I garden because I want to taste delicious things. I garden because I want every excuse to walk barefoot in the grass with the sun blessing down on me, and end the day sweaty with a dirt smudged face. I garden because I like sitting in the tomato cave I made, same as I played …
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I see now why there are almost 60,000 cultivars of dahlia. According to the body that classifies dahlias, the Royal Horticultural Society. https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/plantsmanship/plant-registration/dahlia-cultivar-registration/dahlia I suppose technically, there are infinite colors combos for this flower. This year, I have at least 25 dahlia seedlings, hybrids that I have no idea what they will look like until …
All seeds grown in the high wind, lower rain prairie, Midwest, in macro-climate zone 5(ish). Average dewpoint in summer is around 60. Soil is a loamy clay. Although my preference is organic, I have used commercial fertilizers from time to time. Growing Days approximately 135. Gardening Personality: Relaxed, experimental, purist about very little. We practice …
A dinnerplate dahlia type, with two tone petals. An orange-toned red in the front and a butter yellow on the back side of the petal. In my garden, the blooms are a solid 9-10 inches across. The plant itself is around 4 feet tall. The blooms are mid-season, blooming in mid to late August, providing …
The pinker cousin of Labyrinth, how could I not fall in love with this gorgeous flower. All seeds grown in the high wind, lower rain prairie, Midwest, in macro-climate zone 5(ish). Average dewpoint in summer is around 60. Soil is a loamy clay. Although my preference is organic, I have used commercial fertilizers from time …
If you have gardens set by color, as I do, check the background color of the leaves in the photo of the dahlia tuber you are looking to buy. I find many sellers will color adjust to make a dahlia seem a rarer color than it actually is. Or, perhaps a new seller may not pay attention ensuring a color is true when they throw up a photo of the dahlia for sale.
My experience purchasing and growing Hollyhill Orange Ice and Belle Of Barmera dahlias. Neither bloomed in 2019, both bloomed in 2020. Zone 5.
Images and growing notes for the Wyn’s Sonata growing in Zone 5.
This dahlia, Midnight Moon, was one of the first dahlias to bloom and was the last to bloom before frost, a full season show. It was the only dahlia that survived at least five nights below 32 degrees. The plant is very prolific, many blooms.
Images and growth notes for the Spartacus dahlia.