Dahlias 2012 season

[Tel]

Cracking blooms there Scrumpy. What a shame you did not have the 3 when required with your sport, i hope you make it next year.

[Rosie]

I really like Moonlight Scrumpy, it's gorgeous.
All my dahlias were doing fine till the recent winds. They have been blown over and stems have broken

[Tel]

I have always grown Brenda T under covers for showing,
But after looking at this bloom grown in the garden without covers, after two days of non stop rain followed today, by showers, the only marks on the face of the bloom is two insects sheltering from the weather. The back of the bloom i thought that would have spotted up or damped off completely but no clean as a whistle.

It may be worthwhile trying some on the allotment next year without covers, then i could get more varieties under cover that really needs covering.

[dcdahlia]

I've grown brenda t outside Tel it's as tough as bulls lugs .Ruskin harmony as suprised me I've grown it outside this year and for a yellow medium semi cactus is as not marked at all.

[Tel]

Sept 26, 2012 17:23:20 GMT dcdahlia said:

I've grown brenda t outside Tel it's as tough as bulls lugs .Ruskin harmony as suprised me I've grown it outside this year and for a yellow medium semi cactus is as not marked at all.

I wonder how it would be received, if i named a seedling Bulls Lugs. ;D

[dcdahlia]

;D

[Tel]

Imagine writing that on your variety card at a show. ;D

[Lou78W]

doesn't have quite the right ring to it Tel.... ;D

[dcdahlia]

Got loads of photos to put on but how do I put them on with out it being an attachement

[Tel]

I use Tiny Pic to up load my pics.

[dcdahlia]

I had a local florist around early last week.She took a good load of dahlias off with her.She came back last night for another load,she said the first lot went quickly.

[peony]

Oct 6, 2012 10:10:32 GMT dcdahlia said:

I had a local florist around early last week.She took a good load of dahlias off with her.She came back last night for another load,she said the first lot went quickly.[/quote]

They would dc ;D Wish our florist sold local grown dahlias.

[marynz]

I have recently discovered your forum, which has some wonderful information. My season will start soon. All my plants are currently in pots, while I am digging beds for them. There will be a large variety as I am newish to Dahlias and I am working out what has good vase qualities at present. You have many cultivars which are new to me, so that makes your posts really interesting.

[Cherry]

Welcome Marynz. There is a welcome for you in our welcome for new members thread.

[marynz]

Thank you, Cherry.

I have just been pinching out my most precocious plants, except for one Tsuki Yori No Shisha which I shall allow to grow its terminal bud for an early season treat. I got four plants, then heard that they don't last well in a vase, so I probably have more than I need of that one anyway.

For anyone who doesn't know this cultivar, it's a fimbriated white. Here is someone else's photo of it, as I have not grown it before: www.flickr.com/photos/m-ursus/4823737119/