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...

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.

BackyardBouquets_17

If anyone has a source yet for AC HWY 61 I’d love to hear it. It’s been eluding me all season so far. I know it’s the tail end of the buying season by now so there’s a good possibility I missed it for sure but if I could find it yet I’d still use it for hybridization purposes.

Bessie

BackyardBouquets_17 there are cuttings available from this grower https://www.fouracrefarmllc.com/product/ac-highway-61-cutting/

BackyardBouquets_17

Bessie thanks I’ll check em out! I don’t have the greatest success with getting cuttings shipped so much rather prefer tubers but I’m not against trying em😀

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