Posted by Sacha on August 17, 2011, 10:09 am
David, I've just heard from the Head Gardener at Overbecks and she says
your id of that hitherto unknown Dahlia as D. Sunshine is absolutely
spot on. I've told her it was you who id'd it and where you're based,
so all credit to you!
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
Posted by Dave Hill on August 18, 2011, 4:32 am
> David, I've just heard from the Head Gardener at Overbecks and she says
> your id of that hitherto unknown Dahlia as D. Sunshine is absolutely
> spot on. I've told her it was you who id'd it and where you're based,
> so all credit to you!
> --
> Sachawww.hillhousenursery.com
> South Devon
Thanks Sacha.
I found out yesterday that Eric Payne, who was President and had been
Chairman of the Welsh Dahlia |Society, and who was responsible for the
Welsh Dahlia Trials, died a couple of weeks ago.
He was the person responsible for geting me back into Dahlia growing.
He will be greatly missed.
David
Posted by Sacha on August 18, 2011, 5:15 am
>> David, I've just heard from the Head Gardener at Overbecks and she says
>> your id of that hitherto unknown Dahlia as D. Sunshine is absolutely
>> spot on. I've told her it was you who id'd it and where you're based,
>> so all credit to you!
>> --
>> Sachawww.hillhousenursery.com
>> South Devon
>
> Thanks Sacha.
> I found out yesterday that Eric Payne, who was President and had been
> Chairman of the Welsh Dahlia |Society, and who was responsible for the
> Welsh Dahlia Trials, died a couple of weeks ago.
> He was the person responsible for geting me back into Dahlia growing.
> He will be greatly missed.
> David
I'm very sorry to hear that. Obviously, I never knew him but Ray
certainly knew of him. Otoh, I'm glad to see that, after a few years
in the wilderness, Dahlias do seem to be coming back into 'fashion'. I
seem to have read about them and see several photographs of them in
recent gardening articles. I'm glad because, although I don't like all
types, I do love the Cactus type and also think they're the most
amazingly good value plants in the garden. They are usually still
flowering when everything else is going over and losing heart and the
range of colours is fantastic.
--
Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
Posted by <vicky on August 18, 2011, 5:46 am
> I'm glad because, although I don't like all
> types, I do love the Cactus type and also think they're the most
> amazingly good value plants in the garden. They are usually still
> flowering when everything else is going over and losing heart and the
> range of colours is fantastic.
Apologies for hijacking the thread, but ...
Gardening show coming up at the weekend, and there are 3 dahlia categories -
mixed, cactus/semi-cactus + decorative.
I have a bunch of different dahlia in the garden, and although I know I did
plant some cactus ones, I have a suspicion that they are all the ones the
chickens dug up.
Someone has told me before how to tell the difference between cactus and
not-cactus, but I've looked at photos and not been able to tell. Could
someone tell me how to spot if my dahlia is a cactus dahlia or not, please?
(And is 'decorative' a different type, or just a non-specific 'flouncy' type,
and if so, shouldn't they be covered my 'mixed'?)
Posted by Dave Hill on August 18, 2011, 7:45 am
> > I'm glad because, although I don't like all
> > types, I do love the Cactus type and also think they're the most
> > amazingly good value plants in the garden. They are usually still
> > flowering when everything else is going over and losing heart and the
> > range of colours is fantastic.
> Apologies for hijacking the thread, but ...
> Gardening show coming up at the weekend, and there are 3 dahlia categories -
> mixed, cactus/semi-cactus + decorative.
> I have a bunch of different dahlia in the garden, and although I know I did
> plant some cactus ones, I have a suspicion that they are all the ones the
> chickens dug up.
> Someone has told me before how to tell the difference between cactus and
> not-cactus, but I've looked at photos and not been able to tell. Could
> someone tell me how to spot if my dahlia is a cactus dahlia or not, please?
> (And is 'decorative' a different type, or just a non-specific 'flouncy' type,
> and if so, shouldn't they be covered my 'mixed'?)
Cactus and semi cactus have spikey petals whilst decorative are
fuller flowers see pics atached
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff82/taffy4u2/Dahlias/BallminCandyCupid.=
jpg
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff82/taffy4u2/Dahlias/CactusminWestonDov=
esport.jpg
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff82/taffy4u2/Dahlias/ColleretteDonHill.=
jpg
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff82/taffy4u2/Dahlias/DecorativeMediumKo=
ganeFubuki.jpg
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff82/taffy4u2/Dahlias/SemiCactusLargeHam=
ariAccord.jpg
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/ff82/taffy4u2/Dahlias/WaterlilyFigurine.=
jpg
There are other forms of dahlias as well but that is enough for now.
David Hill
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> your id of that hitherto unknown Dahlia as D. Sunshine is absolutely
> spot on. I've told her it was you who id'd it and where you're based,
> so all credit to you!
> --
> Sachawww.hillhousenursery.com
> South Devon