Todays Dahlias

 Sacha,
These are between 6ft and 7.5ft
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff82/taffy4u2/2011/stella01.jpg
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff82/taffy4u2/2011/stella02.jpg

http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff82/taffy4u2/2011/Apricottree01.jpg
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff82/taffy4u2/2011/Apricottree02.jpg

http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff82/taffy4u2/2011/Noname.jpg

And lastly I spoted this little friend on the Apricot dahlia when I
was going through then this evening.

http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff82/taffy4u2/2011/Apricottreevisitor.jpg
David
Enjoy
David

 "Dave Hill"  wrote ...

Lovely, I used to have Hill House's D. imperialis which was spectacular in
leaf but I never got it to flower as I grew it outside, still got to 14ft or
more in a season. I know you have the same plant but it does not grow so
tall and it flowers earlier (before the frost kills it), do any of your's
have spectacular foliage like the tall one? I ask because I'd like one.
--
Regards  Bob Hobden
Posting to this Newsgroup from the W. of London UK

 

What you want - I say with authority (!) is the Dahlia excelsa we got
from David.  It grows to about 5' or so here and needs very beefy
staking in the winds we get but it is a spectacularly beautiful flower
and is still flowering and budding now in our garden.  I am really
enamoured of this plant so I hope David still has it.  D. imperialis
grows outside with us and is a curiosity but it rarely flowers outside.
 Otoh, in the greenhouse, it will go up the double height, poke its
head out of the roof and flower then.
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon

 
The D. Imperialis I have came from suttons seeds last year as part of
an offer, very good stock though they were only 6ft till they started
to throw the flower buds, since then they have put on another 2 ft.
I lost a lot of the tree dahlias I was growing last year, but I think
I saved a good selection; it's hard deciding to scrap a strain, so
last winter did that for me as I had to save the best first.
Four of my favourites are shorter, growing to only 6ft this year
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff82/taffy4u2/2011/Trinidadsunset01.jpg
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff82/taffy4u2/2011/newred.jpg
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff82/taffy4u2/2011/RoseSunset.jpg
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff82/taffy4u2/2011/Snowwhite.jpg
But then I like the ones I posted yesterday,
David

 

Our D. imperialis has a single and rather insignificant pinky/mauve
flower.  I really like your Snow White and New Red and the colours of
the other two are wonderful.   I'll ask Raymond if he can remember
where he got his original D. imperialis from but as he's had it for
longer than we've known each other, I don't know if he will!
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon