Dahlias

 
    Has anyone dealt with Swan Island Dahlias? I am thinking of making
a large purchase from them.

 I have dealt with Swan Island Dahlias and can recommend them whole-
heartedly.  Their selection is wonderful, the tubers arrived in great
condition, and 100% of them successfully sprouted for me.  (I ordered
20 tubers this past spring.)  My brother-in-law, who is a dahlia
aficionado, turned me on to them.  He made a large purchase from them
this past spring as well and had great results.  In fact, he visited
last weekend with two coffee cans full of the most beautiful dahlia
blooms I've ever seen, most of which were from Swan Island, I do
believe.  I would not hesitate to purchase from them.

By the way, my favorite this season is Razzmatazz.  The stems are a
bit on the short side, but the color is spectacular. (See
http://tinyurl.com/2zshne
though the photo doesn't do it justice.)

Happy growing!

-Fleemo

 On Jul 31, 1:03 pm, fleem...@comcast.net wrote:



    Thanks - I am just getting into them now.






(Seehttp://tinyurl.com/2zshne

 
candy girl;931003 Wrote:

We are into guessing mode.  My guess is that the key word here is "new".
One possibility is that the tubers you bought had not been stored well
and weren't very good.


People often don't realise the most important bit of a dahlia tuber is
not the thick fat bit, but the bit where the thick fat bits join
together.


Another possibility, if you keep on planting them in the same place, is
that they have used up all of something they need in the soil, and you
need to prepare the soil again.




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echinosum