Hollyhill Orange Ice

smokeater3 New Member Posts: 2	Hollyhill Orange Ice Nov 16, 2015 16:49:37 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by smokeater3 on Nov 16, 2015 16:49:37 GMT Has anyone grown this variety? If so, how did it tube up?

Lou78W Top Member Posts: 9,402	Hollyhill Orange Ice Nov 16, 2015 16:58:59 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Lou78W on Nov 16, 2015 16:58:59 GMT Hi there smokeater3. Could you expand your question a bit, such as what variety of plant you are talking about. I haven't heard the term "tube up" either, if you could explain?
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Hollyhill Orange Ice Nov 16, 2015 17:21:40 GMT

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Post by diggie on Nov 16, 2015 17:21:40 GMT

Nov 16, 2015 16:58:59 GMT Lou78W said:

Hi there smokeater3. Could you expand your question a bit, such as what variety of plant you are talking about. I haven't heard the term "tube up" either, if you could explain?

Hi Lou, Sounds like an American term to me.

Deleted Deleted Member Posts: 0	Hollyhill Orange Ice Nov 16, 2015 19:15:28 GMT Cat likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2015 19:15:28 GMT Not heard of the variety either but it sounds great! People here do use Americanisms nowadays but not me...

roofgardener Top Member PLanting Chillis Posts: 2,378	Hollyhill Orange Ice Nov 16, 2015 19:52:05 GMT Lou78W likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by roofgardener on Nov 16, 2015 19:52:05 GMT It IS a type of Dahlia. Perhaps "tube up" refers to digging up/storing tubers ?
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Lou78W Top Member Posts: 9,402	Hollyhill Orange Ice Nov 16, 2015 19:53:34 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Lou78W on Nov 16, 2015 19:53:34 GMT Makes sense :roofgardener. It was after I logged off, I realised the post was in the dahlia section......silly me (blush).....
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Cherry Global Moderator Posts: 17,977	Hollyhill Orange Ice Nov 16, 2015 20:24:56 GMT Moonlight likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Cherry on Nov 16, 2015 20:24:56 GMT Welcome to the forum smokeater3. You had us wondering for a while there. The dahlia 'Hollyhill Orange Ice' looks very pretty. Please tell us about your experiences with this and other dahlias.

smokeater3 New Member Posts: 2	Hollyhill Orange Ice Nov 17, 2015 4:54:16 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by smokeater3 on Nov 17, 2015 4:54:16 GMT I grow about 60 Varieties, and was contemplating purchasing one of these. When I ask about tubering up, I am referring to how well it develops tubers by fall.

Cherry Global Moderator Posts: 17,977	Hollyhill Orange Ice Nov 17, 2015 6:05:06 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Cherry on Nov 17, 2015 6:05:06 GMT That amounts to a lot of dahlias and our dahlia experts will be along to discuss them with you. Do you have an allotment or is there enough space near your house?

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Hollyhill Orange Ice Nov 17, 2015 21:03:59 GMT Cat likes this

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Post by SueA on Nov 17, 2015 21:03:59 GMT

I looked 'Hollyhill Orange Ice' up & it does look really pretty, it's an American grown dahlia though & Hollyhill dahlias don't export although they do list a company who does so probably not many of the dahlia growers on here will have tried it, Moonlight may have heard of it as she orders from the U.S. sometimes.

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Hollyhill Orange Ice Nov 17, 2015 22:04:57 GMT

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Nov 16, 2015 16:49:37 GMT smokeater3 said:

Has anyone grown this variety? If so, how did it tube up?

Hiya

smokeater3, I am not one of the experts that Cherry referred to but SueA is right I have ordered dahlias from the US before. Are you from the UK or somewhere further a field?

My Dad and I have ordered for dahlias with Clearview Dahlias, Clack's Dahlia Patch and Dahlias by Les and Viv.

The tubers from the US are normally smaller tubers - split from a larger one.

Tell us a bit more about yourself smokeater3 I cannot imagine 60 different varieties of dahlia.

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Hollyhill Orange Ice Nov 19, 2015 14:02:19 GMT Lou78W and SueA like this

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Post by cici on Nov 19, 2015 14:02:19 GMT

Smokeeater, I grew this variety once, and it had average amount of good-keeping smallish tubers. Others have said the same thing. I chose to not grow it again because it can give you a random bicolor pattern, and I did not care for it... However, others seem to really like it.

Here's a link to a discussion from the hybridizer on HH Orange Ice:
www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=996856760371009&set=gm.10153783810009031&type=3&theater

If you can't access it, I'll check in later and copy/paste some of the more interesting posts for you.

Cheers!
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