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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 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~
There are some recommended varieties in this article.
Here is a link that might be useful: bedding dahlias
Sounds like they just rotted from being in the ground & not divided up for 8+ years. They could have frozen or been too wet over the winter. The earthworms wouldn't eat your tubers but could have found the mush & eaten that if the tubers had rotted in the ground. As for the centepede looking things- I've seen them around but they don't appear to have eaten any of our tubers- I think the creatures have found the remains of the tubers after the they've rotted & decided it was a free lunch!
thanks plantlady. you hit it right on the spot with that '8+' years thing. how did you know that? some of my dahlias have been there for over 10 years. you know in seattle, it's wet and cold during the winter. it's very hard to get my butt off to do any digging. but now i learned.
Croydon Masterpiece & Croydon Superior are entirely different dahlias. Masterpiece is an AA ID Bronze & Superior is AA ID Light Blend of Bronze & Pink. Masterpiece was introduced in 1948 & Superior was introduced in 1968. They are both from the hybridizer Mr. Brand in Australia.
There is no reason at all why you can not use pots. However, I suggest that the larger the pot the better. They do form good size roots, and also the larger the pot, the less likely they are to dry out so much.
I've grown 4 foot dahlias in pots approx 12-16 inch diameter pots. As well, I have found that the larger the pot, the less likely for Mr Wind to blow them over.