Dahlias: My earliest blooms ever, 1 by psudan

psudan wrote:
Mary, I hate to tell you,but that's not a dahlia. That's an elephant ear plant! Wow, I've never seen leaves of that size on a dahlia. Earl bloomed so late in the year for me (or not at all) that I gave up on him. I sent a bunch of the tubers to Virginia. I'll have to ask my uncle if it fared any better down there. Falcon's future is a beauty. A little off topic, but this photo shows my crabapple tree. I've never seen anywhere near this many apples before this year. The limbs are bending under the weight. I've been dreading having to rake them up when they fall off along with all the acorns from the neighbor's oak trees. Then tonight these "volunteers" showed up to help with the clean-up. And here I thought the only purpose of these long-legged rats was to hold down the spot on the plate beside the mashed potatoes.