2023 Orders & Openings Chat

blown_dry · 2023-02-04T23:16:17+00:00

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

Krista

@calico20hill ”just pop it into the mail when it arrives”

I see now that I requested “3/13/23” as my ship date so we can plan on making arrangements sometime around then.

blown_dry

The variety I was really hoping for was Allen's Smoky Skies. Open to trades or purchase!

janell

blown_dry The variety I was really hoping for was Allen's Smoky Skies

I can help you with that

Krista

blown_dry I was hoping to see Allen's Battle Angel listed, it had such peculiar dusty-violet tipped petals. I understand Diablo was pulled for possible virus in trial gardens so perhaps this one met a similar fate.

janell

calico20hill s. I did have my eye on several of those Allen's dahlias and the Hapet Cupid I think it was....

I was also eyeing Hapet Cupid but have nothing to show. If Allen’s Smoky Skies was one you wanted, I have spare to share

calico20hill

janell Yes, Allen's SmokySkies is one that I just love and can't seem to get tubers of to hold over. IT made a pitiful tiny clump for me last year that was not even worth storing though I tried. .

I pulled one of my Allen's varieties last year for having really spotty foliage...I don't remember which it was. I know I have Annabelle extras I could trade. I'll have to check what my 2 others were. I am just going over my tubers for a check up now and writing how many I have which I did not do in packing them away. So far, most of them are doing fine.

StevenS

calico20hill i did see that garden of eden has Allen's Smokey Skies. Den is the nicest and she grows spectacular dahlias. PM if you want a link.

blown_dry

I scored Battle Angel last year and hopefully it wintered. If it made it, I will take extra measures.

Emilyp

SteveM Ted announced the sale on cubits in the orders and openings chat on the 31st. The post got buried pretty quickly because of the news of cubits ending. I am sorry that you missed it Steve!

SteveM

Emilyp Thanks, I am glad Ted sells his that way, it makes it less stressful for all involved. Next year I will pay more attention! 🙂

blown_dry

Emilyp Yup, I am glad it was done that way. Next year I will be more on it.

calico20hill

I went searching for Cowlitz River Dahlias and found they have a new web address and email since last year. I "rejoined" and even though I missed this sale I hope I will get the info in time for the next one.

AndreaB

calico20hill Noni, Teresa said she’ll be adding more to the site and to check back often. Maybe you could let her know if there’s something in particular you’re hoping to get. I’m sure she’d be disappointed to know you weren’t on her mailing list.

addicted

StevenS
I'd be interested in a link to garden of eden!

addicted

Noni, same thing happened to me! First I was told to enter a password. I had never used one for Cowlitz. Then I tried the link from Dahlia Addict and got the invalid address message. I ordered from Teresa for close to 10 years. I would have thought she'd have notified her old customers.😕

edewitt

Just from the announcements on her site and Facebook page I got the impression she seemed a bit stretched thin with all that was going on. Caregiving, tuber dividing/inventory, entering it in to a new system, setting prices, etc... honestly I'm pretty impressed.

addicted First I was told to enter a password. I had never used one for Cowlitz.

She locked her site for a bit while they prepared for the sales so that's probably why you got the password prompt.

calico20hill

addicted
I am sorry but also glad I was not the only one! It makes you feel so stupid and frustrated! I went to the list of suppliers and found she has a new address for her site so I got myself onto her list now. And she has a new email as well and that was what I did not know before. Generally I talk to her at club meetings or just over facebook EXCEPT when ordering. I think I have been to only one "In person" meeting of the club for months. I am feeling much better about it since one of our group offered me Allen's Smoky Skies. The others I can wait to pick up later or at club sales, and yes, there are more I want but realistically I don't have room for ones that I would not want to include in breeding. I really love Allen's fimbriated ones though! The Allen's variety that grew best for me last year was Annabelle. It made a lot of tubers and the flowers are not so large that I can't include them in my house bouquets. It is amazing to see what he comes up with in his plants!

THank you Steve for keeping your eye out and letting me know that Garden of Eden has Allen's Smoky Skies. Now If I can just get it to make tubers for me!

blown_dry

I don't think she is tech savvy and her internet stuff all literally went poof and had to be rebuilt from scratch at the same time she became a caregiver for her son. I'm sure she didn't mean to offend anyone.

calico20hill

blown_dry I agree. Teresa is one of the nicest people I have dealt with. She was one of the ones that got me excited about dahlia growing when I talked ot her at the first dahlia show I attended in Portland 20 years ago. She has had some hard blows to deal with, particularly having her son so ill and him having a stroke. She and I have traded tuber stock several times and she always has a lovely smile for me at meetings. I think I will just wait and see and talk to her in person when I get a chance...and I am also keeping an eye out for any updating on her site. I usually make my husband drive to her house to collect my order since it is not vary far away...just a pretty drive across the Columbia River and up the Cowlitz River. I am in favor of things that make her work easier and less stressful.

StevenS

i was late to the Cowlitz opening, and i knew of her opening time via email. Not sure if it was because i recently renewed subscription or not. But her varieties went fast, a very high percentage in the first hour. Unfortunately, i did not place an order. But will keep an eye out for round 2. Last year, she had another sale which included a lot more cuttings. Not sure if she is doing that this year.

StevenS

addicted https://eden-dahlias.com/ and then click on the catalog.

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!

blown_dry

Ugh! You thought ahead on the issue that brought me down, but there were more hurdles! I'm so sorry. My browser fills in my name and address successfully in pretty much all carts, so that might be part of why I usually have good success.

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