Rarities - ISO and Sources

AKWindWatcher · 2023-03-03T01:54:25+00:00

I thought I'd start a discussion dedicated to the hunt for, and the finding of, rare ones. I know there are some that have been part of other discussions (H...

joepa60

MIDahlias not sure if you found Mingus Philip II but the Dahlia Hill Society in Michigan just uploaded it as one of the varieties they grow and may have at their sale this year. Probably worth contacting them!

MIDahlias

joepa60
I have not found it yet. I signed up and I do see it on the grow list. Thank you.

LoriDee

joepa60 I love the wacky ones like giraffe...I'll need to look up tahoma giraffe now 😝

Laia

SteveM I’m sorry I’m just now seeing this. Jesse Richard Owen of Get Planted NW is in my Whatcom County Dahlia society, and offered some of these seeds at the last meeting. I believe he got them from Dr. Hammett. I had no spot to plant them, so didn’t take any myself. I will try to remember to check with him, if he still has any extra. He’s a super nice guy, so I’m sure he wouldn’t mind getting a message from you about it, if you want to contact him yourself directly.

Laia

SteveM So, I talked with Jesse this morning, and unfortunately he doesn’t have any more of the tree dahlia seeds left. He said he was able to get it originally by first having it shipped to Canada & go through that border customs, and then shipped to the U.S. from Canada going through that additional border customs.

Wishing you luck in your continued search!

SteveM

Laia Thank you for the information! If I have time this Winter I will contact Dr. Hammett to get more specifics on the original cross.

katyaker

MIDahlias According to my source, Philip Mingus II's aunt, neither of them has Mingus Philip II anymore. Sorry! I will keep you in mind if I find it in my search for all the Mingus varieties.

LoriDee

a dozen of us with Treasure Valley Dahlia Club had our first dahlia sale last weekend...it went pretty well for being our first time 🤣 anyway....our sweet Randy was there & we were speaking about scented dahlias. I had a couple of Honka's there for sale (yellow orchid) & they have a beautiful fragrance 🌸

in my research...I read that "Hy Scent" has a fragrance....of course now I have to have one. Are there any sources for Hy Scent that anyone knows of? what else has a fragrance? I've heard that Karma choc smells like chocolate but I have never grown it

Thanks 😀

HiDahlia

LoriDee A fascinating topic! This might give you some leads. On display at the National Show last year.

SteveM

LoriDee what else has a fragrance?

Both @Laia and @BackyardBouquets_17 have scented seedlings and have posted info on their searches. The above seedling is from @Laia .

LoriDee

HiDahlia Thank you, I just followed her on "the gram" 😆

LoriDee

SteveM awesome Thank you!

BackyardBouquets_17

There is a Carina Paredes on the dahlia growers Facebook that has a photo of scented Anenome types all from the same seed parent. I do not have Facebook, just saw the pop up when I searched scented dahlias, so I don’t know if she ever shared who the parent of them was (if so I’d love to know) supposedly hers had a rose fragrance as well.

blown_dry

I just read a story where the main character was gifted a bouquet of dahlias and she enjoyed their scent. It must of been this variety. 😁

DarcyD

bloomhjelm I'm hoping you'll see this before the sale, but I saw Wyn's Sleepyhead may be in a sale this afternoon. Mine got mixed up with two others so I won't know whats what until next year.

https://www.kamillesflowers.com/dahlia-tubers/p/wyns-sleepyhead

I'll try messaging you in case you get that notification on your email.

Teddahlia

Portland Dahlia Society plant sale and auction and some tubers is Tuesday 05-13-25. I am scheduled to be an auctioneer. There will be lots of inventory being sold and Mark Oldenkamp always donates many hundreds of rooted cuttings and pot tubers . He is an avid collector of new and hard to find varieties and there will be many really hard to find varieties being sold. Many will be in a silent auction.

I bet this one will not be there and if you have never grown this oversized pom introduced in the late 1930s , you missing out on one the prettiest flowers with superb form that I have ever seen. I did say oversized pom as it is generally a bit too big to win much more than a blue ribbon.

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