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Thu, Oct 13, 05 at 15:48
| Wanted to share these late blooming "beauties". They were worth the wait.
Emporer and Mrs. Eileen 
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| Verrrrrrrrrrrry pretty. That purple Emporer is just brilliant! I wonder if they're typically so slow to bloom, or was it your weather or did they really bloom earlier as well as now in October? I ask because I want another rich purple, but TA Edison is such a pokey monster I want someone dark purple to bloom in summer also. Thanks for the photos! |
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- Posted by roseofsharon_ON z6 ON Can (My Page) on Fri, Oct 14, 05 at 23:05
| I love them both. Thanks for sharing. Sharon |
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- Posted by Irish_rose_grower z7 LI NY (maureenpm00@hotmail.com) on Sun, Oct 16, 05 at 21:01
| They are spectacular. I think I must try dahlias next year. |
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| Poochella, Emporer is a late season bloomer. This year the first bloom was September 22 about 2 weeks later than last year due to the weather. I also have Thomas Edison and it blooms earlier than Emporer. Last year we had an early October frost so I didn't have much time to enjoy Emporer. I was determined to have a better year with it so I planted it in a prime spot so it didn't have to compete for sunlight and gave it a lot of TLC. I think my efforts paid off. It was a very good year for Emporer. I bring many vases of my dahlias to my store for my customers to enjoy. Their reactions are priceless. The day I brought a large vase with the Emporer dahlias one customer went over and touched them and in a loud, high- pitched voice said, "Oh, they're real!" Boy, was she surprised. She thought they were artificial. That made my day. |
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