3,226 Garden Web Discussions | Dahlias

who do you guys order from? I placed an order with Art's last fall and am eagerly anticipating the arrivals.

Wyn's King Salmon, lucky you Poochella! I'll will be rooting for it's sucess and hope it makes a lot of tubers come fall, hini hint. You must post pictures on it's first arrival, I just love those big guys and such a color, yummmmmmmm

Sprouting tubers need to be potted. It is that simple. Mother Nature is beckoning.

OK. I'll leave them in the pots. Thank you, both. The sprouts are too pale and spindly I trimmed them off leaving about 1-2 inch stem.

If they get too leggy you can plant them deep -- like tomatoes. You just pull off the bottom couple of rows of leaves & put them in deep. You will get bonus tubers from where the leaves were!

Ooooooh.....seee? A new tidbit we just learned. Thanks! I still need all I can absorb ;)

Redd~

I bought Kelvin Spotlight, Super Wow and a few others whose names I can't recall. The packages are in the car in the garage.

The others are Otto's Thrill, Babylon Bronze and Shannon.

My Dahlias in the front of my trailer get all morning sun. Once the sun moves to the side they're pretty shaded. Mine seem to do well every year providing I care for them properly. I think last year the trick with mine was the miricle grow. They seemed to just eat that up.

So really, mine get about 4-6 MAX hrs of solid sun (but that's just me :)

I love Colarettes. Since they are a smaller bush - you can use them as a border, and plant - and harvest - more! Be aware that those with large yellow centers will attract bees.

I am relieved to hear that Procyon is not supposed to be that big because it only was growing to about 4 inches in my garden too! It is a beautiful thing and always commented on in bouquets, Also sells really fast at my stand in the shade...leaps out like fire! I would have to call it Red/yellow in my garden rather then orange/yellow. I think I got mine at Costco a few years ago.

Sorry about the name misunderstanding- I looked up in the classification book for the last 20 years & there isn't any Apricot Sorbet- but it might have been renamed by the bulk producer just like so many others -- to keep us guessing & make life difficult for us!

Jroot, love those colorful cactus dahlias! Especially the deep pinkish with yellow at about 11 and 2 o'clock in the photo. Beautiful!

And marty, Haley Jane always catches my eye. I love the bi color ones.

My tubers are waking up- eyes popping sprouts or showing themselves. I've started some inside in milk cartons to get a jump on the season. About 4 weeks to planting outside here.

I bought the dahlia Cactus mix about 5 years ago and they are wonderful. My package was heavy on the coral/yellow ones but I have gradually given the extras away. The Creamy white is my favorite. Those plants put out hundreds of flowers over the course of a summer here!

The blue star dahlia isn't that blue- they just enhance the picture to sucker people in to buy their dahlia! It's a kind of lavender. There aren't any blue dahlias... boy, do I sound like a broken record from year to year but it just burns me up that suppliers will do this kind of thing to get people to buy something & then the buyer is disappointed when the dahlia isn't the color that was advertized!!

Happy Spring Plantlady!

I know there are no "Blue" dahlias (I remember you posting that last year lol ;)

I still think the plant is quite pretty! I'm still a little unsure about if I want to purchase it or not yet. I still have to sleep on it a lil

Nikki~

That is so charming! Hope you have better luck with this one.

here is a link to Steve's web site
www.ryecroftdahlias-usa.com