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.
Krista JessieC Pretty, and I like your vase choice too! These are two I’ve never grown and they sure are lovely.
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.
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.
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!
Teddahlia Wooden stakes are the 100 year + old method for dahlia staking. I was on a Zoom meeting and Steve Cox from Australia said he still uses wooden stakes and several others in Australia do also. Phil Mingus used to use wooden stakes but switched to rows later on. The stakes are more fun for visitors as you could walk in any direction among the flowers. We use steel t-posts and baling twine and plant in rows.
bloomhjelm More new-to-me varieties. The first is Rusty D. I think the reverse on the petals is gorgeous. Second is Bloomquist Dandelion. Fimbriated blooms are so fun. The last is Innocent Silence. Lemon meringue yellow is a very acceptable form of yellow.
Juliarugula bloomhjelm wow - Rusty D is beautiful! I’ve never seen it before. Hollyhill Toni is so fun and just about ready to explode in bloom. All those buds are one plant. Sandia Cancan - the waterlilies are really so much nicer here once it starts to cool down! Hollyhill Tangelo - love it! Hollyhill Cheers. Ted, do you think HH Cheers is correct for this one? I’ve seen a number of bright orange photos with no purple backs, which is closer to what I expected. I remember you posting photos of an unreleased waterlily with a purple back, and I’m wondering if you think this one might be that instead? Hollyhill Honeygold (sorry about the crispy back petals on a few of these). River’s Coal Mine - enjoying this one! Boy Hollyhill Lawrence really goes crazy with the birds nesting as it ages! (Sorry about the blown center, but the petals were just too fun) Hollyhill Mischief has been such a standout for me this year. My third year growing it, and I keep loving it more. It might have the tightest center of any dahlia in the garden. Hollyhill Zarina. It’s a little unusual that this bloom is slightly incurved. Usually the petals are impeccably straight. Alva’s Supreme - new to me this year. Really lovely - I’m surprised I don’t hear much talk about this variety. All the blooms of Bloomquist Wild are starting to blow, but it’s be really really fun all season. Bright and curly and floriforous.
