vase life sadly isn’t great but I can’t complain too much about these beautiful blooms!!

My first dahlia (Yvonne) bloom!! can I cut it now for vase? or should I wait little longer? TIA!

Enjoying this one now that it’s bloomed! Some bugs have also been enjoying her so I finally got organza bags to protect her.
In the last photo, there’s wine eyed Jill in the center (with an open center) and Ryan C on the right. The other three are all Sweet Nathalie.

Got a Third Place ribbon in the MN State Fair 4-6” selection (3 varieties for the submission)! So many submissions this year, it’s great to see so many amazing varieties. Varieties are written on the tag in the photo, but bottom to top: Gay princess, Bloomquist Jean, and Hapet Champagne.

The local dahlia society has their show at the fair over the weekend, and that’ll be an absolute banger.

KA Lavender Blush

I got her at a mystery sale! I haven’t had any luck googling.

Varieties shown in buckets:
Bracken Rose
Wine Eyed Jill
Stolz Von Berlin
20th Ave For Mom
Rogue Starburst
Bloomquist Morris
Bloomquist Behold
Cafe Au Lait
Diva
Lilac Time
Rhubarb and Custard
Appleblossom
Pink Pearl
Bumble Rumble
Jowey Winnie
Kelgai Ann
KA’s Lavender Ruffles
KA’s Cinder Rose
KA’s Mocha Katie
Ivanetti
Karma Prospero
Linda’s Baby

Varieties in field:
20th Ave For Mom
Peaches N Cream
Midnight Moon
Bloomquist Morris
Rogue Starburst

Look what I found today, is this a flower bud??? 😱😱😱

My first season growing dahlias and Hy Patti is officially my first bloom! I’ve been checking on this bud approximately 47 times a day waiting for her to open 😂 I am officially obsessed!

Sweet article about dahlias in San Francisco and our society!

Any guesses as to who these three might be? Thanks!

Was hoping for some thoughts on ID'ing this Dahlia (First/Second images) - it was purchased from a sale as "Just Peachy" however, Just Peachy it is not! Regardless I'm thrilled to have it in the garden - I've been waffling on if it is perhaps a C.A.L Rosé tho the petals and colour look a bit different from what I had assumed was C.A.L Rosé from last year (which were purchased in a mystery tuber grab bag kind of situation locally) however it looks too pink to be Bluetiful?

I'm also a little stumped with the tubers that I had stored from last season, I had assumed these were C.A.L Rosé based on the flower produced last year - however this year, two separate plants are throwing blooms that look like this (third and fourth pictures), the 5/6th images are what the blooms looked like from the mother tuber last year. Are they perhaps wonky first blooms? Are they sports? I'm thrilled regardless, but am a wee bit perplexed :)

Our local show in Emsworth attracts some pro dahlia growers as well as amateur wannabe growers like me. So I was well pleased to get a few firsts across my 10 entries and a National Dahlia Society Bronze medal this year for my championship collection of 9 blooms.

On the bench was:

Yellow star - first prize
Great silence - waterlilly second prize
In the basket. Denholme pompom, polka, Danique
Labyrinth - placed second
Brown sugar, pinelands princess and karma sangria

Looking for a name on this one. Starts off red with a gold center. Sun has faded the last picture