Hi Ted, Pity you didn't have a snap of it, but are they leaves or bracts. There are many water lily dahlias that have bracts under the flower head which some...
Ken Here is a variegated co. I have been trying for a yellow & red color for a couple of years. My daughter gets one her first year trying. By the way I just...
Firstly of all congratulations Wayne on you successes, that'll be a feather in your cap. As for the variegated Collerette beautiful just the right amount of...
Pardon me for being stupid I will look at them on your site. Ken. ... From: Wayne Lobaugh To: dahliacreating@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2007...
Wayne: Congratulations on your medal winners. Both are excellent dahlias. I am glad to see that Neewaukum Honey ended up as BB ID OR. The ID class is much...
Hi All, I bred a dahlia which is definitely a miniature ball and called it My Sweet Larraine after our youngest daughter. Because I named it after her I keep...
Ken, When I was starting to grow seedlings a good many years ago, I was still employed in a metallurgical research lab.? For a couple years (and after working...
I except your findings because you were able to monitor the events far better than I ever could Ron. It was just a thought, I suppose I'm so obsessed with...
My very first attempt at crossing was: Brookside Snowball x L'ancresse. Both directions. The progeny had the same characteristics that I was trying to...
I agree with Ron Minor.? I believe there is a? botanical term for the trait where a seed expresses some of the traits of the adult plant.? As I remember...
We have a seedling of? of Hollyhill Purely Purple that has M FD Dark Pink flowers? with good form. The plant grows over 6 feet tall. Since it grows so...
In a message dated 10/31/2007 11:43:33 AM Pacific Daylight Time, e4449@... writes: Included in it was one of his seedlings, a yellow water lily type with...
I have noticed that seed can be shaped by the pod, seeds that come from the outer edge can be more curled while seeds that come from the middle are straight...
Obvious answer Steve what are the others? I think I commented on the Pom, but if I just thought I did, really nice uncommon Pom has JM seen it I think he'd...
Curious minds want to know, Steve. Why the change to the prefix "Irish"? Teresa ... From: sbgseattle@... Reply-To: dahliacreating@yahoogroups.com To:...
While waiting for the wife to complete her titivating, I thought I'd send an email to the breeding group, and see if anyone knows if it has been tried what I'm...
You are just a bit of a fanatic. I bet you are thinking about extending this season by cutting some flowers, putting them into a magic chemical solution and...
You've started me off now Ted. I suppose the time it takes from pollination to having viable seed in the pod would be five weeks, and yes the solution, if in...
Titivating: To smarten up, to make look as good as possible. To titivated. My wife a lovely woman I've know her since she was fifteen, and a more pleasant...
why not pollinate the easy way? To be SURE of parentage I mean...many folks hand pollinate then tie little bags over the flower to keep it from being...
This is what I gleamed from a top man in hydroponics. Ken UK. ... From: Howard Resh To: ken stock Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2007 3:09 PM Subject: Re: Breeding...
You don't live in the UK Anna, or perhaps you do, but at times it rains down here in Bournemouth none stop for weeks. However as the dahlia is a Composite type...
In a message dated 11/3/2007 4:11:06 AM Pacific Standard Time, larryteresa@... writes: Curious minds want to know, Steve. Why the change to the prefix...