Variegated Dahlias

SteveM

This is such great info that I think it needs to be in a dedicated thread, so I have duplicated Ted's post here:

Teddahlia Hollyhill Spreckles never, ever sports. If you have a sport of it I will trade something nice.
Pink Tigress sports at least 2 ways: (1) Mostly yellow with faint red spots and such. (2) Red with a yellow eye zone, called HH RPT.
HH Tiger Rose sports to (1)solid red (2) yellow with red spots and is nearly identical to Hollyhill Tigress.
HH Bewitched sports to(1) solid deep maroon(2) lavender background with maroon spots.
HH Funhouse sports to solid red and we are currently only growing the solid red as it is a nicer flower.
HH Dragonfire sports to a putrid color of red and loses it good form. I cull them.
HH Warlock sports to solid red and we call it Red Warlock. The red sport is fantastic flower for red bouquets or arrangements."

Teddahlia

HH Exotica sports to a solid purple that is ok if you like purple instead of one of the more exotic(play on words here) variegated flowers
HH Tempest is one of the prettiest variegated flowers in a purple on purple pattern and is one of the darkest variegated flowers. It sports to solid purple and is a very plain in purple. Since Tempest grows 7 feet tall and usually has only one or two flowers, it is very unfortunate when the blooms are purple. Do not overfertilize it or the clumps will get so heavy you may not be able to lift them
HH Color Magic sports to a solid shade of red that in turn sports to solid yellow. Color Magic cannot be sold as most all of the plants are sports. It is a good seed parent and has a waterlily background.
HH Confetti occasionally sports to purple. I always lose it to rot and am growing a few plants from pot tuber cuttings.
HH Wicked Witch does not sport much for us.
HH Tigress sports to an ugly yellow or an ugly red. Do not keep them.

Bessie

Teddahlia this information just begs for any excel spreadsheet 🤓. I like it!

edewitt

HH Red Warlock was an impressive surprise addition to the garden. I really liked the blooms. The way the bright red petals incurved but not enough to be an incurved cactus gave it a real sharp and menacing looking appearance.
HH Tempest was absolutely huge and mine ended up blooming quite a few flowers at the same time. The tuber clump was so huge I wasn't able to divide it. I'm gonna have to get a oscillating multi-tool to divide clumps like that in the future.
HH 6-In-1 might've been the most unique variegated bloom I've grown as it took different forms depending on the season. One year I had a plant grow yellow with red speckled lacinated blooms that later bloomed white/yellow/red variegated incurved cactus blooms when it cooled down.

I am looking forward to HH Tigerstripe as I don't recollect hearing of any AA incurved cactus variegated blooms and I really like the color combo.

Hapet Electra's another I ordered which is somewhat similar to HH Tigerstripe.