Dahlias 2011 season

Geranium Top Member Posts: 13,081	Dahlias 2011 season Mar 10, 2011 15:08:38 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Geranium on Mar 10, 2011 15:08:38 GMT I take it you're addressing Scrumpy, Lou? ;D

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Dahlias 2011 season Mar 10, 2011 15:24:16 GMT

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Post by Lou78W on Mar 10, 2011 15:24:16 GMT

Oh yes Geranium...sorry....I had to go back to the other page to see what you were on about......I posted 2 seconds after you...lol

In answer to your questions..."The Kiwis"...namely.....Trelyn Kiwi; Kiwi Gloria; ....are the creme de la creme of the small cactus world...they win time after time after time. There is Deborah's Kiwi as well; she is a little bit more difficult as the "pink suffusion" can be a bit blotchy..... ;D

Born and bred in Northumberland!!

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Dahlias 2011 season Mar 10, 2011 15:38:35 GMT

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Post by Tel on Mar 10, 2011 15:38:35 GMT

The first Kiwi was Kiwi Gloria

Than from Kiwi Gloria came two sports, firstly
Deborah's Kiwi

Then came Trelyn Kiwi, this became the top exhibition one out of the 3 the form in my opinion is the same as Kiwi Gloria, but the blooms are easier to match for a vase.

Last Edit: Mar 10, 2011 15:42:29 GMT by Tel

Terry, in Bradford Yorkshire

scrumpy Top Member Posts: 1,280	Dahlias 2011 season Mar 10, 2011 15:55:18 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by scrumpy on Mar 10, 2011 15:55:18 GMT A vase of Trelyn...those were grown outside, no covers. Got lucky with the weather that year.

Lou78W Top Member Posts: 9,402	Dahlias 2011 season Mar 10, 2011 16:10:54 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Lou78W on Mar 10, 2011 16:10:54 GMT Gooooorrrgeous ;D ;D....you can see why they are winners
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Geranium Top Member Posts: 13,081	Dahlias 2011 season Mar 10, 2011 17:53:36 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Geranium on Mar 10, 2011 17:53:36 GMT I certainly can! Thanks again for the illustrated talks on "Dahlias for the uninitiated". ;D ;D

Lou78W Top Member Posts: 9,402	Dahlias 2011 season Mar 10, 2011 17:55:15 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Lou78W on Mar 10, 2011 17:55:15 GMT ;D...I always get a "buzz" when I see dahlias that have been beautifully grown ;D
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Geranium Top Member Posts: 13,081	Dahlias 2011 season Mar 10, 2011 18:54:19 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Geranium on Mar 10, 2011 18:54:19 GMT Not surprising, really, Lou. ;D

Tel Top Member Posts: 7,992	Dahlias 2011 season Mar 10, 2011 19:22:29 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Tel on Mar 10, 2011 19:22:29 GMT Those are cracking dahlias Scrumpy, to say they were grown without covers.
	Terry, in Bradford Yorkshire

Tel
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Dahlias 2011 season Mar 10, 2011 19:40:24 GMT

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Post by Tel on Mar 10, 2011 19:40:24 GMT

Mar 10, 2011 11:00:38 GMT Geranium said:

So, basically, you have to know the growing habit of particular dahlias - and presumably, many dahlias are known as good 'show' plants, are they?

I basically only grow the varieties that are winning at the shows up and down the country.
The NDS winter bulletin have a round up of the results, from a lot of the local shows,
Now and again i will buy a couple of new ones, if i like them.

The kiwi's are not the easiest to grow and in some area's of the country they do not grow well at all.

Terry, in Bradford Yorkshire

Tel Top Member Posts: 7,992	Dahlias 2011 season Mar 10, 2011 19:52:58 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Tel on Mar 10, 2011 19:52:58 GMT My Amber Festival have woken up, they have been slow this year, they have been on the heated bench since January.
	Terry, in Bradford Yorkshire

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Dahlias 2011 season Mar 10, 2011 19:57:30 GMT

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Mar 10, 2011 19:22:29 GMT Tel said:

Those are cracking dahlias Scrumpy, to say they were grown without covers.

well i did manage to convince the wife to go out with the umbrella when the storm clouds were brewing

Seriously, the last few years i've not managed a decent vase of them so i'm giving them a rest, along with a few other banker varieties, and am growing a load of new ones, so anything could happen this year.

Tel Top Member Posts: 7,992	Dahlias 2011 season Mar 10, 2011 20:18:36 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Tel on Mar 10, 2011 20:18:36 GMT Mar 10, 2011 17:55:15 GMT Lou78W said: ;D...I always get a "buzz" when I see dahlias that have been beautifully grown ;D Even after all these years, i do as well.
	Terry, in Bradford Yorkshire

Geranium Top Member Posts: 13,081	Dahlias 2011 season Mar 10, 2011 21:32:32 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Geranium on Mar 10, 2011 21:32:32 GMT That's because you're Dahliaholics. ;D ;D

Tel Top Member Posts: 7,992	Dahlias 2011 season Mar 11, 2011 7:09:42 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Tel on Mar 11, 2011 7:09:42 GMT Mar 10, 2011 21:32:32 GMT Geranium said: That's because you're Dahliaholics. ;D ;D Your right Geranium, they have not found a cure for it neither. I just have to live with it. ;D
	Terry, in Bradford Yorkshire

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