My favorite thing about Blackberry Ripple was that I could make a whole bouquet from this one plant. One bloom might be speckled like shown in the picture. One might have a pie shape in the deep maroon color, another could be all maroon or half. It was just a fun flower to watch each bloom open up never knowing what the combination would be.
One thing I don't understand and maybe you can help me out here. The box says it is a Dinnerplate Dahlia. Mine was not. If this one is doesn't that make it a different Dahlia and wouldn't it have a different name? Although it does say 'New' on the bottom of the box. Can someone explain how this works in flowerville?
There was another Dahlia called Thomas Edison that I really liked the plum color of so I grabbed it too.
And of course I love Columbines so when I saw this package that said Giants I decided I'd best get it just to see what they would turn out like. Down at the bottom of the box it says that the deer resist them. Well the deer around my yard haven't resisted any Columbines yet so this should be interesting.
And last since they were 4/$10 I decided ya just can't have too many fragrant Oriental Lilies - another one that the deer love but I'll get them all sprayed so the deer will go away.
So it looks like Bob and I are going to be very busy planting these plus all of the Glads and other bulbs I bought. If it will ever quit raining . . .
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Hope you get a break from the rain. It is needed this time of year but too much isn't good either. I'm loving those dahlia's. I would think that the dinnerplate may be different. It'll be interesting to see if it produces like the last one did. Love the dark Thomas Edison. I need to get me some columbines before it is too late. Can't wait to see those blooming.
ReplyDeleteThat Thomas Edison immediately caught my eye, that bloom color is incredible. Would also love to see the results you get from the Blackberry Ripple, love the idea of slightly different blooms all on the same plant.
ReplyDeleteLove all the new plants you bought, especially the Dahlias. I grew McKana's Giant columbine from seed several years ago, and they were quite tall, really big beautiful flowers. Hope yours are too.
ReplyDeleteI don't know how the dinnerplate thing works. Maybe it's a designation that the grower/seller can apply however they want? I've seen complaints from people that ones they bought labeled dinnerplate didn't get anywhere near that big.
I'm glad you got lilies too. It's one of my favorite flowers. I couldn't grow them back East because of lily leaf beetle. But I don't think they are here (yet!) in the PNW.
Looking forward to seeing posts with pictures of all of them this summer!
Dahlias are my favorite and Columbine is my love, who denies to come to me :(
ReplyDeleteGreat choices you made!
Linda, those are gorgeous plants you bought! I've never seen Blackberry Ripple - it's a stunner! I'm afraid all my dahlias got rotten in such wet soil this winter. I was lazy to dig them out. I try not to buy new plants, I need to plant those plants which sit in pots since last year. Thanks for your nice comments on my Slope Garden posts! Mrs.S. works a lot to keep her garden clean and beautiful. She doesn't use any help. I think her garden is the best in our neighborhood. Happy spring to you!
ReplyDeleteI'm guessing you need to pinch off some buds on that dahlia to encourage larger blooms. You could google it to see if I'm right. They are beautiful, though!
ReplyDeleteHi Linda ~ it must be spring if it's time to plant dahlia's..now that is a good feeling! I'll be interested to see if your pretty new dinner plate dahlia's get dinner plate size. I'm sure they will be very pretty regardless :) We had a break in the rain this afternoon, a bit shocking!! Sadly the forecast is calling for a wet and cool spring. I may just give up my plans to have a veggie garden. boo.
ReplyDeleteWhat a pretty dahlia! I finally bought some to replace all the ones that never grew last year. I tried dinnerplate dahlias once, but they really didn't get that big, Victoria is probably right about pinching buds.
ReplyDeleteI hadn't heard about the cool and wet spring Jenni mentioned, I hope that doesn't happen again. We've had some pretty decent weather the last couple of days. Hope it dries up some down there.
PS Don't you love finding gardening things at the grocery store? Somehow I feel less guilty buying it there.
I would buy those big dinner plate Dahlias in a heart beat!! What stunning blooms. I am a sucker for all these beauties in the spring.
ReplyDeleteLooks like you found some beauties there in the produce aisle. LOL! Dinner Plates are suppose to have big sized blooms I think. Mine only got to about 6inches around though.I love your lilies.I hope it stops raining so you can get out into the garden. Those heath blooms do look like tongues sticking out don't they. LOL!
ReplyDeleteI remember Blackberry Ripple. What a beauty. I don't know why the box says dinner plate though. Thomas Edison is gorgeous too.
ReplyDeleteAll beauties! I've never grown Dahlias but I assume that they're like everything else I've grown- when you look at images of them they were grown in optimum soil and conditions, so If my soil is not quite as optimum then I often don't see the same bloom as I saw in the picture whether catalog, label or online. I'm thinking of trying Dahlias are they hardy? Do you have a recommendation?
ReplyDeleteI have never planted bulbs before but since it is Autumn here I think I should give them a try. If you have any tips I would love to hear them!
ReplyDeleteBest wishes,
Natasha.
So many bulbs, so little time to plant...
ReplyDeleteWell I succumbed and bought some dinner plate dahlia tubers myself! I recently was talking to a fellow gardener (stranger to me) and he said there is no need to do anything special to the dinner plate dahlias. I agree with Tessa above, it's probably all about optimal growing conditions.
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