I only joined the other day, everyone is great here!
I took some pics earlier, this is the ballerina one which was pink on the pack, when the bud just opens its tinged pink but when fully open white
this is a cheap tuber I picked up, the only bloom I've had and its coming to an end
these 2 from seed
and my "bedding" tubers, one not in bloom
I do have 3 others but they're not worth showing, one hasn't bloomed all summer and the other is the nugget which has big but no blooms atm and I don't expect it too have anymore and the last is a sorry looking mess in a bag with half eaten pink pom poms
Cheers, I had some gorgeous ones last year and just thought I'd chance the winter, soon learnt from that. bit gutted these weren't amazing but I'm happy with the burgundy, pink and white one.
i don't do cuttings from dahlias, I leave them in the ground all winter, just cover with deep mulch, save a few seeds and grow those, it's easier than cuttings and you get all new surprise colours.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
Hello again, I have another (probably very silly) question; I have canna's in pots at the moment. Can I plant them in my borders? They'll be amongst tall dhalias, some roses and other lush plants. I don't want to put them in the ground if they're going to take over and annoy my lovely neighbours next door if it grows triffid like and blocks light. (the neighbours on my other side aren't so considerate unfortunately...).
I've attached two pics of the cannas, plus one of a very slow growing palm I've had for three years and kept in a pot. I'd love to plant them out next year, but not if they're going to become a nuisance from a light blocking perspective.
Thank you Lyn, yours are lovely too! Did you start from packet? tbh there's not enough soil in the white dahlias pot it settled so much over summer compared to the rest. I haven't tried taken cuttings of dahlia yet as they are so easy from seed. I used pots last year, fed them a lot as I had really good bloomers but I left them in the pots in winter being naive Won't be doing that this time!) Although a neighbour keeps theirs in the ground, he loses some and some survive.. so I don't know whether to try a dahlia patch or not. Maybe I could stick the "ugly' ones from this year there and see what happens! I bloody love them and can't wait to start more seed off
Sorry Bev I was replying when you posted... (watching F1 too so I'm a bit slow) I haven't had any cannas so I wouldn't know their growing habit or anything. But I would leave things like that untill spring.. I could be wrong sorry not much help
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It took me a saturday afternoon to just choose fifteen from the national dahlia collection.
Diverse and beautiful. You lucky man the keeper of 2000 of them.
I only joined the other day, everyone is great here!
I took some pics earlier, this is the ballerina one which was pink on the pack, when the bud just opens its tinged pink but when fully open white
this is a cheap tuber I picked up, the only bloom I've had and its coming to an end
these 2 from seed
and my "bedding" tubers, one not in bloom
I do have 3 others but they're not worth showing, one hasn't bloomed all summer and the other is the nugget which has big but no blooms atm and I don't expect it too have anymore and the last is a sorry looking mess in a bag with half eaten pink pom poms
beautiful picks Linny89 !
Cheers, I had some gorgeous ones last year and just thought I'd chance the winter, soon learnt from that. bit gutted these weren't amazing but I'm happy with the burgundy, pink and white one.
These are all from seeds this year.
i don't do cuttings from dahlias, I leave them in the ground all winter, just cover with deep mulch, save a few seeds and grow those, it's easier than cuttings and you get all new surprise colours.
Linny, your white one is gorgeous, if it had been in the ground it would have been huge.
I find they don't do as well in pots, the tubers will be as big as the pot when you tip them out.
Hello again, I have another (probably very silly) question; I have canna's in pots at the moment. Can I plant them in my borders? They'll be amongst tall dhalias, some roses and other lush plants. I don't want to put them in the ground if they're going to take over and annoy my lovely neighbours next door if it grows triffid like and blocks light. (the neighbours on my other side aren't so considerate unfortunately...).
I've attached two pics of the cannas, plus one of a very slow growing palm I've had for three years and kept in a pot. I'd love to plant them out next year, but not if they're going to become a nuisance from a light blocking perspective.
Thanks!
Thank you Lyn, yours are lovely too! Did you start from packet?
it settled so much over summer compared to the rest.
Won't be doing that this time!) Although a neighbour keeps theirs in the ground, he loses some and some survive.. so I don't know whether to try a dahlia patch or not. Maybe I could stick the "ugly' ones from this year there and see what happens! I bloody love them and can't wait to start more seed off 
tbh there's not enough soil in the white dahlias pot
I haven't tried taken cuttings of dahlia yet as they are so easy from seed. I used pots last year, fed them a lot as I had really good bloomers but I left them in the pots in winter being naive
Sorry Bev I was replying when you posted... (watching F1 too so I'm a bit slow)
I haven't had any cannas so I wouldn't know their growing habit or anything. But I would leave things like that untill spring.. I could be wrong sorry not much help