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Can you post a picture- that would tell us immediately if it was a tuber or a bulb. Some tubers can be really round & look almost like a bulb especially if it's a pot tuber.
If you can't post a picture then go to the Colorado Dahlia Society site & look at the tubers on a few of the pages where the digging instructions are & see if any look like what you purchased.
Since it's really late to be getting dahlias in the northern hemisphere I'd wonder if you weren't sold something else.
Here is a link that might be useful: page 4 digging dahlias
Its the first on this bush this year, so so far no...;-]
Last year, however, I was pleased with the volume. The only down-side is that if you don't dead head soon enough, you end up with quite a mess on the ground beneath it. The petals, because they're lacinated, really look ugly when dead.
Cheers,
Russ
Viking, that certainly is a nice white. But how is it you can post this in January? Making up for lack of posting time in summer? Just curious.
I lost my big white blooms over winter 1-2 yrs ago and miss them. Low and behold, amid my perennial arose a large white Fleur plant that made it through our cold soggy winter. Not unheard of, but it was the only dahlia I left in the ground to survive winter this year. We'll see if it's strong enough to bloom this year now.
Perhaps I should! That full, wavery form is growing on me, and I've just read about Lady Darlene elsewhere with positive reviews.
I'll eagerly await more from you linht... and soon will post some new ones here. Our season is in fits and starts: slow cold June, mostly decent July, and recent heat so I should have some new offerings in the next couple weeks.
Thanks, Viking! I was wondering what to do about the name, Ha! And I've now had three and a half blooms (the Rebecca Lynn is so tiny that I'm not really counting it), so now I guess I'm a journeyman? or maybe an apprentice? HaHa. Today I looked over a list of Dahlias that grow well in the South for next year. It's never too early, right?
That Hulin's carnival is still lovely. It really opened up almost all the way today. It's about 4" across, maybe just a little more. Thanks for being so supportive!
That's a lovely sight Russ. I've never had a plant with that many blooms except possibly a short little dahlia with tiny blooms. Nice!
Good advice from Huey. And keep in mind that some varieties just don't put out many flowers no matter what you do.
I disbud with a finger nail, no time to get a shears involved. Top, break off the initial growth tip as you read at dahlia.org, with a snap of thumb and forefinger when the plant has more moisture: early a.m. or evening. That really helps the plant send out more branches early on.
Good luck, and remember there's always next year to practice something new.
Thanks, everybody.
Russ-nice plant. I appreciate the advice...it's the patience thing again. Looked today when I cut two blooms, and there were a few more, but not many.
Huey, thanks so much for the link. I'd had trouble getting in touch with any organizations here in the South, so that helps a lot. I am in the Houston area, very humid these days, and quite hot. So I look forward to a long season of flowers.
Poochella! I was beginning to wonder where you were and if you were okay. Hadn't seen you in a while. Thanks again for the disbudding advice, that's what I did, so I was hoping I hadn't done anything wrong. I'm already combing your image gallery from last year to get some ideas, and I'm going to use Huey's list too since i'm so far south. I'm going to try some bigger ones next year. Can't wait.
Here's today's bouquet, the two flowers aren't very complimentary, but they are the only two I had, except for a tiny tiny pink Rebecca Lynn, I think.
I hope my Tahiti Sunrise looks like that! I have alot of light pink with yellow center dahlias. I did not order these colors. The dahlias I ordered were in the yellow bronze red orange variety. The names are right but the dahlias are not the same as the names? I used 4 places so will have to ask that question when they open again. Very odd.
Here's the same flower 5 days in.
Tahiti Sunrise (BBC): 5" diameter flower on 30" bush.
Notice there's more yellow and less intense reds. Mine aren't getting bleached by the sun, its a simple progression I believe.
I'm working on a couple of videos showing the life of a flower...;-] including this one.
Cheers,
Russ
I just found this information also.
Daytona
4" blooms, 5' bush. Creme Yellow blooms. Good stems make this an excellent cut dahlia.
Here is a link that might be useful: interesting site
Hi Pd. Cut below the leaves and above the next junction/leaf set. Strip off the leaves on your cutting flower and voila: longer stems. You can also pinch out the top set of new little laterals going down a particular branch (below the bud/s) and get a much longer stem that way. Or two sets for really long stems.
cut above next leaf set for new laterals
Even if you don't see laterals deep down into the plant, I bet they are there, waiting to emerge. On shorter plants, that might not be the case, I don't know.
thanks so much for the pictures. It is so much easier to tell me what I need to know. The top picture has me baffled on some of my dahlias. I want more flowers and I only have that top to work with which shows no laterals if I pinch that little area. I usually just let it go. I have some with very long stems, down into the main part of the plant. Leaves a big hole where I cut. I than take a little piece of a leaf branch and fill the hole. We have had tons of rain. Hopefully won't get root rot. The dahlias are great this year. I have found that some don't match the label which really annoys me. Anywhere there is a pink and yellow dahlia, it is an incorrect tuber.