Dahlia Boy, I hope you don't mind that I've posted your photos directly below. I don't know why they didn't show up in your message. However, if they don't show up in your preview, they won't show up on the forum. I hope I pasted them in the right order.

I'm envious of your plants; mine have only just started to form buds...and we've already had our first light frost. I doubt I'll see any flowers in my garden this year. Sigh. Your flowers are beautiful. I especially love the ones in the close-up photos.

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Thanks for helping me post my photos....any idea what I did wrong?

Wow very pretty dahlias! Do you know the name of the second one?

Sierra

Just gorgeous! Any idea what the second to last one is? The white one at 11"? I just GOTTA find me that one :)

Nikki~

Dahliaboy....your flowers are fantastic...could you post the names of them.....especially the red and white one....thanx......carol

The first Dahlia is Gloriosa, it's a B varigated yellow/red.
The second is Santa Claus, it's a BB red/white
and the large white one next to my wife is Walter Hardisty.
It's a AA and can get up to 14 inches across.
Dahlia Boy

Your dahlias are just gorgeous...Gives a newbie, like myself, alot of inspiration...Also, thanks for posting all the information about digging etc.

Beautiful, dahliaboy.
What's the name of the red one in the 3rd photo?

For posting your photos, you need to copy and paste the line that starts with "tag", not "img". I think that will work!

Anna

The 3rd photo contains Sparatcus....a dark red A size dahlia.
DB

Dahliaboy, what are those white stakes you use? Metal or PVC? Other? How do they hold up to a heavy plant like Spartacus?

And who is to the left of Spartacus? Very nice blooms there!