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Thanks for the guesses! At least now I have something to say "looks like such and such" if someone wants to trade for a tuber later on....and don't look too close under the nail...I have a hard time getting the dirt out. Garden gloves and me just don't get along. :-)
Nightnurse, my entire commute to work is spent trying to clean under my nails: thumbs are the worst. Traffic is bad, so I'm not endangering anyone.
I wanted to guess Karras 150 or Alden Snowlodge because they are the only two I know that are even close, but I don't think close enough.
How tall is your plant?
Here are some ideas from the Winter Sowing folks:
Here is a link that might be useful: Long lasting labels
Thanks for the Atta-girl! This is the stalk that broke off and I stuck back in the pot - it has 2 more buds coming now. It got about 45" tall. The original tuber has some growth but I still don't see any sign of buds - it stayed pretty small. Here's a photo of it fully open. I didn't use a flash but plan to go back out tomorrow morning to see if I can get a better photo. Can't believe I said Otto's Thrill is gaudy - I love this. Esp in mid-September.
Here is a link that might be useful: Otto's Thrill
Oooh! You've got four huge beauties there and I bet people just go nuts over them! Willow's right, once you get the hang of photos, you'll be posting up a storm in no time. Don't be shy! We all want to see your blooms.
Nice job on those flowers! Do you know the names of the white, red and purple ones?
The white is "Fleurel", the red is "Garden Wonder", and the purple is "Lavender Perfection". This is year 2 for all of these. They did very well after a late start. The weather wasn't very cooperative. Their size is incredible - up to 9 inches. I'll post more photos soon.
This year, the powdery mildew is HORRIBLE in my area. I have seen it on so many different plants all over town. I tried a solution of 3 parts water to one part milk - it worked amazingly well...went out to spray again a week later, and noticed all kinds of lush new growth, and a huge decrease in the mildew. I have treated twice, and now it's pretty much all gone. Maybe give it a shot?
Michele
Poochella thanks and LOL at the giant bees! Yes they are between 2-3 inches. I have six plants (and because I went back and looked at that winter sowing picture from March I see that I planted about six seeds! Each one is different but they all formed clumps about 2.5 feet tall. They started to bloom well in July but now they are completely loaded with buds and flowers. I haven't cut anything (so happy with how the garden turned out this year that I didn't want to spoil it), but finally made one arrangement this week and I included one of these Stargazers. So far I'm on day four and it looks exactly like it did the day I cut it.
Andrea you're writing a book? I'll have to hear more about that! I probably won't save the seeds (I still have most of the package left from this spring) but I really am interested in saving the tubers of these guys because I love them so much. I failed miserably last year and I'm hoping to figure it out this season. The verbena combo sounds lovely.
Willow, Lauren Michelle is 5 ft tall, blooms from 3-4, maybe 5 inches across. Really a lovley waterlily- the highlight for me being the edges all surrounded in the darker purple of the underpetals; something just a little different.
Pitimpani, email me which ones you get Red X's on and I'll email you a photo.
Keeb, probably earwigs. Dahlia is especially liked by earwigs and is a good enough reason to think twice about trying to take flowers inside for your vases.
If you do, try this approach, hang the flower upside down in a pail of water and watch the earwigs exit.
Its possible you could have a caterpillar in there, but again, the upside down technique can be tried for them too.
OMG! I am as bad as my husband. I thought they were clematis LOL! I should have known better with that foliage, but the MG only got a cursory glance as I was 100% fixated on that K K K Katie.
Thanks for letting me know Willow, I sheepishly crawl into my corner now.....
"Dinnerplate" is an old term still used by big commercial - usually catalog places that don't know any better- to denote the size of the bloom. It used to be the AA sized blooms-- 10" & above. The term referred to the fact that the plants put out blooms that were large across but really shallow. The AA sized blooms brought out in the last 20 or so years are NOT referred to as dinnerplates as they are almost as deep as they are wide- in fact, when we AA dahlia hybridizers hear that term used by a retailer of dahlias it really sets our teeth on edge as they are most likely selling flat, AA sized dahlias to the poor unsuspecting public who then try to show them & wonder why they don't win in any show! Bah! It also gripes me when catalogs come out saying a dahlia is "exclusive" to that catalog when it's been on the open market for upwards of 15 years! (Whew- glad I got that rant out of my system!)
It really could be one of many but perhaps it's Sierra Glow. I grew it along time ago and it looks very similar. Here's a link, take a look
Good Luck
Here is a link that might be useful: http://www.dahlia.org/cgi-bin/guide/dahlia.cgi?SIERRA+GLOW
Here is another offering of Goodwill 90 twins from August: I think it was the camera being set on INDOOR lighting for the first two weeks I had it! Cannot believe they let blondes have sophisticated electronics without a license.
Poochella,
I have 3 more buds on Goodwin 90 so when they blossom, I'll get another shot of them and post it. Then we can compare again.
I also got a new camera and I think the saying goes for brunettes or better yet the on coming of grey as well as blondes!!!lol
Your photo and and blooms are just magnificent! My dahlia's are doing their thing now that we had some rain. Better late then never! Rumor has it that frost is on it's way in two weeks, UCK!!!! Hope it holds back a little longer than that otherwise I will have to do the sheet shuffle.