Rossendale Peach is a lovely dahlia. It didn''t produce very many blooms but each one was lovely. I should have tubers but if you have more then you want, sure...It may also be Tahoma Amble which is what I was looking for in those un-named tubers I shared.Tahoma Amble changes a lot with the sun exposure so it can be anywhere between light peach and coral orange. (If it is not Rossendale Peach ). I may have found one Tahoma Amble in my garden (Just guessing at the ID of it.)The other one I was hoping to find is Andy''s Legacy. IT DID NOT show up in my garden this year and I was surprised to see that Swan Island is not selling it this year. I liked it a lot and hoped to buy a new tuber. Any one else grow it this year and have tubers?
The striped one looks like a Ferncliff one, I think the name was Mission Magic, .It is not one I want to give space to again. It was OK, but not popular at market.. Were those the noid tubers I shared with you? Thanks for growing them out! Tahoma Amble maybe Rossendale Peach
melissamaeday Oct 12, 2018 9:10 PM PDT
Name: Melissa Omaha,NE
Benny, your Bloomquist Bethany is fantastic!
I purchased BQ Mike, but it got shaded out and hasn't bloomed. Guess I'll dig the tubers and try again next season.
Castle Drive
Hollyhill Jeanette - this was a bonus tuber...and one of my faves
Melissa, your Bloomquist Mike is worth trying to save. It was one of my most favorite dahlias this summer...
melissamaeday Oct 13, 2018 9:51 AM PDT
Name: Melissa Omaha,NE
Thank you for that tidbit of information, Noni! I noticed that K Connell is selling a lot of the ones I didn't buy this year from Les and Viv, but not BQ Mike, so I will definitely try to save it.
DillyDahlia Oct 13, 2018 6:50 PM PDT
Name: Tina NY Zone 5b/6a Flower Power!
Melissa, What did you think about Castle Drive? Last year it was mentioned quite a bit on Instagram, as being the next best wedding flower after CAL.
melissamaeday Oct 13, 2018 7:42 PM PDT
Name: Melissa Omaha,NE
Hey Tina! I absolutely adored Castle Drive! FD is a form I tend to gravitate towards, but the pale pink is not. I had two plants, both grown from cuttings from Stonehouse Dahlias, and there hasn't been a single crappy bloom on either of them, plus they stayed pretty large the entire season. My boyfriend convinced me to grow CAL this year...it wasn't my favorite, and I hate how difficult it is to make it look up in a bouquet (pancake face). He also marked Castle Drive as one he wants to grow next year...when I made him choose between the 2, he didn't hesitate and chose Castle Drive.
I had Castle Drive from several sources and not sure any plant survived to bloom for me...It was probalby the fault of the not so good garden crew I had this year at planting out time...They really messed up that row that had all my soft pink/peach/yellow Mballs and FD's.
my bouquet stand plus son Zachary, my able assistant/ Zach's Bouquet Bar where he sells them by the stem..lucked out this week and there was a vacant stall right next to mine so he got to use it for free...He handles the singles and takes the money for Calico Gardens, I keep on making bouquets until I run out of flowers or market time...
RovingRadish Oct 14, 2018 3:44 PM PDT
Name: Jessie Massachusetts
This summer kicked my butt, but my last market was yesterday and I am finally finding time to post some dahlia pics! Here's Ayers Glory in all its glory:
Ketchup & Mustard:
Cambridge:
teddahlia Oct 14, 2018 6:06 PM PDT
Name: Ted Oregon We enjoy breeding new dahlias!
Harold and Mabel Ayers would be proud of your flower. Ayers Glory was named partially after the name of it's seed parent England's Glory. They live near the Winston Wildlife Safari and can hear the African Lions roaring in the evening.
melissamaeday Oct 14, 2018 8:05 PM PDT
Name: Melissa Omaha,NE
I'm sorry you never got to see Castle Drive, Noni. When I was frantic about the state of my cuttings, you helped me save it, and it thrived from your advice.
Hollyhill Black Beauty in the snow
I dug and divided a few plants before this...
teddahlia Oct 15, 2018 10:10 AM PDT
Name: Ted Oregon We enjoy breeding new dahlias!
I stole your picture of Black Beauty.
Kitchen table bouquet; getting harder to find good flowers out there.
melissamaeday Oct 15, 2018 9:27 PM PDT
Name: Melissa Omaha,NE
Aw Ted, I actually feel honored that you stole my picture. Hollyhill Black Beauty is an absolutely stunning dahlia!
teddahlia Oct 16, 2018 7:30 AM PDT
Name: Ted Oregon We enjoy breeding new dahlias!
Flowers change color this time of the year even though their form is pretty much the same. I picked the bouquet above and Margaret really liked the dark pink cactus in it and was sure it was second year seedling that she knew I had not marked to keep. She wanted me to go out and mark it right away. Actually it was HH Summerwine that is normally a purple flower and is an excellent cut flower as it is a seedling of Lakeview Glow. We only have a couple of plants of it as I do not use it for breeding. The yellow flower is HH Julia and it got a deeper yellow. HH Sophia, normally the intense California poppy orange color, has turned to a golden yellow.
HH Summerwine is one of my favorite cuts, especially at this time of year. The color change of autumn gives it an almost neon glow. And I love the number of flowers I can cut from it! One of my tasks this week, as I contemplate a major reduction in number of plants grown next year will be to determine which plants I get the most usable blooms from in colors that sell well...HH Summerwine will definitely be on the keeper list. Another will be Ferncliff Tropics. Now to figure out who the others will be...(Pretty sure HH Black Beauty will be on it , as will some of my own seedlings like Going Dark/Twilight Girl, Snow Days and Sea Pearl. the Snow Days and Sea Pearl are very popular (And floriforous) for wedding flowers.
There are a lot of nice dahlias I grew this year and then just didn't sell many of..those are the ones to eliminate unless they are good seed parents.
teddahlia Oct 16, 2018 9:23 AM PDT
Name: Ted Oregon We enjoy breeding new dahlias!
As we go through the life stages of being as what Amanda calls a "DahliaAddict", (1)we plant a few dahlias and and fall in love with them.(2) We then go to the acquisition mode where we try to grow everything we see, everything we see pictures of and and everything, everything, everything.(3) then we start to get picky and figure out that we have our favorites and figure out that you cannot grow them all. (4) and in one of the final stages, we are satisfied that we once grew a variety but no longer grow it and that does not bother you and you insist that the ones you grow perform well but you still are tempted by all the new ones.
blown_dry Oct 16, 2018 6:21 PM PDT
Name: Amanda CA Redwood Coast - Zone 9b DahliaAddict.com
Thanks for sharing your pics, guys. Love that Ayer's Glory, Jessie.
HMMM, does that mean I am entering the terminal stage of dahlia addiction? Oh NO, must create some new levels!
blown_dry Oct 17, 2018 11:04 AM PDT
Name: Amanda CA Redwood Coast - Zone 9b DahliaAddict.com
I don't know what stage I am at exactly, just that I'm far enough along to look back with a little nostalgia on when everything was new and I'd hardly tried any varieties at all yet and I knew nothing of virus issues, etc. But all the stages have their charms and challenges.
Tahoma Amble maybe
Rossendale Peach
Benny, your Bloomquist Bethany is fantastic! 
I noticed that K Connell is selling a lot of the ones I didn't buy this year from Les and Viv, but not BQ Mike, so I will definitely try to save it. 
my bouquet stand plus son Zachary, my able assistant/
Zach's Bouquet Bar where he sells them by the stem..lucked out this week and there was a vacant stall right next to mine so he got to use it for free...He handles the singles and takes the money for Calico Gardens, I keep on making bouquets until I run out of flowers or market time...
