Cor and Nel Geerling of the Netherlands. They used a USA red ball dahlia as the seed parent and
I cannot remember it's name. Jomanda was one of their best ones and they had numerous WL.s I really liked Red Balloon. from them. When you ordered(I did once) you had to put USA cash currency into the envelope.
blown_dry Oct 3, 2022 8:59 PM PDT
Name: Amanda CA Redwood Coast - Zone 9b DahliaAddict.com
I've been growing this one for a few years now. It always is surreal in my garden.
Wow. that realy gows in your garden! I tried to grow it but think I lost it before it did anything spectacular.
Emilyp Oct 4, 2022 9:23 AM PDT
Name: Emily Zone 5
Wow Amanda, that is stunning!
KitCMC Oct 4, 2022 7:48 PM PDT
Name: Cate Wisconsin
Wow! What a gorgeous color!
teddahlia Oct 4, 2022 8:55 PM PDT
Name: Ted Oregon We enjoy breeding new dahlias!
HH Wicked Witch was looking very wicked today.
edewitt Oct 4, 2022 9:29 PM PDT
Name: Eric DeWitt Mountainair, NM
I was just admiring HH Ripple. The selection of variegated releases you have is making it hard to keep up with getting to grow most of them. That's a beaut.
teddahlia Oct 5, 2022 9:18 AM PDT
Name: Ted Oregon We enjoy breeding new dahlias!
All of our extreme variegation came from one cultivar that we acquired in the 1990s. Margaret admired it's exceptionally bright colors and it is a rather a large flower. It may be one of the brightest colored flowers I have ever seen. Since I enjoy cliff hangers, I am going to leisurely find a nice picture of it and post it later.
JessE Oct 5, 2022 5:59 PM PDT
Name: Jess Central NY
This is one of my favorite pictures I've taken this summer. It's three blooms of Mikayla Miranda, and she was a very nice bloomer this year!
teddahlia Oct 5, 2022 7:30 PM PDT
Name: Ted Oregon We enjoy breeding new dahlias!
Blast from the past: Hollyhill Joy wanted to grow well this year.
I love your Hollyhill Joy. So, she must like blooming in odd growing years? Anything that likes this years weather has to be a bit perverse! But what a gorgeous photo. I don''t think I have grown this one yet.
blown_dry Oct 5, 2022 8:44 PM PDT
Name: Amanda CA Redwood Coast - Zone 9b DahliaAddict.com
It is so nice to see something DIFFERENT in the seedlings! Centers were open during the hottest days but it seems to have settled down now, nearly eveything here was open centered when the temps were high 90's...I think they were struggling to breathe!
teddahlia Oct 6, 2022 9:38 AM PDT
Name: Ted Oregon We enjoy breeding new dahlias!
All of our Snowfire has been bicolor red and white this year. We have been trying to save more of that color scheme and maybe it will be consistent now.
I bought this one 3 years ago. It was planted in the shade of another plant that grew much taller and bushier so it never got a fair chance. It came close to blooming before the end of the season. 2nd year...Surprise early frost took the garden down on 25 Sept before many of the late bloomers had bloomed. Year 3..Dug this one out of where it had survived and put it in a more advantageous spot...thinking it was KA's Peppercorn but no longer certain. And this year, finally a bloom! Can't say I am wildly in love with it but if the season is longer it may hit is stride in the next few weeks. Color appears a bit faded right now and it is fairly short. Maybe this one wants to be in California?
