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.
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.
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.
Juliarugula calico20hill the colors seem like they have much better contrast than when I grew Salish Twilight Girl a few years ago. ❤️
Juliarugula calico20hill what do you think of the last photo? (This one) Do you think it’s one of your seedlings?
Juliarugula I’m so excited to be able to post this side by side comparison! Early this spring, Missy Weitzel generously shared one of her Hollyhill Cheers tubers with me. I love being able to compare and contrast it with my Hollyhill Golden Glow!
Bessie JL Julia is blooming, grown from a tuber that was a Jim Lamson "new release". The very full 4" bloom is nodding under it's own weight. It's growing in a 1 gallon pot, sunk in the ground with drop irrigation. I've not given it any special care except covering the bloom with an organza bag.
Teddahlia Bessie ...that was a Jim Lamson "new release". He lives in Ontario, Oregon where the soil is known for it's ability to grow potatoes and onions among other things. It is hot and dry there and they frequently get heat spells of several days over 100F.
SteveM Hollyhill Big Pink: Grown in a container and not disbudded, still produces a 9", clean-pink, eye-popping bloom.
blown_dry A bouquet I took to my volunteer gig. Nice folks. Dahlias: Connie Thompson, Kilburn Glow, Hollyhill Margarita, Crocosmia (weeds 😛), verbascum
