Dahlias: Finally, a few blooms !!, 1 by pirl

pirl wrote:
Thanks, Oberon. Here in zone 7, Long Island, we do have to dig and store for winter. Last year I wasn't faithful to checking them and giving them a mist of water once a month so I lost all but a few.

Seeds grow fast and I put mine out in May when they were about 6" tall. They do form tubers and they flower at the same time other dahlias come into bloom.

Dan - I never bought that as Vancouver - it really is from seed.

My guess is some tubers just don't have the zest for life that others do. You did the right thing by depositing it in the compost pile.

These were packaged seeds labeled as having dark foliage. Nice but I'm not impressed, won't save them and won't try them again after I saw the beauties I got from the other seeds.