Brookside Cheri

Seduction

Nescio

Painted Desert

Tahiti Sunrise, just opening.

Urchin- it is really much darker and richer maroon than this photo. A great color and frilly little number!

Coral Frills- thanks Christine R! I love this one.

Mary Jo- early to bloom and in great numbers.

El Dorado- just opened too.

Willo Borealis, cute little lavender pompon.

Onesta, a nice little waterlily

Park Record: great color, lots of flowers.

Not new but one of my favorite reds: Taratahi Ruby.

Annabeth

And Castle Drive a very nice FD of med size. So glad to see it this year: last year it was planted in mid June and the first buds frosted in late October- no real flower to view.

Clearview Irene- bright pure yellow, med.large semi-cactus. Plentiful and very good stems.

French Doll- very unique color: dusky yellow, yellow dusted in pink? The flowers are fairly small- ~3 inches across so far, but plentiful at any given time.

Nanna's Kiss, I think. It is nothing like the dahlia from Connell's online catalog from whence it came. Nice flower though, quite vivid medium pink and yellow, not the paler version pictured online. Perhaps a mis-ID? I have another plant of it coming along and will be able to compare blooms.

Robinhood- much bolder in color than last year.

Sweet Lorraine: one I used to have and managed to kill off with early season rot. Nice cutflower: starts out white/lav then ages to pure lavender.

One of the oldest cultivars I've grown: Chimacum Topaz, from the side. I think the first flower of the season is the best, as JRoot says, and I believe this may be the best 'first of the season' champ from my garden yet. Really a good bloomer and tubermaker.

I got a mystery traded dahlia named "Erika" but can't find it on the Big List or anywhere online. It's not Mingus Erica, nor Deerwood Erika. It starts out with a huge bud the size of a small orange

Moves on to a huge bud unfurling dusky pink petals

Then opens more and petals begin to unfurl: still bright dusky pink and gorgeous :)]

Bigger still....

A little more open and petals look straight in the a.m.

But by night, they begin to scoop up and the flower begins to fill out completely.

Almost open: still many petals on the still-big bud to open. I wish I had a name. It's an A size 8 inches across.

And a couple more favorites:
Pam Howden a wonderful bold waterlily in orangey/yellow with lavender underpetals.

And Jax Char which is a neon rich purple I can't get on camera. It glows in early the morning, the sunny daytime, and in the evening: a new favorite. Another one LOL.

A few more
Tiny Treasure, a tall white pompon, maybe an inch across.

Pearsons Michelle- nice little orange pompon, lots of flowers.

Another pom! It's the year of the pompon here.
Noreen

Pride of Place- deepest dark purple

Waterlily Silver Years- very pale, pale pink and white.

Tahiti Sunrise more fully open. Vivid colors.

Wildwood Marie- good old reliable waterlily

Rosemary Webb- the closest to a peony look alike that I've ever seen.

Ryan C- dark purple with white tips, a very nice bloom.

Hy Mallow- really nice purple ball, sort of medium purple.

Barbarry Fusillier- muted magenta, more pink than purple but a nice ball. This plant was diseased from day one, unfortunately.

One more: Beulah Ruth- bright red in a small miniball, I think.

Lauren Michelle, not new to me, but a favorite purple.

Annabeth

Nothing in the world reminds me of Hillcrest Kismet. That is one orangey pink beauty to behold. Castle Drive is nice, but smaller in size and pink and yellow; although nice enough in itself.