Name: Amanda CA Redwood Coast - Zone 9b DahliaAddict.com
Lovely Benny! I love those intense colors.
Aha! Yes, rather different, Sylvia. Probably the effect of more heat and sun.
blown_dry Aug 28, 2016 12:50 PM PDT
Name: Amanda CA Redwood Coast - Zone 9b DahliaAddict.com
Sylvia, on the PC note I would ditch IE and use Chrome or Firefox. They are both free. May solve your problem. IE no longer dominates the browser scene, probably for reasons.
FLflowerboy Aug 28, 2016 1:19 PM PDT
Name: Jon George Gainesville, FL ...crazy enough to grow dahlias in
Love those intense colors on RPT!
Benny101 Aug 31, 2016 4:52 PM PDT
Greenville MI - zone 5b
Crazy George
Hollyhill Big Red
Inland Dynasty
Hollyhill Karen Lee
FLflowerboy Aug 31, 2016 4:55 PM PDT
Name: Jon George Gainesville, FL ...crazy enough to grow dahlias in
Wow!
sylviap Aug 31, 2016 6:58 PM PDT
Name: Sylvia West Sacramento, CA Zone 9b
Nice!
blown_dry Aug 31, 2016 8:45 PM PDT
Name: Amanda CA Redwood Coast - Zone 9b DahliaAddict.com
Lovely! Thanks Benny.
Benny101 Sep 1, 2016 2:21 PM PDT
Greenville MI - zone 5b
Oh wait
One more
Calico Evening Glow
teddahlia Sep 1, 2016 2:41 PM PDT
Name: Ted Oregon We enjoy breeding new dahlias!
Very nice pink one. Would look great in a bouquet.
Oh wow! Where did a get that pretty thing Benny?!!!
It looks much pinker then mine but we have had a lot of hot sunny weather. I picked 5 for market this weekend off of 3 plants. It doesn't make a lot at one time but they are big and show offy and always a lot of buds coming on in various stages. I like them best in evening light...didn't know it would be that way when I named it Evening Glow. THat was just because it reminded me of sun breaking through the clouds as it goes down.
teddahlia Sep 1, 2016 5:32 PM PDT
Name: Ted Oregon We enjoy breeding new dahlias!
What are the measurements? This sounds a lot like a teen age boy getting the measurements of his favorite movie stars. 36-24-36
5" across? You better feed that kid! I would guess that mine is 7" across and 5" deep but I am too darned tired to go out and measure it. I am also guessing that mine is about 5.5 to 6'. Sure is interesting how different they grow in different circumstances and climates!
Benny101 Sep 2, 2016 7:02 PM PDT
Greenville MI - zone 5b
The first few blooms were larger , perhaps I will feed it tomorrow or Perhaps your thumb is a bit greener than mine
Benny101 Sep 2, 2016 7:19 PM PDT
Greenville MI - zone 5b
Hollyhill Summerwine looking good on the purple end of the garden
teddahlia Sep 2, 2016 7:32 PM PDT
Name: Ted Oregon We enjoy breeding new dahlias!
HH Summerwine is a seedling of Lakeview Glow and inherited the trait from it for lots of flowers. It did not inherit the height of 4 feet but is instead about 5 feet tall. I believe you will find that it is a good cut flower.
Benny101 Sep 2, 2016 7:43 PM PDT
Greenville MI - zone 5b
It is right about 5' tall here and the blooms are held up well above the foliage without any help from me , Lakeview Glow likes to bloom down in the bush here .
I am finding Summerwine an excellent cut flower. The color has just a touch of energy which it adds to bouquets. I could use more flowers like this! I wonder if it would like to cross with some of my others ..those are all good traits.
mandolls Sep 3, 2016 7:25 AM PDT
Name: Geof WI
Summer Wine looks great. Its going on my wish list.
I have Lakeview glow for the first time this year - and yeah it one that would work well in a perennial border, but sure gets lost in my dahlia beds. Pretty little flowers though, and plenty of them.
I am having the same issue with Hilltop Emily. I really like the flowers, but its quite a short plant with short stems.
I am trying to keep track of all of the shorter ones this year, and think they will go into one of the raised beds next year, if I keep them. I am veery bad about checking supposed plant height on new ones that I plant, and to often they can get buried in my jungle.
Haven't had a bloom off Hillcrest Jonathan yet, as it is smack in the middle of my deepest bed and is half the height of everything that surrounds it. It does have buds, and I hope will have storable tubers for next year.
Probably the effect of more heat and sun. 
Love those intense colors on RPT!
