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Post by Rosefriend on Feb 12, 2011 13:51:50 GMT
Years ago I stopped having Dahlia's in the garden as I was fed up of them being full of earwigs, decimated by slugs all the time and having to plant/dig them up each year. However abut three years ago I was given a couple and since then I have bought a few/sown a few myself. When I sorted the cellar out I found that I had lost about 5 small dahlia's over winter and although I still have another 4/5 tubers I decided to just have a look whilst we were in a GC today.... I wasn't going to buy any, of course, but....these sort of fell into the trolley. First of all a pack of 5 redleaved Dahlia's...the tubers look good and healthy.  My OH started to walk away - he was under the impression they were enough....huh.. I got 3 Top Mix - 30/40cms  1 x Lolo - 30/40cms redleaved  1 x Que Sera - 60/80cms  1 x Edge of Joy - 60/80cms  1 x Marble ball - 40-60cms  1 x gallery Art Deco - 30/40cms  and just my arms length away as OH grabbed my arm... was Bishop of Llandaff - 60/80 redleaved  So that's 14 new Dahlia's plus the ones in the cellar and a few seeds as well!! Anyone else succumbed this year?? RF |
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Post by Geranium on Feb 12, 2011 15:18:55 GMT
Oooohh yessss, RF. I have some kept from last year: Roxy, Renoir x 2 and Famoso x 3. I bought new ones this year - Fabula, City of Rotterdam, Rebecca's World, Vancouver, David Howard and Karma Choc x 2 Have a look at 'Rebecca's World' if you can - it looks amazing! P.S. I love 'Che sera'! i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd161/GWDAdmin1/Smilies/Default/grin.gif |
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Post by Rosefriend on Feb 12, 2011 15:28:37 GMT
If this is Rebeccas World it is a dream..how big does it grow??  RF |
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Post by Geranium on Feb 12, 2011 15:31:02 GMT
It's a tall one - up to 2m I think. Isn't it a smasher! In the catalogue it says that every bloom is different.  |
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Post by Rosefriend on Feb 12, 2011 15:33:04 GMT
Wonderful - I must look out for it...without OH knowing!!
RF
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Post by Cheerypeabrain on Feb 12, 2011 15:33:15 GMT
Lovely... ;D
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Post by Jasmine on Feb 12, 2011 16:13:21 GMT
Lovely selection RF - especailly Que Sera and Edge of Joy. Rebecca's World is stunning Geranium. I've got a few that I left in the ground over winter - don't know if they'll be ok but I've never managed to keep them over winter in the shed without them going mouldy i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd161/GWDAdmin1/Smilies/Default/sad.gif There's Ambition, Con Amore, Hillcrest Royal, Imperial Palace, Vicky Crutchfield and Thomas Edison. |
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Post by Missredhead on Feb 12, 2011 17:32:55 GMT
They look great RF........I cant decide which I like the best......errrrr......all of them ;D I left mine in the ground last year but I think that they may not have survived as I pulled one up today by accident and it was a soggy lump  Mine went mouldy last year too when I dug them up. I might sow a few again this year. |
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Post by Jasmine on Feb 12, 2011 17:44:22 GMT
I forgot - I've got Dahlia Bishop of York coming with my Avon order as well.
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Post by Geranium on Feb 12, 2011 17:45:07 GMT
Seeds, Missy do you mean? There's still plenty of tubers in the GCs.
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Post by Ladygardener on Feb 12, 2011 19:41:17 GMT
Those are all wonderful Dahalia. There are some amazing colours now are'nt there.I bought 5 Topmix and 1 vuurvogel yesterday. I'm hoping some of my Bishops Children will come back up this year although I've got to keep everything crossed for them. The ones in the pots are mush. I've sowed some Dwarf Bordr Mix and Bishops Children the other day. I thought I had a couple of Collerette Dandy seeds but I must have used them up.  |
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Post by Jasmine on Feb 12, 2011 21:46:59 GMT
Would you like some LG - I've got some left from last year?
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Post by Geranium on Feb 12, 2011 22:35:26 GMT
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Post by Rosefriend on Feb 13, 2011 7:09:41 GMT
I have to say I did think that it was a very tall one but as I am no Dahlia experts I didn't think anything of it....1.2m sounds a lot better - hehe!!
RF
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Post by Geranium on Feb 13, 2011 9:34:30 GMT
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Post by Rosefriend on Feb 13, 2011 9:39:01 GMT
Exactly - the heads would be so heavy - after a good downpour it would be flattened.
Mind you roses can be like that as well.
RF
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Post by Geranium on Feb 13, 2011 9:46:50 GMT
True. All you can do is give them a little shake!
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Post by Tig on Feb 15, 2011 14:53:52 GMT
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Post by Tig on Feb 15, 2011 14:56:18 GMT
Oops, forgot to say I got the last one from Wilkies for 98p  |
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Post by Rosefriend on Feb 15, 2011 17:13:49 GMT
Ooo lovely Tig - does anyone know how easy it is to take cuttings and if so when is the best time??
RF
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Post by Spruance on Feb 15, 2011 17:42:30 GMT
Very nice RF. i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd161/GWDAdmin1/Smilies/Default/smiley.gif I suspect that I have probably lost another swathe of left in the ground dahlias this winter but at least it makes way for new ones from this seed this year. I am hoping that my pot-grown and now ten year old Bishop of Llandaff will be ok as it's in the GH but otherwise I would like to try the follow on variety Bishop's Children as I have heard good reviews about them. |
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Post by andy on Feb 15, 2011 18:31:40 GMT
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Post by Tig on Feb 15, 2011 19:23:59 GMT
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Post by Missredhead on Feb 15, 2011 20:28:53 GMT
Seeds, Missy do you mean? There's still plenty of tubers in the GCs. I have grown them from seed for the last couple of years geranium... |
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Post by Geranium on Feb 15, 2011 21:01:55 GMT
Do you treat them like annuals, then, or do they develop tubers?
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Post by Jilly on Feb 15, 2011 22:07:06 GMT
Sorry to butt in & hijack a question meant for Missy, Geramium but this is a tuber of Dahlia coccinea that I grew from seed it had been in the ground about 4 years before I managed to get it out this Spring.  I absolutely love all the different ones mentioned on here, but I'm a bit scared of dahlias now, apart from the Bishops I grow safely in pots i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd161/GWDAdmin1/Smilies/Default/grin.gif Jillyx |
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Post by Rosefriend on Feb 16, 2011 6:54:09 GMT
Thanks Tig "Tog" - that's a great website.... I am really looking forward to seeing how mine grow this year..I have bought 2kg's of slug pellets already...just got to deal with the earwigs now!! RF |
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Post by Dutchy on Feb 16, 2011 8:03:07 GMT
;D Jilly they do not normally grow into monster size ;D
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Post by Ladygardener on Feb 16, 2011 8:07:29 GMT
Jilly, that's a monster. What were you feeding it, small animals? ;D I know they can grow quite big even in an ordinary border as I had to take one out that I'd grown from seed and was a couple of years old last year. It too was really big, tubers everywhere.
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Post by Jilly on Feb 16, 2011 8:16:01 GMT
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I need to start digging some more borders ;D
of course it could be just weeds in the pots