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Dahlia Issues

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  • Alfie_Alfie_ Posts: 456
    bcpathome said:
    Just to jump in about dahlias here if you don’t mind ,I found a bloom on my Bishop Llandaff today that has a flower each side of the stalk ,sort of back to back as it were .Have you ever had that ? Can’t take a piccy only got an iPad and it doesn’t load .
    No sorry never seen or experienced this. I am new to dahlia growing though so maybe someone else will be able to comment. 
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    edited September 2022
    bcpathome said:
    Just to jump in about dahlias here if you don’t mind ,I found a bloom on my Bishop Llandaff today that has a flower each side of the stalk ,sort of back to back as it were .Have you ever had that ? Can’t take a piccy only got an iPad and it doesn’t load .

    I would guess it's some kind of mutation/ fasciation.

    I found this thread on a two headed dahlia


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  • bcpathomebcpathome Posts: 1,313
    It’s ever so pretty looks like a flower head has grown from each end of the bud .There is definitely only one bud and the heads are back to back with the stalk in between .Looks like one whole flower head ,wonder why it’s just the one mutation when all the others are just as they should be ,Very queer .
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    Mutations happen.
  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039


    Maybe not that unusual.
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • bcpathomebcpathome Posts: 1,313
    Yes like that .So it’s happened before ,I haven’t discovered something wonderful? Oh I am disappointed! 😁
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    have a look at the links above
  • bcpathomebcpathome Posts: 1,313
    Thank you .I am suitably disallusioned
  • Alfie_Alfie_ Posts: 456
    @Fire your advice has helped thanks. We have already gone from 2 to 4 blooms!

    I did butcher it a fair bit 😂




    But good number of blooms now:


  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    Very good. Looking lovely. Keep watering and dead-heading assidously and may be move the planting spot next year. Keep up posted.


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