlia He bought a Honda Fit when they came out to make his wife Betty happy.

Betty had good taste in cars. I’m bummed they don’t make Fits anymore and my next car will have to be something else.

bloomhjelm

Daisy Adair

GG's Baby Breath

Normandie Memories, much better than I expected even

Bessie

River's Bubble Gum is a gorgeous bloom. I'm seriously shocked at its form. It's classified as BB FD P in the River's online catalog. This bloom really makes me want more of their dahlias.

BackyardBouquets_17

Rock Run Ashley
BJ Dusty Rose
Ferncliff Copper
Coralie

Teddahlia

Not enough pictures on here. Three miniature blooms wanting to go into a bouquet.

calico20hill

Thank you for the lovely dahlia photo . I would be happy to put those blooms into one of my bouquets!

MissyWeitzel

Bracken Palomino
Kelsey Aria and a bee coming in for a landing
Kenora Lisa
Bloomquist Simple
River's Snow Cone
Sheval Megan
Creamy

NCDahlia

MissyWeitzel Nice on River's snow cone is it floriferous?

Great pic with the honey bee! Also is cool seeing the pollen baskets on their legs. Even after keeping bees for +10 years I smile every time (unless they get pollen-bound brood boxes).... 😄

Teddahlia

Creamy is an older one and was bred by the late Phil Traff. Ginger Clack of Clack's Dahlia Patch(CDP) grew it for many years as it was an excellent cut flower. She was about the only one growing it and then the people were looking for that light cream color re-discovered it.

bloomhjelm

I ordered Bangkok Violet from abroad this year and it's finally bloomed.

Bessie

bloomhjelm where do you "order abroad"?

bloomhjelm

Bessie this was from a Latvian seller who I paid to do the phytosanitary cert.

MissyWeitzel

NCDahlia not floriforous so far but I try not to judge tubers in the first year with me when they come from the other side of the country. Many of my new to me tubers this season have been underwhelming. I've also had BAD spider mites and powdery mildew and the weather has been weird. Everything is looking much better now so maybe September and October will be extra good. 😊

cmcramer

We give away amazing bouquets to friends and also enjoy walking through / workiing in the dahlia garden, of course. After an intial pinch back in the April greenhouse, we just let 'em go with some disbudding as time allows. Here's Picasso and Lilac Time, both about 4.5 - 5 feet tall. Love those purple stems on Lilac Time!

JessieC

cmcramer those look great! I also love your sturdy looking stakes. How do you get them into the ground?

cmcramer

JessieC Poke a hole with a crowbar....pound in ash or cedar stakes using 8 pound maul. Garden looks a little 'stake heavy' until plants grow enough to hide, but those stakes hold up my baling twine trellis.... so they gotta be strong!

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