Juliarugula 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!
Bessie 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.
calico20hill 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.
BackyardBouquets_17 Coseytown Bounty. New for me this yr and The plant is absolutely loaded with blooms!
edewitt 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
MissyWeitzel 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!
edewitt 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?
Juliarugula 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!
Krista Returned to visit my dahlias finally! We planted and left them on 7/11 and I’m thrilled to find most have begun to come up. I felt like a grown up when I instantly yanked my entire plant of Hollyhill Letitia who was exhibiting very clear signs of virus. Le sigh. On the bright side, Sandia Bertha is my first bloom for 2024!
Bessie WanderingDahlias nice photo! The KA's Coral Seas is a lovely color and has nice floret shape. How big is the bloom? Is there a tight center?
WanderingDahlias Some new and old friends that I’m wild about so far … The lovely Molly Raven KA’s Mocha Katie is a watercolor painting MD Barbie began as hot pink and evolved to this. A stunner! Lee’s Lotusland - looking forward to the evolution on this one! Normandy DeeGee, seriously in love! Narrows Lori, been chasing her for 3 years because I’m a Lorie
WanderingDahlias Curious the origin of the name Eperler Ley, but what a beautiful dahlia! Princess Nadine will knock your socks off. Another chaser that I’m thrilled with, KA’s Papa John RM Baby Girl is absolutely beautiful
WanderingDahlias blown_dry This was the first bloom and I’m quite happy with the center. Would hope it will tighten as the plant matures. Around 4” Bessie
bloomhjelm I was out spraying for powdery mildew for a while. Time for a big bottle. My only blooms are still Bull's Blood and Sandia Bliss, with Sandia Gold and Lakeview Blush coming up next. I probably was overcautious in planting as late as I did.
WanderingDahlias Krista I did start many early and our spring in Missouri came early so I got a jump start.
MissyWeitzel My primary waterlily bed is a hot mess right now due to a miscalculation when I was making my new layout this spring. Instead of having a walkway next to my vegetable garden fence, the waterlily bed ended up directly next to it and it's not even August and they're all rather smooshed. Despite my ineptitude, I'm cutting some beautiful stems outta there! This is my first Hollyhill Pandora bloom and I'm really impressed by the strong stems and the color is quite striking in person. It is definitely larger than many other WLs I grow, and the bigger, the better for my personal taste! To answer @edewitt question a little farther up about Taratahi Ruby, as I was pulling the organza bag off another bloom this morning, a petal fell off so I took a pic. Yes, it definitely has yellow just at the very base of the petal and the petal reverse has a bit lighter color too.
Teddahlia Many nice red dahlias are red pigment over a yellow base. Purple dahlias are the same pigment over a version of white pigment but another version of white will cause the flower to be red. There are several versions of white.
MissyWeitzel This is Baron Nikki. I did not quite capture the perfect orchette petal roll. This is my first year with it and it and I love how the warmer cream shade of the petaloids contrasts with the cool pink of the petals. It looks really pretty in person.
Juliarugula MissyWeitzel Baron Nikki is super pretty! I love the color combo. I’ve been having fun with my iPhone camera settings this year. Here’s a photo dump. Zwink is soooo much prettier earlier in the year than it was last year. Last year it was a total mess until it started to quill in the fall. Country Superstar is so cool. I really thought Hapet Cupid was supposed to be pink. I’ve been so happy to finally get Hollyhill Toni, but it definitely looks virused. Again. I’m conflicted this time, because this plant is so vigorous and floriforous, but concerning foliage. Sigh.
