3,226 Garden Web Discussions | Dahlias

homemommy! You can trade with me! I live in Canada and should have some to spare...I thought I lost them with all the power outages we had over the winter....So I happily ordered more...and now it turns out some of mine survived....so I should have more than enough. Do you have any particular ones that you looking for? I only grow for cutting so I mostly have B's and BB's
Janice

Hey Busy-Girl, I will PM you. I am not sure what B's and BB's are, but if you are not familiar with my tubers back story, I need to fill you in.

The plants I would have to trade are dinner plate dahlias. They are either purple, or purple and white in colour. (Lilac time and I think it was Moms Special). But, I won't know which I am sending due to issues last year and not identifying during storage. Where in Canada are you?

Hello,

I have had experience growing Fuzzy Wuzzy and have given all of these bulbs away. Fuzzy Wuzzy is a medium pink with a smaller flower and not very showey in the garden. In a small garden as you describe, I would want to purchase dahlias that have larger flowers but still grow to only about 36 inches. Hope that this helps!

Paula

Thanks for your responses. I decided against purchasing Fuzzy and will try some pom-poms instead. I am still deciding on a few others as well. I can't wait to see them bloom!

Yea you are holding out on us. You probly have huge plants blooming all over the place. The local flower shop is calling you day and night for your blooms. It is just horiable.

I love your work sturgeonguy...very nicely done fella

Mick

Just a couple of other dark dahlias.

Hello,

I think that you might want to try Kenora Macob! This dahlia has an absolutely lovely dark maroon color! It does well in the garden, grows to 42-48 inches in my garden and the bulbs multiple and keep well in the winter! Good luck!

Paula

You don't sound stimulated.

How do we know she likes dahlias. NCdigger, good one!

Carla

Has anybody herd from Russ. He must be holding out some outstanding dahlias.

I hope you'll take pictures when they bloom.

Carla

Greetings to the far north Moose,

I should just permanently install the word "dahlia" in my Google search box so I don't have to retype it so often...

Tomo link below. I've never grown it.

Here is a link that might be useful: Dahlia tomo

That looks like one I have grown in the past, unfortunately that year i did not know they where tender and let it freeze in the ground ;-( However, it really was beautiful and grew very well.

BTW, i have seen it at Costco for sale every year for the last 4 years in the spring... They are really well priced.

I think I will try and find a source for that one. Steve in Baltimore County.

Personally I like the name poochella better.

Yes, I saved a complete clump with the stem cut off to about 1 inch as I had seen on the site. The little growth is coming from under the stem. It is about 1 inch in length. I also just plant the single tuber. You can tell that I have bought everry year and this is my first year of saving. I hover over them like an old lady! I will plant the growth, but what do I do with it if it grows to a big plant? We have months before we can go outside?

I hover over my flowers too, it drives my husband to distraction!! Every 5 hours or so I have to go do a full "inspection". Probably going to kill them with love. lol. Although it has gotten worse since I got the two flats of seedlings!!

It sounds to me like this is not really out of the stem, but is related to the tuber... I would try a sharp knife and seeing if you can sever it with perhaps a couple of tubers if just one would be too difficult from the rest of the clump and burrying it... My stem buds are much higher up the stem, about 2"-4", i left a large piece of stem on one clump, just stored it the way it was given to me. These buds are definately from where the meristems would be...

Video on taking cuttings

Here is a link that might be useful: Sarah Raven video

Thanks for the cutting tip, I have been to that site before and read and re read it a few times, but, I missed that somehow, perhaps getting confused with other advice on the web.

I am not sure how much these tubers can take before they exhaust themselves! But, many have multiple sprouts, so I will definately use the sprout cutting method on the extra sprouts! Perhaps at the end of the day, I may be up to the original number of plants!!

tate85- you can store them in the pots over the winter. Cut them off a few inches from ground level, store the pot on it's side- this lets any excess moisture drain away & keep them cool- above freezing but not above about 45* & in a dark place just like you would for tubers. In spring you can dig them out, divide them & replant. This is the way most people store pot tubers from cuttings if they've kept them in the pot through the summer.

I'm still new to gardening. I have to do indoor gardening because I live in an apt. But I have these two great big windows in my "sunroom". I was thinking of getting a Dahlia, do they do well indoors, in pots, year round?