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  • #76
    My dahlias have really kicked in now! So chuffed.
    I'm posting a few names varieties for an aid memoir for next year.

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    Ottos Thrill

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    Bishop of Oxford

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    Totally tangerine - the photo doesn't do this one justice. It's so pretty. Masses of flowers on it too!

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    This is a bit battered from the weather but it's one of my all time favourites - Sam Hopkins

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    • #77
      Can't compete with yours, Scarlet, but the cheapo ones I bought last year are coming into bud, even the ones that spent the winter outdoors.

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      • #78
        Otto's Thrill looks lovely Scarlet
        Only Zippity Doodah a small pinky/mauve one flowering here, sadly, can't even see buds on the 'dinner plate' varieties yet

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        • #79
          I did start too early. I lost some tubers that I started early then put out in the GH to soon so they got frosted. Some in the ground in the garden here are only 3inches high.
          I will start just a month or so later next year.

          VC, I've some of the unnamed varieties that have resprouted. Will post some more pics later.
          Last edited by Scarlet; 27-06-2019, 10:20 AM.

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          • #80
            First flowers out on Totally Tangerine - you're right, Scarlet, they're so lovely, and SUCH a performer!

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            • #81
              Yes, it was one of my favourites last year - first and last to flower and as it isn't quite as tall as the dinner plates didn't really need much support - I haven't bothered yet this year. I have a couple that look lovely in a pot to.

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              • #82
                Got a few buds on some of them but any flowers still look to be a couple of weeks away yet

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                • #83
                  We have some good sun on the way - that'll get them going

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                  • #84
                    I've got a few flowers on my "grown from seed" ones - nothing spectacular and mostly red/purple hues - will take a photo if anything worth recording emerges.

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                    • #85
                      Originally posted by nickdub View Post
                      I've got a few flowers on my "grown from seed" ones - nothing spectacular and mostly red/purple hues - will take a photo if anything worth recording emerges.
                      Mine have started to. Seeds sown in March. I hope they bulk up over the summer and make some decent tubers. I've put them in pots on my yard.
                      They are mostly orange ( very much like my bishop of oxford) and pink ( bishop of Canterbury) Pink ones I gifted to a friend. I've also got some lovely deep red/ burgundy ones.
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                      • #86
                        VC - my deal ones are mostly red and yellow.
                        I don't like the yellow dahlias much - I'm a pink/red/orange girl I will get some photos of the yellow ones later.

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                        • #87
                          My dahlias that I bought as tubers in Lidl are almost all in flower.
                          Stars Favourite, a beautiful pale pink cactus with big blousy heads.
                          Le Baron, wine double dahlia.
                          Double delight, just one in flower so far, white tinged with mauve,
                          Dinner Plate mixed one beautiful flame coloured, waiting for the rest.
                          Although these were bought at 3 for €10 they look great.

                          And when your back stops aching,
                          And your hands begin to harden.
                          You will find yourself a partner,
                          In the glory of the garden.

                          Rudyard Kipling.sigpic

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                          • #88
                            A few more!

                            I'm still undecided whether I like these with their curled leaves but the bees certainly like them!

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                            Honka Pink

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                            Verones Obsidian

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                            Another bishops children dahlia from seed.
                            Last edited by Scarlet; 29-06-2019, 01:15 PM.

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                            • #89
                              These are from the sales thread offer last year. They are in my GH borders as they were the ones I didn't know where to put (after planting the rest out) and thought they had already died from neglect.

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                              The last one is my favorite so far but it suffering a lot from blackfly

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                              • #90
                                just had a bright yellow appear to add to the colour range - nothing really spectacular yet.

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