2023 Orders & Openings Chat

blown_dry · 2023-02-04T23:16:17+00:00

I sent off an email order to DahliaLama. We'll see!

Dahlia53

I don't have the intestinal fortitude for these cutthroat 'hard openings.' I went back onto the Meadowpoint site and ordered two more 'commoners ' - Ferncliff Tropics and Rip City.

Love the idea of gardens that would preserve rare or almost extinct varieties, and that the historic iris people let the irises that make it into their gardens stay, even if those varieties become common or popular again.

Krista

CiCiVacation I love your 'Bond' style garden, Live and Let Die! that gave me a good chuckle, it sounds very dangerous and exciting, and cutthroat.

edewitt your photo of Wyn's Eeek! is truly extraordinary, even with a shallow bloom. I hope you can find it again, I'd love to see a performance comparison from NM. The petals in your photo remind me of old-fashioned ribbon candy, very sweet.

Krista

@Teddahlia what is the correct spelling for your new beauty, I see that The American Dahlia Society spells it "Hollyhill Leticia" however Crazy4Dahlias spells it "Hollyhill Letitia"?

blown_dry

Krista I am curious also. Crazy 4 had it as Letitia and also the images were named Latitia.

I also practice a lot of 'live and let die' gardening. 😁

I was able to acquire and grow Wyn's Eeekk!! one year. I loved it! Au Beau Pre used to sell it, but they are not shipping to the US this year. I planted it in a pot so maybe I still have it.

Krista

blown_dry Oh my, I hadn't noticed the third spelling from Crazy 4 - the plot thickens. I sure hope your Wyn's Eeekk!! makes it, I'd love to see how it does in your garden as well. And it's encouraging to hear it continues to live in some corners of the world.

Oh CiCiVacation, I would take many many photos of this outstanding specimen too, you're in good company. Interesting how much less variegation yours has in this photo. Very beautiful indeed.

CiCiVacation

edewitt Honestly, it was always a bit shallow for me, too, but the wild long petals masked that fact. For comparison's sake, here's Wyn's Eeek in my garden years ago... I took SO many picts of it that I feel a bit pathetic. Every year I tend to ignore all but a few stand-out varieties.

blown_dry

CiCiVacation Ooooh!!! Thanks for sharing.

calico20hill

Krista THis is just a goofy ramble but after raising kids with dyslexia I notice that several of the dahlia growers seem to have it also. I would guess that it may go hand in hand with the interest in colors, forms, etc and the ability to obsess about them. In which case, it is a wonderful trait for a breeder to have but may make paperwork with them a bit challenging! I am glad we have a world where some can focus more on the artistic or obsess over perfecting a flower form by breeding carefully. And hope they all team up with a partner who obsesses over spelling, book keeping, and shipping out in a timely manner :-)

DarcyD

CiCiVacation
Ha. Haven’t heard anyone talk about Wyns Eeek for ages. Probably since last time you did. I remember your Eeek stories. 😁

calico20hill

I had Wyn's Eeek, but it did not make a good cut flower so I let it go. Sometimes I would take on to Market with me and just display it on the table to attract interest to my display of premade bouquets.

blown_dry

I was late to the Cowlitz opening. Then I didn't meet the order minimum, but I couldn't add to the count in my order because limit of 1. By the time I added stuff and checked out again, the stuff I really wanted was sold out. C'est la vie!

Flowernut

I had tubers in my cart and I was filling out the information, but removed everything when I saw the soonest I could get my order was end of April.

blown_dry C'est la vie!
I'm trying the new quote feature and I agree with Amanda.🙃

KitCMC

blown_dry had my top 3 choices in hand, but had a hiccup with my auto fill and the exact same thing happened. By the time I had reached the minimum again they were all gone. Oh well 🤷♀

edewitt

I was so close to getting Salish Twilight Girl but just barely missed it at Cowlitz River. I also realized she'd listed Rolf on there and I hastily added it before I checked out and on my invoice I see it was set for $0. 🙁 I'll wait a bit before I email her asking what the actual cost is so I can pay her for it. That might be the nicest "uniform" variegated flower out there.

NCDahlia

edewitt It's $12 for Rolf

Krista

edewitt Rolf is stunning! I don't gravitate to variegated blooms generally, but this one is outstanding.

addicted

edewitt
My experience was similar. I decided on the 2 roots I wanted most, one of which was Salish Twilight Girl. I knew I had to have a $25 minimum . Then I thought "what if one of these isn't available when I check out and I don't have $25 worth?", so I added a third and placed the order at exactly 5:00 pm EST. It went! Then I got a message: The second one I ordered was gone but STG and my "extra" were still in the cart. Deleted the unavailable one and filled out all the shipping information again. Hit order. Sorry STG unavailable - at which point I shut down my browser. I don't understand when I was paying by PayPal and they greet me with a message that "we recognize you on this browser and there's no need to sign in", why I had to fill in all my mailing information. Pay Pal already has all that and if I hadn't had to type it all in TWICE I might have gotten at least one of the roots. There has to be a better way!

Darce

Inspired by al the wyn’s eeek reminiscing I managed to snag 3 delightful weirdos - shaggy dog /kung foo kitty /and Hapet electra but wooo that was intense. Things kept selling out and disappearing from my cart as I was trying to check out. Very nerve wracking!

edewitt

Darce Kung Fu Kitty looks pretty cool. I'm wondering if it's an offspring of Vista Cody/Vista Pet or Horsefeathers? The barbed petals add a pretty dang unique flare to the blooms. I got Hapet Electra as well as I'm a big fan of variegated blooms (if you couldn't tell). I'm also really looking forward to the Hollyhill Tigerstripe Ted was offering.

NCDahlia It's $12 for Rolf

Thank ya! I'm glad she updated that.

HiDahlia

I was wondering how the minimum order plus tuber limits would play out. I kept dropping under $25 as items sold out and gave up after I lost Hapet Cupid. I will keep checking for restocks. Teresa is so nice, she was very helpful last year when I forgot to add early shipping. Also, I very much relate to her bio where she says her mom told her “You’ve gone completely overboard”. My mom is completely supportive and we will be traveling to the National Show together but I’m pretty sure she feels the same hahaha.

Darce

edewitt
I had tried for HH wicked witch but that was one of my disappearing acts from my shopping cart - I did manage to get HH dragon fire tho and I am very excited! I love the variegated ones too.
I know …kung foo kitty’s barbs look so intriguing- I have never grown a dahlia with that petal shape
I am never quick enough to get the newest HH intros but one day I will manage to get tiger stripe and wicked witch if it’s not new on the market at least it will be new to me lol

Rolf looks awesome!

Juliarugula

I grew a couple plants of Kung Fu Kitty last year. She was fun! The blooms aren’t very deep, but the barbs are pretty neat, she’s a lovely color, and vase life was pretty decent.

Darce

Juliarugula
Oh that’s great to hear- i think this is going to be a happy unplanned purchase- I was so discombobulated at the mad dash of the cowlitz sale I just grabbed it without really knowing what it looked like 😂

KitCMC

KitCMC I used a female emoji, but that showed up instead 😆
I think it’s hilarious, but not sure if anything else will do something similar.

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