3,226 Garden Web Discussions | Dahlias
The dahlia loses the color genes in part or all of the bloom. There's a big longwinded explaination for this but that's what it all boils down to. The bi-colors & varigateds all originated from a couple of solid ancesters somewhere back in time & they spend a lot of years trying to revert to their original colors. That's why we don't want to get any varigated or bi genes in our breeding stock- they're really unstable.
Taiheijo is the varigated one, Purple Taiheijo is the parent that it came from. Speckled Taiheijo is just another way to try to sell Taiheijo.
Russ- that can't be Snowbound. Snowbound is an ID- like yours. It's also not Iceberg-- that one's ID, too. The one bluelytes posted is a FD - & a nice FD at that- notice the smooth, round, broad petals then look at the wavy, almost semi-cactus petals on the other 2. It looks a lot like White Alvas or White Perfection.
bluelytes, what size is it?
Hey Viking!
Yes, the height is good. I think Russ is asking you to prop your iris leaves up a little straighter so they don't look slightly intoxicated (lol). But no matter, now you've got the height, try a hosta leaf or two.
Congrats for your efforts.
My absolute best to you and the viking gal wife,
Lucinda
Check out all my pictures. The wife ordered lavenders and purples almost exclusivly this year. Hope to see many pictures from you next year. If you want I will post the web site to my photo bucket pictures and you can go nuts with all my shots this year. Most of the shots have been posted here and in the gallery so that may be easyer for you.
Thanks elp 92. The flower does better with a half day direct sun. I have another plant on the other side of the tent that gets a lot more sun. The color fades a lot. Now that the sun is going down early the pink is comming out in the other plant.
The better the tuber production, the more chance of not losing all of it in storage-- & the more tubers to trade or sell at tuber sales or markets in the spring. Also- if you're selling them as a business it's way easier to ship tubers than rooted cutings & all that entails with soil attached.
Thanks, Sturgeon Guy and Viking Craftsman. I actually had seen the website recommended before I wrote my starter query, but it must have been written by a botanist, or some sort of intellectual; I was confused and looking for a simpler recommendation, LOL, silly me. But I reread it and it makes SOME sense, so I went looking for the recommended rooting medium, "Sunshine Basic Mix 2" which had the 96% success rate (as opposed to the "Oasis" which had only a 62% success rate), and it isn't for sale anywhere around here. I threw the dahlias out because the stems looked like they were decaying, even tho I was changing the water in the vases. My DH didn't want to look at them anymore and I didn't think they'd have a good success rate. Should I have stripped the leaves? snipped of the wilting flower heads? I was afraid of injuring the growing nodes next to the leaves. Can you ask your neighbor how she does that VM, And/ or can you recommend another rooting medium SG? I am just about to run over to the farmers' market for another bouquet of Dahlias, gosh they're beautiful, This time I'll pick long stems with lots of nodes and won't trim off the ends. I didn't put the ends in hot water like they suggest because I was afraid it would make them difficult to take cuttings from.
I REALLY appreciate your help. Sorry so helpless but willing to learn. -Roze Gardener
We had friends over after church today and I took the female part of the couple up to the garden and cut her a bouquet. A Pennsgift with rather good form, and a few Honkas not to mention various other flowers and the obligatory earwig. I love giving people bouquets, especially the informal, mixed colors and forms of the home garden; whatever is in bloom goes in there.
Triple b that is our gift to the world. We make this a better place to live by growing dahlias and introducing them to others who have not grown them. I have a cancer survivor across the street who is having another incident. She is looking forward to growing my dahlias in her garden next year. Making it a better place one person at a time.
Are those little toys on the ground dog toys? I use anything I have for vases. It is raining hard today so I will have broken stems.
I was useing pickle jars for vases to give away bouquets. But I started liking my flowers to much to have my neighbors displaying them in pickle jars. So I went to the dollar store and bought a dozen vases. The neighbors are good at returning them for refills. I told the girl next door if I run out of vases I will be back to pickle jars.