Some of my dahlias are flowering now. I find that on some photos I take, they look a bit like gelly so I leave them out. Not sure when I'll be able to get round to weeding them all.
Could be a competition: name all the weeds you can find in the pictures.
This one is Pooh:
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and Carol's Spanish Dancer:
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A small pompom, no name
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and a bee friendly one
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Lovely (and the weeds!) - are they in the ground all year round?
(27-07-2020, 10:34 AM)PyreneesPlot Wrote: [ -> ]Lovely (and the weeds!) - are they in the ground all year round?
No I generally dig them up nd put them on a piece of cardboard in a shed over winter. Then, probably March, put them in crates in a GH till they sprout and I can get round to planting them out. They were very late out this year but coming on now.
Another flower from one tuber that has produced everything from almost entirely pink to a more normal mix of the two and now this one that is almost all cream!
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Was it definitely a tuber or did you save seed? I've saved seed from some plants and I'm getting some very unusual flowers on some. I'm being a real nerd and can't wait for the flowers to open
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Jowey Mirella. I love this one. I think it may be my all time favourite.
The blooms are about 3inch wide. Deep burgundy and I think due to the weather my plants are about 4ft tall.
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Just one in a pot a couple of years ago and they've always been a range from mostly cream with pink stripes to mostly pink with cream stripes. I've taken cuttings so wonder what they'll bring?
Mirella is lovely - what a stunning colour!
This is from self saved seed
it's bizarre. Every flower has 2 pale pink petals - I took the seed from Bishop of Canterbury. It has that pink colour but the blooms are much bigger although the foliage is green/not dark like the bishops. The stems are bi colour/ half green/half dark. I will definitely try to look after this tuber - I love its quirky look.
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This one is Wine Eyed Jill.
Taken today in the rain.
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This pink ball is Sandra. I added this one this year and I'm hoping that the tuber has put on lots of growth so I can split it next year. The plant is huge and the bloom are on very strong stems...it's a beautiful colour too and goes really well in a bunch of flowers
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I may never save dahlia seed again - some flowers have been bizarre with other being strange muddy/streaky colours.
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This one came straight out of a kids colouring book!!
This ball dahlia is a winner for me!
Jowey Winnie
A beautiful pink with very strong stems. Lasts ages when cut for the vase. I will grow more of this. Though this year as I've cut more flowers for indoors I am favouring the ball types as they keep for so long.
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