Name: Jon George Gainesville, FL ...crazy enough to grow dahlias in
Recently I was asked to provide bouquets for a photo shoot featuring outdoor entertainment. Check out these screen shots from a local magazine showing off the dahlias from yours truly....
teddahlia Aug 4, 2016 6:05 PM PDT
Name: Ted Oregon We enjoy breeding new dahlias!
Why did they make the the people clear and the bouquet blurry in that one picture? It should have been the other way around.
Great looking flowers!!!
Benny101 Aug 4, 2016 7:17 PM PDT
Greenville MI - zone 5b
teddahlia wrote:Why did they make the the people clear and the bouquet blurry in that one picture? It should have been the other way around.
Great looking flowers!!!
Benny101 Aug 4, 2016 7:26 PM PDT
Greenville MI - zone 5b
What the heck are they gunna do with the jar of pickles in that last photo ???
teddahlia Aug 4, 2016 7:48 PM PDT
Name: Ted Oregon We enjoy breeding new dahlias!
I bet the photographer took several hundred pictures to get these "candid" shots. The flowers do not mind but the people were probably getting pretty tired of big smiles.
vikingcraftsman Aug 4, 2016 7:57 PM PDT
I love the pickle jars in the tree. My neighbors would call the town and have me committed if I hung my Dahlias in the maple tree out front. But I might do it any way. lol
DahliaGardener Aug 4, 2016 8:01 PM PDT
Name: Cynthia BG, KY USDA Zone 6b Sanity = Dirt under your nails...
Benny101 wrote:What the heck are they gunna do with the jar of pickles in that last photo ???
It does look like pickles!
How come there aren't dahlias floating in those fancy drinks?? Everything else seems to be floating in there!
Jon, your dahlias are the best part of the entire thing!
C DG
FLflowerboy Aug 4, 2016 8:44 PM PDT
Name: Jon George Gainesville, FL ...crazy enough to grow dahlias in
Hey, we're all smiling down in the South! Those dahlias are an elixir of joy!!
ClearCreekDahlias Aug 5, 2016 7:27 AM PDT
Western New York State Dahlias! Dahlias! Dahlias!
AC Big Johnson
Creme De Cassis
AC Loomis
Unfortunately, one of the contractors yesterday backed into and broke off Hollyhill Zarina before its buds couid open. Here's hoping with some pruning and replanting, she can grow on as an independent plant.
Geof, Nice pics of Abbey. I am loving it too as it opens in my garden. All my Blossom Gulch plants are super healthy and look great. I am really impressed with them. I will be buying more from them.
vikingcraftsman Aug 5, 2016 8:17 AM PDT
Caliente and what it looks like in a bouquet.
PNWGal Aug 5, 2016 10:46 AM PDT
Name: Linda Portland OR, zone 8b
What a lovely little bouquet! What are the other white & lavender flowers?
I think your Caliente might be Azteca instead, from the shape of the petals. Around here, it starts out red at the beginning of the season, and goes into a more orange and yellow phase if the temperatures get hot.
DahliaGardener Aug 5, 2016 10:58 AM PDT
Name: Cynthia BG, KY USDA Zone 6b Sanity = Dirt under your nails...
Great bouquet, Viking! And 'Caliente' is great in it!
I just adore how flowers never seem to clash with each other even though the colors shouldn't 'go' together!
C DG
DahliaGardener Aug 5, 2016 11:00 AM PDT
Name: Cynthia BG, KY USDA Zone 6b Sanity = Dirt under your nails...
Kim, I really like Creme de Cassis, and it's aptly named - it does look like a creamy black currant!
C DG
FLflowerboy Aug 5, 2016 11:27 AM PDT
Name: Jon George Gainesville, FL ...crazy enough to grow dahlias in
Kim, I am loving your AC Big Johnson!
addicted Aug 5, 2016 1:02 PM PDT
Name: Em NY
Nice flowers your mom has, Linda! I like the look of her garden a lot!
DahliaGardener wrote:
Jon, your dahlias are the best part of the entire thing!
C DG
Kim, I almost ordered AC Big Johnson last fall. Wish now that I had!!
vikingcraftsman Aug 5, 2016 1:16 PM PDT
I think you are talking about the rose of Sharon.
Benny101 Aug 5, 2016 7:06 PM PDT
Greenville MI - zone 5b
Second year for this Purple sport of Ms Zelda , we simply call her " Purple Zelda "
teddahlia Aug 5, 2016 7:21 PM PDT
Name: Ted Oregon We enjoy breeding new dahlias!
Purple is one of those "magic" colors that every likes and wants. If you want to enter it in the trial gardens, it has to stay purple for three years. That makes it tough to enter sports of variegated flowers in the trial gardens. You of course, could just introduce it and not worry about trial gardens scores and all that.
Benny101 Aug 5, 2016 7:57 PM PDT
Greenville MI - zone 5b
Two Plants here , one reverted back to the original verigated color this plant has been solid purple so far , think I have a couple more planted at the grow , beautiful shade of purple though , I will continue to mess with it to see where it goes .
Caliente and what it looks like in a bouquet.
