Name: Steve San Diego Commercial cut flower grower
I love the color of "Hollyhill Cafe' a' la Margaret", it is similar to Anne Hyde and Camano Cloud in color. Is there a WL or FD in that pure flesh color, I have never grown any.
teddahlia Mar 3, 2021 10:04 AM PDT
Name: Ted Oregon We enjoy breeding new dahlias!
Flesh color in dahlias seems to be possible in two ways; (1) a white dahlias is overlaid with an even coat of pink pigment(actually red in very small amounts). I believe this seedling from last year has this combination . The key is "slight amount" as when you are talking about color in dahlias the amount of pigment is part of the equation. Breeding minuscule amounts of evenly distributed pigment may be difficult. Notice that in the center of the bloom, the pigment is more visible and that detracts from the perceived even spread of the pigment although as the center petals mature they too will have very little red pigment, .
(2) later
teddahlia Mar 6, 2021 10:01 AM PDT
Name: Ted Oregon We enjoy breeding new dahlias!
Cropped out of a larger picture. Seedling is a bit 'over the top' but that may be why we like it.
blown_dry Mar 6, 2021 2:00 PM PDT
Name: Amanda CA Redwood Coast - Zone 9b DahliaAddict.com
That one is fun. Dahlias are amazing in their variety! :)
If that is as coral as it appears on my screen it would make the cut flower wedding people very happy....
Cosey Mar 6, 2021 2:38 PM PDT
Name: LeeAnn Zone 6b, Pennsylvania
I think 'over the top' is exactly how I like my dahlias. 🤗
teddahlia Mar 12, 2021 9:45 AM PDT
Name: Ted Oregon We enjoy breeding new dahlias!
Kitchen picture: Hollyhill Leda and Hollyhill Pink Parfait. We may sell Parfait next year. Could have sold it this year but it does not make very big tubers. There are too many nice pink waterlilies out there.
Leda was special. I know the petals aren't rounded on the tips but I loved it anyhow...Do you think you will ever sell it again?
teddahlia Mar 12, 2021 2:33 PM PDT
Name: Ted Oregon We enjoy breeding new dahlias!
"...will ever sell it again?" We did not sell it this year and have saved all of the best stock. If it does well this year and makes lots of tubers.....?
As usual, when Margaret really likes something, we may end up keeping all tubers for our selves.
teddahlia Mar 16, 2021 2:23 PM PDT
Name: Ted Oregon We enjoy breeding new dahlias!
Picture of same purple flower taken with a camera set on Adobe color gamut and the other sRGB gamut. The word gamut means the range of colors the camera is allowed to save. Note that the Adobe gamut is more suitable for taking pictures of purple flowers. It is more complicated than that as you have to save the Adobe picture in sRGB so your computer can open the picture file and for some reason even though you have changed the file to sRGB, it displays the purple colors better. Many high end cameras allow shooting in Adobe gamut but my Canon that is only somewhat expensive does not have this setting.
Is she still around, Ted, or did she flap her glittery wings and whirl off into the skies? She looks like magic.
teddahlia Apr 18, 2021 8:38 PM PDT
Name: Ted Oregon We enjoy breeding new dahlias!
"...whirl off into the skies." As you can see, this one has a delicate flower on a delicate plant and it had delicate tubers too. It could be pretty but was not very vigorous.
teddahlia Apr 19, 2021 9:37 AM PDT
Name: Ted Oregon We enjoy breeding new dahlias!
Kelgai Anne
DillyDahlia Apr 21, 2021 8:30 AM PDT
Name: Tina NY Zone 5b/6a Flower Power!
That 2012 seedling which didn't make it to 2013 is gorgeous!
teddahlia May 3, 2021 1:17 PM PDT
Name: Ted Oregon We enjoy breeding new dahlias!
2009 picture of HH Margarita
teddahlia Jun 11, 2021 1:16 PM PDT
Name: Ted Oregon We enjoy breeding new dahlias!
Not much being posted to Cubits. Rainy day here. HH Regal close up.
As you can see, this one has a delicate flower on a delicate plant and it had delicate tubers too. It could be pretty but was not very vigorous. 
