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Posted by anna_in_quebec z4 QC (My Page) on

Mon, Sep 10, 07 at 9:46

My Seattle dahlia (Yellow with white tips) has produced a lovely pure double yellow bloom, a phenomenon which I think is called a "sport". How would I go about saving this? Thanks - Anna

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Posted by bigcityal z5WI (My Page) on
Mon, Sep 10, 07 at 23:01

I have seen so much variation with Seattle that anything is possible. Lovely flower - they seems to change color with the weather.

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Posted by poochella 7/ WEST WA (My Page) on
Tue, Sep 11, 07 at 3:36

Anna, I don't want to burst your sporting bubble, but Seattle has behaved so weirdly over a vast geographic expanse this year that I wouldn't rely on it to be a sport. People here in the NW US have complained it was a "non summer," with cooler and wetter conditions than usual, but others far away have had the same results on this variety.

Either Seattles have been all yellow, or yellow with a hint of a white tip on a couple petals or not blooming at all.
Here is a shot taken today: the best Seattle representative being on the left, and that is the only normal looking one I've had all year. It's just bizarre!

Here is the first bloom off the same plant. Nothing at all like the Seattle I've enjoyed in the past.

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Posted by anna_in_quebec z4 QC (My Page) on
Tue, Sep 11, 07 at 9:09

Thanks everyone, especially Poochella - always so informative. I guess I won't bother with any cutting or rooting.

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