A lot of my stock of HH Lemon Ice had very little white on it last year. I actually like those better because they don''t burn in the sun like the white on them does.
FLflowerboy Aug 1, 2016 5:58 PM PDT
Name: Jon George Gainesville, FL ...crazy enough to grow dahlias in
I continue to be impressed every week with
Hay Day
So jealous of your Sheer Heaven. I gave up on it after buying it 3 years in a row. Maybe it LIKES hotter temps.
But hey, Bluetiful has its first bloom open! That is another one that some years grows and some years doesn't. It's a bit on the short side and might get buried some years by its neighbors. This year I removed virused ones on each side and now it is in bloom and I can see it.
DahliaGardener Aug 2, 2016 5:13 PM PDT
Name: Cynthia BG, KY USDA Zone 6b Sanity = Dirt under your nails...
Flowers are happening in my garden, today!! Finally!!! Not that they're great, but they're there!!
.............Neighbor Dave (?) - both these are the same variety...................................NOT Barbara B.........................................Seduction.............................
...........Fidalgo Not Splashing...................Bronze Cornel Imitating Zinnia...Alfa Max on next bush over with correct color......Aaaand....I can't Remember....
........Yeah.....Can't Remember............No....didn't look, it was hot & flash went off.............HH Lemon Ice.................May be the elusive Cafe au Lait - must check
.............Robann Royal.................................Tartan with no white................................Hotcakes...................................This was HH Starburst until the rabbit dug it up and ate the roots.
I'm going to have to go out in the morning around 5:30 when it's still cool-ISH, and look at some of the markers so I know who I've got pictures of. It is really nice to know that I didn't actually mismark my Alfa Max - one plant is just not Orange for whatever reason. All the foliage looks the same, but the other plant is definitely red flowering. Was Alfa Max a sport? Maybe one plant reverted?
Tartan, Robann Royal, Hotcakes and all the little HS Flames are the happiest because they get some shade in the afternoon. Robann Royal still has a hard green center.
Is Fidalgo Splash supposed to be shaded to stay more white?
Hoping for some cooler weather here!!
C DG
mandolls Aug 2, 2016 5:13 PM PDT
Name: Geof WI
Skipley Bonanza is once again my favorite bloom in the garden. Love love love it!
Its rare for me to have the same favorite two years in a row. I am fickle that way.
DahliaGardener Aug 2, 2016 5:46 PM PDT
Name: Cynthia BG, KY USDA Zone 6b Sanity = Dirt under your nails...
If it were in my garden I'd be raving, too, Geof! It's great!
C DG , the shape is not very similar to my Neighbor Daves nor is the color, but those colors are showing up in the seedlings from it. I have the most interesting bunch of seedlings opening from Neighbor Dave! they need another day or two before they are open enough to photograph, but they are all variagated ones I think. Last year my Neighbor Dave went open centered so I was hoping to have one like it among the seedlings from it. I haven't seen its clone yet...
FLflowerboy Aug 2, 2016 6:00 PM PDT
Name: Jon George Gainesville, FL ...crazy enough to grow dahlias in
Noni, I think Sheer Heaven must be a heat lover since many other dahlias around it have gone dormant for me but SH keeps blooming like it was just waiting for a hundred degrees to put on a show!!
FLflowerboy Aug 2, 2016 6:03 PM PDT
Name: Jon George Gainesville, FL ...crazy enough to grow dahlias in
mandolls wrote:Skipley Bonanza is once again my favorite bloom in the garden. Love love love it!
Its rare for me to have the same favorite two years in a row. I am fickle that way.
Jon, that would explain why it did so poorly for me....but it looks so delicate!
sylviap Aug 2, 2016 6:43 PM PDT
Name: Sylvia West Sacramento, CA Zone 9b
Jon - nice to know it is heat loving. Those delicate colors are the ones I usually shy away from. Now two more on my list: Sheer Heaven and Skipley Bonanza. Already marking the plants I will cull next year to make room.
vikingcraftsman Aug 2, 2016 7:01 PM PDT
Boy every one seems to be doing better than me this year. The heat wave just stalled every thing. I have to close one eye when I look at every one pictures or I would be going nuts trying to buy them all.
