Creme de Cognac here looking like it's got something to do with cognac - not neon yellow with pink stripes as the plant was eariler in the season at my house.
Just as everything else is being pulled out (I had to be away for 6 weeks so a lot shriveled!), the dahlias are still trying hard to brighten the terrace up. I lost a few to neglect, but these ones are definitely survivors!
Marne la vallée, basically just outside Paris 🇫🇷, but definitely Scottish at heart.
It is starting to die back now but beside it appeared another little plant which has just started blooming and it looks like this.As you see, it's similar in form but is orangey red rather than depe burgundy and has a fluffy yellow collar instead of a white ruffly one. Would it be a seedling of Night Butterfly?
Leaving tubers in the ground (not taking them up). From a flower farm in zone 6 - with deep snowy winters. One of her main points is that it is not the cold that kills them as protection from wet.
I grow mine in big pots. After the plants get frosted I cover the pots with old compost bags so that earth doesn't get wet through the winter. I fleece - not really sure I need to do that. I will leave one pot this year and see if it makes a difference to fleece the pots against cold. In April I peek under the tarp and when the frost is done, or nearly done, (usually mid-April by me). I take off the covering and keep a close, close eye on the night temps. I don't water until there is a good amount of green growth. I've not lost a plant yet, growing this way. But - I grow on a very small scale.
I think this way (like keeping the tubers in the ground) the roots can regrow when they feel ready.
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I grew Night Butterfly this year
It is starting to die back now but beside it appeared another little plant which has just started blooming and it looks like this.As you see, it's similar in form but is orangey red rather than depe burgundy and has a fluffy yellow collar instead of a white ruffly one. Would it be a seedling of Night Butterfly?
And this is the most prolific dahlia this season: