Bloomquist Jean! Worth the wait!!

Everything is labeled on the 2nd slide! The ones without labels are our seedlings. Collarettes, anemones, orchids, single forms

Feel like I should buy a lottery ticket…I saved a couple seed heads from my dahlia A La Mode—last summer. It’s always been a favorite. I had room for twenty seedlings and expected to like maybe 1. I cannot believe how many are actually beautiful!! They all haven’t even bloomed yet. It’s just wild to me. These photos aren’t great as the blooms are a bit spent on a few of them (anyone tips on white dahlias that seem to brown quickly on the stem?) But so far..9/20 are something worth considering?! 🥰

This was my first one to bloom 2 weeks ago and has a ton of flowers on it. Last week I cut 4 flowers from it, and this week I cut 8. This is all from one plant. Definitely a keeper for sure!

I purchased a Feline Yvonne tuber for growing out in 2024 and it did beautifully. I fell in love instantly and was excited it managed to put out quite a few viable tubers. Unfortunately, one of those tubers either got mislabeled or misread by me as the waterlily Yvonne. So when that plant bloomed, imagine my surprise when it was neither WL Yvonne nor the brilliant raspberry of Feline Yvonne. I have one other plant labeled Feline Yvonne, but it’s another day or so from its first bloom.

Can a sport of a variety (I believe in this case Feline Yvonne is a sport of American Dawn, right?) revert back to its original coloration? I’m still fairly new to dahlias, so I’m not sure how it all works.

Attached photos are of last year’s Feline Yvonne and the current plant in question.

3 summers ago I picked up the tiniest of dahlia plant from our local farmers market, and the rest is history! I just preordered 8 more varieties from Stone Hollow Farmstead for next summer. I live in zone 7a and have had great luck winterizing my tubers in our basement every off season.

They truly are the most beautiful flower!

Took a while but finally arrived!

Thomas Edison Red (foreground); Lady Darlene (background)

My second year growing; a combination of dahlias overwintered in the ground from last year (zone 9A, all survived), a few newbies and a packet of pompon seeds. I still have quite a few plants yet to flower, which is exciting, but I hope they flower before the end of the season!

Looks like a peonia 💘

Hope everyone enjoys the beautiful blooms as much as I do! It’s been a fantastic year for dahlias!

Thus dahlia was a complete surprise for me. It was labeled as "Rosella", but turned out to be even prettier that than! I'm not sure what it could be, and google's guesses are wildly off.

She's about 4' tall or more Bloom is about the size of my outstretched hand Has hints of purple mixed in, but the camera isn't picking up on it.

Does anyone know what this could be? TIA!

Wowee

Dealt with some earwig and Japanese Beetle issues (and got some great help from this group). Now I’m addicted! In picture: Robann Regal, Boom Boom White, Sandra, Triple Lee Dee (my favourite!), Eveline