Ah thank you Noni . Hotshot looks very nice too .
The only red I had out with the MB and Poms was Irish Glow so I'm thinking they need more Red in the mix next time around
teddahlia Oct 16, 2014 6:32 AM PDT
Name: Ted Oregon We enjoy breeding new dahlias!
The giant dahlia in the Tacoma and Canby trial gardens is KA's Cloud entered by Kristine Albrecht of Santa Cruz, California. It had the pink blush on it only on the first set of blooms and only a trace later on. First flush of blooms were pretty big at about 11 inches in diameter.
I have always considered Hollyhill Rudolph to be primarily a cut flower. People have always been looking for a very small, pure red flower that has good stems and is a prolific bloomer. It is a good enough show flower to pass in several trial gardens and on the ADS bench too. Hollyhill Loverboy is a bigger flower and probably a nicer show flower and looks great in the garden but just does not have the "flower power" for cutting of Rudolph. Both are good tuber makers.
The highest scoring flower in Canby was the Boley's Danny Boy M FD V DP/DR. Was it in the Tacoma trial garden?
anniecan Oct 16, 2014 6:34 AM PDT
Name: Annie Luck Apex, North Carolina BE THE CHANGE YOU WANT TO SEE IN TH
I should have lots of extra reds Benny. Noni gave me Holly Hill Red Button and another red pom noid this season. I've got lots of other reds too, but no giants.
I don't recall seeing Danny Boy in the trail garden. I know where it should have been though if it were...will try to have a quick look when we go over to dig on Monday.
I wonder where Kristin Albrecht makes her tubers available...that has been a really nice flower most of the summer here.
Annie, Red Buttons was cute but I think you will want to replace it with Rudolph. Much more refined and I think a bit stronger stems too. Also, Rudolph is more vigorous and grows taller...at least in my garden. Hotshot was outstanding too, especially this autumn. THe golden backs just exploded the color. I am planning on adding it to my garden.
Annie, If I gave you a red pom noid it is probably Stoneleigh Joyce. I think is is the only other one I grew last year. Especially if it faded badly in the summer...that is why it got kicked out of my garden. I had the Boley one also but a duck stepped squarely on the plant and it never recovered. . THe pic is HH Rudolph in my garden this year. The blooms were 3 times as many over in the Test Garden where they have mushroom compost added to their beds.
addicted Oct 20, 2014 9:23 PM PDT
Name: Em NY
Noni and Ted - thanks for sharing those! So far, my favorite is Hollyhill Hotshot.
Noni, can you inquire Monday when you go to dig, whether a list of all varieties grown at your garden would be available (by number), and how one could get a copy? Thanks!
Well, they went and dug while I was on the train home from Portland...so its all done. We cut up the clubs tubers at the meeting tonight. I have a bit of work to do with Marilyn one day this week and I will ask her what is known and what can be shared yet.
We had 5 new members come tonight so that was very nice!
Tonight the topic was about how to store tubers. Sure are a lot of different methods!
teddahlia Nov 1, 2014 10:01 AM PDT
Name: Ted Oregon We enjoy breeding new dahlias!
Received an email that Hollyhill Jeanette BB C OR won the Derrill Hart medal for the highest scoring BB sized flower in the trial gardens. It was entered in only three trial gardens: Spokane, Bonneyville, and Minnesota. It is named after our good friend Jeanette Benson who is a member of the Portland Dahlia Society. She picked the flower out of our garden some years ago when it was a seedling and we let her grow it. She liked it in her garden but lost it a year later and asked us for another tuber. It only had a number on it during this time. I decided to introduce it with her name on it as her favorite color for dahlias is orange. We put it in the trial gardens as one of the secondary entries but did get it to three gardens. It was also shown on the ADS bench and got passing scores.
mandolls Nov 1, 2014 10:51 AM PDT
Name: Geof WI
Congrats!! its a beauty.
anniecan Nov 1, 2014 12:14 PM PDT
Name: Annie Luck Apex, North Carolina BE THE CHANGE YOU WANT TO SEE IN TH
Love it Ted!
DarcyD Nov 1, 2014 12:35 PM PDT
Name: Darcy D Green Oaks, Illinois
Very nice!! What amazing form it looks to have!
Benny101 Nov 1, 2014 4:44 PM PDT
Greenville MI - zone 5b
WoW !! Congratulations Ted !
I REALLY like that , what kind if height are you getting from it ?
teddahlia Nov 1, 2014 5:48 PM PDT
Name: Ted Oregon We enjoy breeding new dahlias!
Hollyhill Jeanette is a vigorous grower that reaches 5 to 6 feet easily. It needs to be tied up carefully as it sends out some side shoots along with the main stem. It is an average tuber maker although they are not overly big.
Maybe you should change the name of your business to Holly-"Tree Dahlias" WOW, what a forest that would be of all the 6'footers...If I had little kids I think I would plant them a summer forest of them.
addicted Nov 1, 2014 6:48 PM PDT
Name: Em NY
Congratulations, Ted and Margaret! Another beauty!!
PNWGal Nov 1, 2014 7:03 PM PDT
Name: Linda Portland OR, zone 8b
Very nice Ted! I think it will go well next to my Scott's Jeanette B, BB IC PR. Also a tall gal for me, and very robust. Funny, since Jeanette is a petite woman!
Aw, but she must have a large personality to have had 2 dahlias named for her!
honnat Nov 3, 2014 9:22 PM PDT
St. Paul, MN
Can't believe I missed this. Congrats Ted! I'm a sucker for oranges and am always looking for a nice cactus. I really like the long narrow cactus look. This one looks nice. How does the color compare to Tangerine?
Is it close to being classed as an incurve? Looking at that photo; I'd wonder.
teddahlia Nov 3, 2014 11:03 PM PDT
Name: Ted Oregon We enjoy breeding new dahlias!
HH Jeanette is more a normal color of orange than the intense Tangerine. They are related and Jeanette gets some of the woody stalk and height from Tangerine along with an orange color. If you let it get totally ripe it incurves a bit.
Benny101 Nov 4, 2014 4:28 PM PDT
Greenville MI - zone 5b
I noticed a couple of our HH varieties had " woody" stalks making them quite difficult to split and required the use of a saw but I see it as a good trait while the plant is growing , HH Janett looks to be a " must have " I gotta try that .
teddahlia Nov 4, 2014 6:28 PM PDT
Name: Ted Oregon We enjoy breeding new dahlias!
I love woody stalks and many of our seedlings have them too. Hollyhill Tangerine has a really tough woody stalk and I have to use loppers to cut it off close to the tubers so I can divide the clump. I have noticed that the woody tubers may not be as big as some but they store really well.
. THe pic is HH Rudolph in my garden this year. The blooms were 3 times as many over in the Test Garden where they have mushroom compost added to their beds. 
WOW, what a forest that would be of all the 6'footers...If I had little kids I think I would plant them a summer forest of them. 
