Both are Holland varieties. We had good luck with the Dutch one called Blue Bell. It is a bit deeper lavender with touch more blue. It grew pretty well for us and I may take some seed form it as it was planted with the waterlilies. Picture later.
abecedarian Sep 24, 2018 2:33 PM PDT
Name: Pati KS
So the heat and insects did a number on it but I'm still enjoying Tartan. The earlier ones had better color and more of it.
What size is the flower on the one you are asking about, Ted? I don't recognize it, but there is one I haven't seen this year that I lliked with those colors. It was, I think, a miniature but kind of think the petals are wrong shape for it. It is one I called Salish Cascades.
edewitt Sep 30, 2018 4:14 PM PDT
Name: Eric DeWitt Mountainair, NM
I managed to find a vendor that had an extra Hillcrest Kismet they were willing to part with. It's tucked away in the back of my girlfriend's garden and started blooming. There's quite a bit more yellow to the bloom than I've seen in previous plants. Usually it's a solid coral color like the rest of the bloom. It's pretty small as well. My girlfriend told me that corner she had planted had been up until this year notorious for not having much grow in that area. It's pretty small compared to my bloom I had several years ago which is the second photo.
Maybe a lack of bright light at this time of year? I, too, bought a Hillcrest Kismet that doesn't seem to be like I remember it. I will try to remember to take a photo tomorrow if it has a bloom.
edewitt Sep 30, 2018 6:08 PM PDT
Name: Eric DeWitt Mountainair, NM
Yeah it was tucked away in a corner behind a tree and some 8-9' tall corn (my girlfriend managed to germinate seeds from decorative corn that had been sitting in her parents house for nearly 50 years). I'm really hoping at the least it'll give me a couple of healthy tubers to store away for the winter.
DillyDahlia Oct 3, 2018 7:14 AM PDT
Name: Tina NY Zone 5b/6a Flower Power!
First Ferncliff Illusion bloom...
teddahlia Oct 3, 2018 10:13 AM PDT
Name: Ted Oregon We enjoy breeding new dahlias!
We grew F. Illusion many years ago and liked its flowers and vigor. KAs Cloud is much better however but F Illusion much easier to grow and keep tubers.
edewitt Oct 6, 2018 4:19 PM PDT
Name: Eric DeWitt Mountainair, NM
My 8' tall Holly Huston has lowered itself down to about 7.5' and is burdened with an 11" bloom with rain also bogging it down. I'm starting to think it might be Kenora Wildfire but I do love the red. Hillcerst Kismet probably isn't that either. What else could it be? Wyn's Pinking Of You is pretty nice. Then there's JS Butterscotch with Pinking of You in the background.
teddahlia Oct 6, 2018 4:33 PM PDT
Name: Ted Oregon We enjoy breeding new dahlias!
Nice to see you growing more dahlias. I have never gotten Kenora Wildfire to grow more than about 4 feet tall. Have not grown Holly Huston in many years and do not remember it's height. JS Butterscotch is one of the Spartacus sports and many people really like it.
Holly Huston was one of the tallest dahlias in my garden when I grew it...about 7' tall...I quit growing it because it didn't hold well as a cut flower but I really liked it in the garden.
sylviap Oct 9, 2018 11:49 AM PDT
Name: Sylvia West Sacramento, CA Zone 9b
edewitt wrote:Wyn's Pinking Of You is pretty nice.
Pinking of you was very nice here last year and tubered well, but only 1 tuber survived the spring and that plant has not bloomed yet. Am hoping by leaving it alone it might bounce back next year. Might need to reorder than one.
DillyDahlia Oct 11, 2018 5:57 PM PDT
Name: Tina NY Zone 5b/6a Flower Power!
Two more last minute bloomers looking good!
Windhaven blush (even prettier colors than portrayed in photo)
Lavender Chiffon
teddahlia Oct 11, 2018 7:09 PM PDT
Name: Ted Oregon We enjoy breeding new dahlias!
Windhaven Blush is very reliable and easy to grow especially for a rather large flower.
Benny101 Oct 12, 2018 7:28 AM PDT
Greenville MI - zone 5b
Haven't posted in this thread much this season , let me see what I got .
Bloomquist Bethany
blown_dry Oct 12, 2018 12:16 PM PDT
Name: Amanda CA Redwood Coast - Zone 9b DahliaAddict.com
Benny, nearly all my Bloomquist Bethany's were open centered.. I would like to trade for one of your tubers if you get a good crop of them. Its an adorable flower and I would have used a lot of them...
DillyDahlia Oct 12, 2018 2:55 PM PDT
Name: Tina NY Zone 5b/6a Flower Power!
Nick Sr
Woodlands Wildthing
teddahlia Oct 12, 2018 5:04 PM PDT
Name: Ted Oregon We enjoy breeding new dahlias!
Nick Gitts and Bill Mishler loved dahlias. It is believed that Bodacious is the seed parent of Nick SR.
Bill Mishler tried to use Wild Thing for breeding but it produced almost no seeds. Phil Mingus beat him to the punch and introduced Dr. John Kaiser, a seedling of Wild Thing. All of these people are now deceased. Kristine Albrecht got seeds from Nick SR. and her new white giant one that was at the trial gardens this year is the seedling. Nick Gitts(not technically junior as Nick Senior was named Nick and Nick Gitts is actually Nicholas Gitts.) has not been able to get any seeds from Nick Sr.
Benny101 Oct 12, 2018 5:27 PM PDT
Greenville MI - zone 5b
Islander wrote:Benny, nearly all my Bloomquist Bethany's were open centered.. I would like to trade for one of your tubers if you get a good crop of them. Its an adorable flower and I would have used a lot of them...
We had just one modest plant but I will note it , I have a couple others you may be interested in some back that you sent me , ummm off the top of my head
Rossendale Peach I believe
And this one , cannot remember the name right now , I know there is a tag but it's dark and cold out there , too cold and windy for my pajamas and slippers
