Dahlias: My earliest blooms ever, 2 by psudan

psudan wrote:
This morning I went out to check for beetles and found a few blooms that have escaped "most" of the wrath of the JB's..... just don't look too closely. LOL 1) Alpen Parfait?? Doesn't really look like the photo from the on-line catalog in form or color. 2) Mingus Westley 3) A very short Alpen Pauline with my hand in the way to block the ugly rebar. 4) Inland Dynasty 5) Bradley Aaron. I don't normally take photos when the sun is out because it washes out some colors but I tried to get the true color on this one and it's a little closer but still not purple.