This is a request by the Kitsap County Dahlia Society. We are in the process of redoing our club's By Laws and would appreciate input from other clubs...
Ron I feel that, that might be the case also. I keep the tubers from plants that produce more tubers than the rest of the same kind. The problem with Newaukum...
Time to make trial garden reservations and time to name the entries.? The process is very similar to naming your kids: I propose a name and the wife vetoes it....
"Cousin" Ted, I never named one of my originations Wyoming Contessa. This was a mistake in the Bulletin, it should have been Wyoming Velvet S DR. I am honored...
Now are you asking for names for your dahlias that you can say to your wife more than just you like that name? I don't see many Scandinavian names even though...
We have brainstorming sessions w/ the kids & grandkids- grandson, Kyle is good at the naming game with Wyn's-- Egyptian Sun, --Highlighter, --Aztec Gold &...
While I think of myself as being good with numbers, when it comes to flowers, I relate to names. So I empathize with the problems of naming, particularly as...
Is this seedling too strange to be any good?  Each petal is completely involute. I would classify it as a fully double novelty. It is very stiff to the...
Very unusual form and I like it as does my wife Margaret.? ... From: Gayle Wentworth <lykestogarden@...> To: dahliacreating@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sun, 11...
I don't see many Scandinavian names even though dahlias were named after one. My mother's first cousin's is name "Aune" and we may use that name. Finnish. ... ...
In a message dated 1/11/2009 9:05:27 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, lykestogarden@... writes: Is this seedling too strange to be any good? Each petal is...
Hi Gayle, My short answer would be YES!? I had a yellow seedling similar in form, but lost it. Ron ... From: Gayle Wentworth <lykestogarden@...> To:...
RaeAnn (my daughter) and I quit naming dahlias until their introduction year. As soon as we named them something would happen and we would lose them. Although...
The Waltons in Tacoma named one of their dahlias Narrows Kirsten MB DP. It is by far the winningest bloom in its class! Loney in Bremerton, WA ... From: John...
Birka Korall, the colour is what I´d go for here. Hope you like it! best regards from MARIE Birka Korall, the colour is what I´d go for here. Hope you like...
I think that all three of these blooms in discussion would be better classified as stellars. The definition of stellars has changed again and if I am like most...
My thoughts exactly when I saw those two really great seedling jpegs from Steve.....said to myself they look more like my conception of what a "stellar" form...
In a message dated 1/15/2009 5:45:56 PM Pacific Standard Time, lykestogarden@... writes: My thoughts exactly when I saw those two really great seedling...
What are the rarest color(s)/combinations in dahlias? One candidate is bicolor pink/w. I believe that Swan Island sells one called "Pink Gingham" . In all the...
Hello all I don't have an answer for what is considered to be the rarest colour in dahlias, but I am on a search for a particular colour which seems hard to...
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Hi Margaret – perhaps unknown to you, on your behalf, I asked the same question on this site, and there was much discussion on what ‘Mocha’ actually was,...
Hi Margaret Ted Here– perhaps unknown to you, on your behalf, I asked the same question on this site, and there was much discussion on what ‘Mocha’...
(1) Dahliacreating group is about dahlia breeding. Not that many members. You ought to post to the more general group called dahlias@yahoogroups. (2) On the...
Some color schemes that we would like to? get in our seedlings: Bicolors: While we would accept just about any bicolor,? a nice pure red with white tips is one...
Has any one tried growing Giants in pots in order to get seeds? I would surmise that the flowers would be smaller and more likely to ripen seeds. The pots...
I grow a lot of my dahlias in pots, an I have found no difference in size of blooms. Although I do build big pots. So the dahlias are better off in the pots...
I have never grown dahlias before but i have a friend in missouri who has a garden full of them!! I bought my first 2 dahlia tubers yesterday and now I need...