I figured it was time to get this thread started. 🥳 My dahlias are behind thanks to unnecessary June heat, and then one week ago a storm wreaked havoc here causing major tree damage with 96 mph winds. Didn’t lose a single dahlia plant!
Congratulations on having nice blooms! I think my first that is not a seedling is HH Hello Dolly but the plant is only aobout 40" tall and the bloom is open centered. I hope it settles back into a normal pattern since it is my all time favorite dahlia. (oh yes, I had a Gingeroo that my friend gave me as a growing plant and it has produced one very long blooming flower. Lots of buds are showing color so i should get regular blooms before long.
Ahhh, so jealous of your beautiful blooms!! I’m about 2 weeks out from blooms; it’s looking like Skipley spot of gold, Hollyhill Bashful, and Hollyhill Pink Pearl are in a race to see who blooms first.
Melissa, be careful what you wish for! I gave my friend an AC Crazy Train for her birthday the year it was new out, She had seen it in the test garden and liked it. She had a flower stand in our little community and that darn thing just kept churning out flowers until no one wanted it any more because they wanted something new and different!
I would like to see some pictures 2021 blooms as we have almost nothing worth taking a picture of and very, very few blooming. At least I could see what your flowers look like.
Seabeck's Hilda looking rather bedraggled.
We like to place a sign on our porch that says: We are in the garden. Really, we are always in the garden.
I'm just getting started on the east coast. I'll harvest my first blooms this week for orders. So far some 3rd and 4th year seedlings are the first to bloom and Coralie is about to join them. (pic is a seedling)
THis years seedlings so far....Yes, the seedling row is really taking off with only the first few of the purchased dahlias opening. 2nd year seedling labeled "Lavender" I am prety sure this is one of the River's Rosebud seedlings. It is a nice size for bouquets...I think it would be a miniature. I have not measured any . 2nd bloom on the Maui Seedling.
lightbox]2021-07-19/Islander/8005da[/lightbox] Last two are same flower/ 4 days open and the last one was the 2nd day open. Betcha this one is a B...Lovely tall strong stem! Showing some sunfade.
i love seeing everyone's blooms! First to bloom for me is Pooh, followed by Lillian Stewart, American Dawn. Sea Cascabel is just opening. next overcast day, if we ever have one again, I'll try to photograph the lovely Lillian Stewart.
a question for Kevin; what size is AC Crazy Train? I love it; reminds me a little in form and color of Ad Lib, which was an A size I had many years ago.
dahlia53 wrote:
a question for Kevin; what size is AC Crazy Train? I love it; reminds me a little in form and color of Ad Lib, which was an A size I had many years ago.
In our garden CT is about 5"-7", Ad Lib about 8"-10"
Ad Lib
2nd year seedling labeled "Lavender"
I am prety sure this is one of the River's Rosebud seedlings. It is a nice size for bouquets...I think it would be a miniature. I have not measured any .
2nd bloom on the Maui Seedling.
Last two are same flower/ 4 days open and the last one was the 2nd day open. Betcha this one is a B...Lovely tall strong stem! Showing some sunfade.
