The Bewitched looks like the lavender sport and also looks like it is trying to sport to white like one of ours did. Too bad we could not
"capture" the white sport plant.
SteveM Aug 20, 2021 9:01 PM PDT
Name: Steve San Diego Commercial cut flower grower
Salish Sea Mist. Long, strong stems and nice blush. Grown under 30-40% shade cloth.
SteveM Aug 20, 2021 9:23 PM PDT
Name: Steve San Diego Commercial cut flower grower
Hollyhill Wedding Day.
Strong stems. Large BB on second flush. Interesting, unusual, 'tubular'-shaped ray florets. Would be fun to cross with a fully double Orchid type. Grown under 30-40% shade cloth.
teddahlia Aug 21, 2021 8:55 AM PDT
Name: Ted Oregon We enjoy breeding new dahlias!
So far Wedding day has had those tube type florets for us this year. I asked senior judge to classify it and he said "novelty NX". Actually that would be a good class for shows as there is little competition in novelty classes. I bet later flushes of flowers ha more open petals especially in the bottom portion of the bloom. Long strong stems are one of it's best features.
In the first year seedlings I spotted a 2.5 to 3 inch diameter pure white flower that is probably informal decorative and it has a good tight center. The most common major fault in seedlings is bad centers. I will grace you all with a picture in the future.
Steve, I am excited to see your S. Sea Mist! You are getting a lot more of the red violet shade on it in your climate. Not sure the name fits as well as it does for the NW version. Maybe yours is a Southern California Sea Mist.
teddahlia Aug 21, 2021 12:41 PM PDT
Name: Ted Oregon We enjoy breeding new dahlias!
Seedling from a pom: Almost exactly 3 inches in diameter.
I have been growing Hollyhill Masquerade and Hollyhill Clowning around since they came into circulation but this year I have the most splendid colorful blooms on them! These two must like the heat! HH Masquerade Hollyhill Clowning Around/ And yes, those colors are what I am getting this year! Msquerade has never had this much white before and CLowning around has been a much paler pinkish orange.
teddahlia Aug 22, 2021 8:34 AM PDT
Name: Ted Oregon We enjoy breeding new dahlias!
HH Black Beauty is a cut flower first but does very well in the shows especially when shown by one of the best: Connie Young Davis.
SteveM Aug 22, 2021 8:49 AM PDT
Name: Steve San Diego Commercial cut flower grower
Islander wrote:Steve, I am excited to see your S. Sea Mist! You are getting a lot more of the red violet shade on it in your climate. Not sure the name fits as well as it does for the NW version. Maybe yours is a Southern California Sea Mist.
Noni, I trialed her under 30-40% shade cloth, I am thinking that was the reason for the increased blush. I am resigned to the fact that now days, here, I have to grow under shade cloth to get salable commercial cut flowers. I am surprised how well the stems did under shade, I was expecting more 'floppy' necks.
SteveM Aug 22, 2021 8:51 AM PDT
Name: Steve San Diego Commercial cut flower grower
teddahlia wrote:
Seedling from a pom: Almost exactly 3 inches in diameter.
Very nice, pure whites are hard to find.
SteveM Aug 22, 2021 8:54 AM PDT
Name: Steve San Diego Commercial cut flower grower
teddahlia wrote:
HH Black Beauty is a cut flower first but does very well in the shows especially when shown by one of the best: Connie Young Davis.
HH Black Beauty should do great in show competition, especially the multi-bloom classes. It is easy to find 3 matching blooms when growing just a few plants of her.HH Black Magic might be even better for triples.
Cosey Aug 22, 2021 12:51 PM PDT
Name: LeeAnn Zone 6b, Pennsylvania
This 20th Ave Softer Peach is just divine. Anyone else growing it?
teddahlia Aug 22, 2021 1:14 PM PDT
Name: Ted Oregon We enjoy breeding new dahlias!
20th Ave Softer Peach was introduced by John Spangengburg(Crazy 4 Dahlias) for another breeder? Not seen on West coast so far.
Cosey Aug 22, 2021 1:33 PM PDT
Name: LeeAnn Zone 6b, Pennsylvania
teddahlia wrote:20th Ave Softer Peach was introduced by John Spangengburg(Crazy 4 Dahlias) for another breeder? Not seen on West coast so far.
It was bred by Rich Gibson. He's a member (and former president) of the Capitol Dahlia Society. We've become friends and he gifted me a cutting after the tuber I purchased didn't sprout. It has petals for days and the stems are nice. Right now it's about 4' tall.
SteveM Aug 22, 2021 2:00 PM PDT
Name: Steve San Diego Commercial cut flower grower
Cosey wrote:
This 20th Ave Softer Peach is just divine. Anyone else growing it?
That is a great color for cut and it looks like it might haver show potential. I assume you are taking many cuttings from the plant so you can sell pot tubers.
HH Masquerade
Hollyhill Clowning Around/ And yes, those colors are what I am getting this year! Msquerade has never had this much white before and CLowning around has been a much paler pinkish orange.
