Bessie I ordered Caitlin's Joy from two different suppliers. This supplier mislabeled the tuber. Google says it's Totally Tangerine... Any other suggestions?
Teddahlia I will not (maybe I will) tell Margaret you have HH Buttermilk as we do not have it and she would want to trade most anything for a tuber or two. She won a big arrangement prize using it.
Teddahlia Bessie: HH Ambiance is half British and makes almost no seeds. I got the parent of it back and will try to have Margaret hand cross it back with it . The Brits breed better miniature cactus flowers than us.
Bessie SteveM I'm growing 20th Ave Memory this year too. It's growing in a bit of afternoon shade, in a 1 gallon pot sunk in the ground. So far the plant is not very tall, at almost 22".
SteveM @"Bessie"#p17130On My first bloom didn't show the pink color and was more cream color. My recent blooms look like yours and are much smaller than the first bloom. My plant is also very short, grown in a 3 gal. nursery container. I think this one is more suited for show use and I think it would make an impressive, massive display in the garden. I doubt I will use it as a commercial cut variety even though I bet the color would be very popular for wedding work..
Bessie KA's Cinder Rose is blooming. It's a very pretty muted color, and the plant is healthy, growing in a 2 gallon plastic tub from the dollar store. I've had it under an organza bag to keep the bugs off. It's been a cool summer so far. I just noticed that the color is really similar to Sweet Nathalie that's been blooming for a month or so. Sweet Nathalie
SteveM Bessie noticed that the color is really similar to Sweet Nathalie That is very good information. My first KA's Cinder Rose bloom is opening and, though I think the color will sell well, the plant is short and the bloom is extremely shallow and has hard green centers. If it was a seedling (or if I only paid $10 for it) I would cull it. Maybe it will improve. Edit: Correction - The dahlia I was referring to was KA's Mocha Jo and not KA's Cinder Rose. My Cinder Rose is just about ready to open.
Bessie Bessie here's updated photos of KA's Cinder Rose. I appreciate this forum for the ability to see what a Dahlia variety really looks like growing in someone's garden. I'm not interested in the prettiest photo a variety can take, but what does it really look like growing. The photos below are of the first blooms on July 25th in a pot grown plant. The plant is currently 3' tall with 3-4" flowers. I live in a climate very similar to where this variety was hybridized.
Teddahlia Sincerely has been a personal favorite and yours is the first one I have seen other than in our garden and the trial garden.
Bessie @Krista , of all the cuttings you sent me(in late summer 2023?), only Allen's Alley Cat rooted and survived. Now it has bloomed! A super tough plant to survive from a cutting taken late in the year.
MissyWeitzel Hollyhill Golden Glow 😍 BJ's Rival Sandia Pouffe Rosemary Dawn (I expect future blooms will have a better center)
Bessie MissyWeitzel thank for the photos! How big is the bloom of Hollyhill Golden Glow? What about the height? I'm asking because as I evaluate my seedlings( one is similar to HH Golden Glow) it helps to have details of released dahlias to compare to. Thanks
MissyWeitzel [unknown] dahlias always grow shorter for me because of my tight spacing. It's about 4-4.5' but tallest in my very short patch. Bloom size is usually smaller too. This one measures just under 5".
Juliarugula A bunch of new stuff blooming! So exciting! Some of these were tubers sent to me by @calico20hill and I’m curious to get her feedback on a couple. Noni, do you think the Salish Lullaby is right, or is it Salish Twilight Girl? It’s pretty similar, but I think you told me they are very similar blooms. Also, the last photo was one you sent, but I’m wondering if I misread the label. Do you think it’s one of your seedlings? (It reminds me of Ferncliff Spice) Irish Gnome is orangier than I expected and chef’s kiss!
calico20hill Juliarugula. That looks like half way between Salish Twilight Girl and Salish Lullabye. I don't have any of either in bloom yet . I know that I often see STG for sale with way too light a petal back . I try to edit my tubers that way but have such limited space to grow them out that I don't have a lot of them.
calico20hill [unknown]. That looks like half way between Salish Twilight Girl and Salish Lullabye. I don't have any of either in bloom yet . I know that I often see STG for sale with way too light a petal back . I try to edit my tubers that way but have such limited space to grow them out that I don't have a lot of them.
