3,226 Garden Web Discussions | Dahlias
kathy5,
In my humble estimation, dahliettas are indeed similar to dahlias but short. Good for the front of a garden, or for pots. I have some in a large pot on the deck, which I have had for several years. They do produce tubers each year. I start them the same time as my tall dahlias, in late March or early April under lights. This year, they have made a wonderful display for me,- almost always in bloom. They do come in many colours. My former neighbour had an amazing display each year in front of her home.
"Lovingly known as the Outhouse Plant, this old heirloom selection of Coneflower is still seen in gardens today."
Turns out my best friend gave it to me a couple of years ago, but I completely forgot.
There are no seeds, unfortunately, but it propagates well by simply dividing the root ball. IÂm definitely going to work with it to give it a better spot as right now itÂs literally inside a willow.
Have a look at this picture of them. (note: not from my garden.)
PlantFiles: Pictures of Cut-Leaf Coneflower, Golden Glow 'Hortensia' (Rudbeckia laciniata)
Link below goes to a page with all sorts of details about it.
Cheers,
Russ
Here is a link that might be useful: PlantFiles: Detailed information on Cut-Leaf Coneflower, Golden Glow Rudbeckia laciniata 'Hortensia'
Bigger! About 3" across now, and seems about half open. I think I'm a bigger fan of water lily types (is that the right term?), but I'm excited to FINALLY see a dahlia that I GREW! I took another picture, but it was almost dusk and it came out crummy. I'll post it anyway, but don't laugh...I'm at a bit of a disadvantage, I only have a camera phone right now (can't afford new camera because spent all my money on stakes and twine and plants and manure and mulch and so on). I'll have my photo-talented neighbor come take a picture tomorrow or the next day. It's not quite as deep in color as I thought it should be if it really is Cornell, but I'm sure I'll learn more tricks as I go along...this one is kind of a dull dark red at present...
Here's yesterday:
Here it is today, sorry for the bad pic, but I'm lucky I got to take one today. I actually left work early so I could see this in the daylight (normally get home after dark)
And bonus - Hulin's Carnival has a nice plump bud, with just enough of the petal peeking out to see the purple specs. YEA!
Couldn't have done it without all the help you and everyone has so kindly offered. THANKS A MILLION! I'm hooked.
A DEEP watering should bring them back to life. Fertilizing will not help a wilted plant. Flowering
plants need more water. If you want to fertilize
just make sure you are supplying more phosphorus
than nitrogen e.g. 5-10-10 or 5-10-5 or 10-20-20 etc
With more nitrogen the plant will produce more foliage
and less flowers. Also the development of viable
tubers is compromised for next season.
Contact these people they are more familar to your area than I am.Kansas City Dahlia Society
Jack Connelly
9304 West 113th St.
Overland Park, KS 66210
(913) 451-6326
~ maryannconnelly@sbcglobal.net
Alt Email: Bob Mortenson
~ gulliver0407@yahoo.com
We have had a fair bit of rain here too. Yesterday was a decent day so I fertilized again. I try to fertilize my brugmansias every week with a higher middle number fertilizer, and yesterday the dahlias got it too. I stop fertilizing by the middle of August, as I do not want to encourage growth, but rather let them settle down and clear out their system from the "performance enhancers".
They look wonderful. I used the wood tags with a marker and the names of the tubers washed off. I have no idea what I have. Will up load some later for ID. We have just had days of heavy rain with flooding etc. The soil is like soup. I wonder if I should fertilize again?
