Bull's Blood is going to finish my emails for me at my real job.
2024 - Dahlia Blooms
I saw Bulls Blood at the National show. Impressive.
Kenora Lisa bloom (5").
"Bulls Blood".......now that's a name!
I've been enjoying Salish Red Red Red today. This is one I have loved since I saw the first bloom 3 or 4 years ago on a tiny plant. The color is so good...nice and solid and I don't think it fades much either. It is a nice 5" flower on a not too tall plant... 3-4' I think. Anyhow, probably the shortest Salish one I grow. I Picked a couple of blooms for the house today and I just can't keep my eyes off them!
AC Petalicious - day 3 in the vase and continuing to get more beautiful! 
MissyWeitzel That one is so cool! And I like your lisianthus too 
Guys! Hollyhill Cotton Candy! Whoa! I can’t keep my eyes off these blooms! I tried growing her a few years ago and it was very meh - maybe I got super poor stock, but now I’m thinking it had to have been a totally wrong variety because it was nothing like this. Soooo glad I decided to try it again!
Juliarugula Ooooh! Nice. I'd love the source if it's public.
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blown_dry I actually got these tubers from Triple Wren. Honestly, I’ve wound up with a few problem purchases from them, but this one was good!
I flipped through their site recently though and didn’t see HH Cotton Candy listed anymore. But who knows - seems like they change up their offerings frequently.
Juliarugula after reading and studying Wayne Holland's writings, I think he might be on to something that would explain how a cutting grown plant will sometimes far surpass a tuber grown plant in vigor. Hint, it's about root/tuber nematodes! https://web.archive.org/web/20090120070340/http://members.shaw.ca/hydahlia/curablevirus.html
Juliarugula Oooooweeeeyowzah!
Bessie not sure if it’s what you were thinking, but these were tuber grown plants.
However, yes, that is a phenomenon I’ve observed in my own garden!
Juliarugula I was thinking that perhaps the new tuber stock you received had been grown from cuttings and thus was more vigorous. But actually, I just wanted to throw out the info that nematodes, in some cases might affect lack of plant vigor. I should have explained better.
I think I got 2 Triple Wren rooted cuttings this year and one was a KA. I am looking forward to the blooms and hope they are worth the price and hassles to get them. I don't remember right off which ones they were. I think the other might have been a Bloomquist.. I should go look them up and get them back on my radar. I ordered a number of Bloomquists tubers from North Cascades after they opened.
Coseytown Bounty. New for me this yr and The plant is absolutely loaded with blooms!
Just Married
Ketchup & Mustard
Ted sent me this Hollyhill Tiger Rose (sport) last year and it seems to be doing better than last year.
Hollyhill Moonsong
Tyler James
I've found Taratahi Ruby to be difficult to photograph on the plant or inside but it is lovely on my desk. 
Bear Creek Sunrise
Hollyhill Wicked Witch is larger and more striking than I expected!
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MissyWeitzel Hollyhill Wicked Witch is larger and more striking than I expected!
I bought that one last year but it sported to just red. Most of my variegated Hollyhill dahlias reverted to a solid color except for a couple. I do enjoy that picture though. That Bear Creek Sunrise just shines! It looks from the photo that Taratahi Ruby is probably a bit brighter of a near fire truck red with a slight bit of yellow & coral on the inside?
A couple of cool variegated blooms today.
AC Gypsy is blowing my mind. Wow! I can’t wait to see it fully open.
River’s Mee-Kaw is super cool also!
