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Post by robh on Aug 25, 2013 17:32:12 GMT
tell i had a look at the dahlia trials today birkinshaw pudsey looked realy well
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Post by Tel on Aug 26, 2013 17:49:03 GMT
tell i had a look at the dahlia trials today birkinshaw pudsey looked realy well I hope you are right Rob, the one plant I have in the garden is awful, I just hope because it was a tuber, I had finished taking cuttings from, it was exhausted. The plants on the allotment look more robust and some of the buds are showing colour now, so I have my fingers crossed the blooms show the same form as last year. They should be enough blooms then for Harrogate. I was not going to cover them, but I went to the allotment today and rigged up some plastic covers over them. so now I will have to wait and see. |
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Post by Moonlight on Aug 26, 2013 18:29:16 GMT
tell i had a look at the dahlia trials today birkinshaw pudsey looked realy well I hope you are right Rob, the one plant I have in the garden is awful, I just hope because it was a tuber, I had finished taking cuttings from, it was exhausted. The plants on the allotment look more robust and some of the buds are showing colour now, so I have my fingers crossed the blooms show the same form as last year. They should be enough blooms then for Harrogate. I was not going to cover them, but I went to the allotment today and rigged up some plastic covers over them. so now I will have to wait and see.  |
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Post by Tel on Aug 27, 2013 18:25:59 GMT
I hope you are right Rob, the one plant I have in the garden is awful, I just hope because it was a tuber, I had finished taking cuttings from, it was exhausted. The plants on the allotment look more robust and some of the buds are showing colour now, so I have my fingers crossed the blooms show the same form as last year. They should be enough blooms then for Harrogate. I was not going to cover them, but I went to the allotment today and rigged up some plastic covers over them. so now I will have to wait and see. I do not have one, I will take one next time I go down there. |
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Post by Tel on Aug 27, 2013 18:34:35 GMT
tell i had a look at the dahlia trials today birkinshaw pudsey looked realy well I went to have a look at the trials today, To say I was disappointed with Pudsey is an understatement. The blooms looked too small and the form is not like last years blooms.  Either it as gone backwards or the only other thing I can think off is last year was a cool summer, this year we have had some high temperatures this could have effected the size and form of the blooms. all I can do is see what the blooms are like on the allotment when they flower in a couple of weeks. |
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Post by Lou78W on Aug 27, 2013 19:40:39 GMT
That's disappointing for you Tel...hope the blooms improve for you....... |
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Post by Tel on Aug 28, 2013 15:11:37 GMT
That's disappointing for you Tel...hope the blooms improve for you....... So do I Lou, but it will not be the end of the world.  |
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Post by Lou78W on Aug 28, 2013 15:26:55 GMT
No...not quite...lol as always its a waiting game and patience is the key, our Tel.... |
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Post by Moonlight on Aug 28, 2013 15:57:45 GMT
Tel, what happened to Terrycotta? I've been catching up on previous thread when it went in the trials. Did you show it?
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Post by Tel on Aug 28, 2013 18:20:59 GMT
Tel, what happened to Terrycotta? I've been catching up on previous thread when it went in the trials. Did you show it? I never showed it after the trials Moonlight. the petal count was not high enough for a modern Miniature Dec, so I tried to grow it as a Small Dec, just did not get up too a decent small size. I do still have it though, there is about half dozen planted with other decs for seeds on the allotment. |
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Post by Tel on Sept 14, 2013 6:43:12 GMT
Been looking at the records of the NDS trials since it began. I have noticed not one Collarette has won a medal at these trials. Next year I am going to send Garden Friends there. Garden Friends in my opinion looks a better dahlia this year in its second season. Will be a bed filler if nothing else. |
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Post by Cherry on Sept 14, 2013 15:58:27 GMT
My plant is a beauty and stops people in their tracks.
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Post by Tel on Sept 17, 2013 13:29:18 GMT
My plant is a beauty and stops people in their tracks. Looking at Hootenanny and Teesbrooke Redeye, I think these could be the parents of Garden Friends. The Colour maybe from Hootenanny and the collar from Teesbrooke Redeye. |
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Post by Cherry on Sept 17, 2013 15:42:39 GMT
A dahlia with a pedigree. Lovely! |
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Post by Tel on Nov 26, 2013 19:24:24 GMT
The winner of the Leeds Dahlia Trial's 2013 is Ms Kennedy, a Large Pom. Raised by Steve & Sandy Boley, Birchbay Dahlia's in Seattle.  |
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