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List the earliest blooming medium-large dahlias?

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Posted by HighlanderNorth North DE (My Page) on
Mon, Apr 2, 12 at 12:49

I'm interested in knowing which varieties bloom the quickest. I'm not talking about dahliettas or small dahlias. I'm interested in plants that produce flowers of 4" or larger.

I'm counting from the time the tuber is dormant, and you place it in the ground, til the day the 1st flower is fully open.

I have not grown too many varieties myself, only about 12 or so, but I grew one in 2006 that produced flowers from 4"-5.5" without disbudding, and it started flowering in about 45 days! I have pictures of the flowers but I dont know the variety name.

Aside from that, my Macallister's pride bloomed in 72 days. I produced flowers from 4-5".

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Dahlias can be grown to bloom earlier by starting them in gallon sized pots 4 to 6 weeks before traditional planting time. In your climate, they need to get to blooming size before the hot weather of summer when they do not grow much.
The blooming dates for varieties is not all that different but goes mostly by the size of the flower with smaller flowers blooming earlier. Varieties that grow only 3 feet tall or so may bloom a bit earlier.

In large dahlias, Trooper Dan is an early bloomer because it grows only about 3.5 feet tall.

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