Happy anouncement

 It is with great pleasure I can anounce the arival of not one but 2
flowers on my Dahlia Imperialis, and more expected over the next few
days frost allowing.
David Hill
Hope to take pics tomorrow.

 

Now - are we going to argue about this?  ;-)) Is your D. imperialis
what *we* call D. imperialis?  I know we've had this discussion before
without resolution, I think.  Ours grows to double storey height in the
greenhouse and about 12' in the garden.  It only flowers in the garden
in very warm, prolonged summers.    It's a single flower and not
exactly a show-stopper in itself.  it's the height that gives it the
'oomph' factor.  I have a feeling (following more discussions with Ray
and after the email from the delightful man from The Garden) that what
you call D. imperialist, we call D. excelsa etc.   Back to Philips &
Rix, perhaps?!
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon

 
NO Sacha
What I am calling Dahlia Imperialis IS Dahlia Imperialis.
I got a tuber last year that is genuine and virus freel, I measured
one of the leaves a couple of days ago and it was 20 inches long.
This is a picture I took last week http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff82/=
taffy4u2/2011/Imperialisbuds.jpg
David

 

I'll try to take a pic of ours later but it's not flowering and I doubt
it will.  It looks very similar. I'll also take a photo of D. excelsa
in the garden.
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon

 
As promised, took these just before lunch
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff82/taffy4u2/2011/Imperalis1511a.jpg
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff82/taffy4u2/2011/Imperalis1511b.jpg
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff82/taffy4u2/2011/Imperalis1511c.jpg
The next shows a leaf of Imperialis with a sharpi marker pen to show
size
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff82/taffy4u2/2011/Imperalis1511d.jpg

And flitting about amongst the plants was this
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff82/taffy4u2/2011/Novbutterfly.jpg
David