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| So...a couple of weeks ago I posted on here about my dahlia being a bazillion feet tall and everybody said that I needed to cut it down a little bit. Well, a few days after I posted that I went to cut it and lo and behold there was a big ol fat bud on top that I hadn't noticed before lol So I thought well...I don't wanna cut it because what if this is the only flower I'll get all season. So I just got a taller stake for it and let it bloom. The funny thing is that the package for the tubers said it was going to be a bright pinky, fuchsia colour, but as you can see from the pictures I'm about to post, it's rather....yellow lol Which I don't mind, I'm just glad it bloomed lol I have a question though, after this bloom has lived its life and died, should I cut it down to about 3 feet? It's around 5 feet now. There's a little bit of new growth about 6 inches below the bloom and I'm not sure if it's gonna turn into a bud or not. I'll post a picture of it too. I have two more dahlias that came from the same packaging and they're about 3 feet tall but I haven't seen any buds or anything on them. I actually found out afterwards that my flowerbed is more partial sun rather than full sun so I'm not really expecting to get any flowers out of them. Plus I think some bugs are munching on them because I've seen holes in the leaves. |
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- Posted by dannierose 7 (My Page) on Tue, Jul 1, 14 at 17:00
| A few days after I noticed the bud.... |
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- Posted by dannierose 7 (My Page) on Tue, Jul 1, 14 at 17:01
| What he looks like today.... |
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- Posted by dannierose 7 (My Page) on Tue, Jul 1, 14 at 17:02
| And the new growth that I'm wondering if it will turn into a bud or not.... |
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- Posted by morpheuspa 7A--PA (My Page) on Tue, Jul 1, 14 at 18:44
| That. Is. Gorgeous. But either I'm color-blind (I'm not) or that's yellow with a slight chartreuse tone and white, not fuscia. Regardless, I'd enjoy it for what it is. And yes, that new growth sure looks like a secondary bud. You can trim those off for larger primary flowers...but I never have the heart to do so. I'd rather have numbers over bloom size. |
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| At this point I would not lop the plant down to 3ft. Do make sure and dead head the flowers once they are past their prime. Dahlias usually put out buds in groups of 3. The middle one comes out, then two smaller side buds form at the same junction. A lot of people snip off the two smaller buds as soon as they start to form. It will give you a larger central flower with a longer stem. If you are exhibiting them, or cutting them for a vase its the best thing to do, if you are just leaving them on the plant there is no reason to. |
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| things are nibbling my leaves too, love your bloom!! and lol re it not being fuchsia. gotta love mislabeled tubers but that flower is lovely. |
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- Posted by flowergirl70ks 5/6KS (My Page) on Mon, Jul 7, 14 at 16:31
| The name might be Seattle |
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| I agree it MAY be Seattle - especially if it has faint pink lines that trace the yellow in the bud. Though my Seattle got nowhere near 5 ft, it did do something odd this year. As I said, most of mine have the pink outline around the yellow. The ones I have THIS year have little to NO pink tracings AND as opposed to last year, one of the blooms came out almost all white with little yellow! Common to bi and tri colors - I had just never seen that on my Seattle(s) and I have had them for 3 years. So if other buds have more white than yellow, it might well be Seattle. |
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