Anyone growing dalias this year?

[1Bee]

Is that a Bishop, Scarlet? She's beautiful!

[Scarlet]

Yes, I wanted a few singles. I do like the big dinner plate varieties and Pom poms but these are that bit shorter and I can put them at the front of my borders.

[nickdub]

I have a few buds coming on some of mine - now to wait and see what colours they are :-)

[mcdood]

Nice one , you're way ahead of my overwintered ones. I didn't have room to start indoors this year (some outside influences made me grow way too many tomatoes instead ) so I waited until some had started sprouting before potting. The biggest ones are about 6-8 inches high and some of them are only just starting to poke shoots through the surface. The majority of mine don't normally start flowering until July at the best of times.

[1Bee]

I love a good Bish!

[mcdood]

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[Scarlet]

Nice one , you're way ahead of my overwintered ones. I didn't have room to start indoors this year (some outside influences made me grow way too many tomatoes instead ) so I waited until some had started sprouting before potting. The biggest ones are about 6-8 inches high and some of them are only just starting to poke shoots through the surface. The majority of mine don't normally start flowering until July at the best of times.

I've had trouble in the past with those outside influences I think one year I had over 100 tomatoes

I love dahlias but like yours mine don't often flower till July. So my garden lacks early colour.
As I'm not good with spring flowers - I need early flowering annuals really that I can dig up and replace with the dahlias.
Quite chuffed this year though - some areas of my garden are looking lovely!

[Scarlet]

I love a good Bish!

What colour is it?

[Scarlet]

They are starting to flower Yay!

[Thelma Sanders]

Oooh! Lucky you mine are nowhere near yet - Boo Hoo!

[mcdood]

Same here Thelma, when did you start yours Scarlet?

[Scarlet]

I started when I posted this thread - some as early as 6 Jan ...Later ones caught up. I would start a little later but definitely indoors again next year. I'm going to try for the end of feb.

[mcdood]

Oh yes I remember now as you were taking cuttings. Must see if I can find more space next year.

[nickdub]

can see the colour on the first developing bud from my seedlings - going to be an intense mauve.

[bramble]

My dahlias which I bought as tubers from Lidl earlier in the year are flowering.
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