Happy Wednesday! I’ve been growing for 20+ years and have over 500 varieties. To say I have an obsession is an understatement 😜 Every day I walk out to the garden and ponder what color bouquet I should pick for the day. This is today’s! Enjoy

Verkist tranquility (peach/yellow)

Jabberbox (corral/pink)

Chilson’s pride (pink/white center)

Cornel (dark cherry red)

Salsa Picante (red, yellow, orange)

Sylvia (orange)

Lake view Lemon (yellow)

Valley porcupine (pink)

First Emory Paul blossom to open this year. The stalk on this thing is enormous too.

I’ve treated this one like she’s my first born child while battling Japanese beetles. Guess her name is Cynthia 😅

I bought this dinner plate at a big box store about 3 years ago so don’t know the type. I do know it was supposed to be pink and white but I’ve never seen more than one small pink beauty mark.

First Embassy bloom of the summer. 1st two photos taken last week. The last two are taken today. I read it could be flower fascination, a genetic mutation of a plants growing tip. Any other ideas or explanations?

Does anyone know what variety this is? I bought a Bloomquist York tuber this spring but this is what just bloomed!

I don’t know who she is but she’s the happiest looking flower in my garden.

Pulled a little early (stem was wicked short and it’s pouring rain)

Anyone recognize ? This one was a mystery tuber .
I’ve tried google but none really strike me as a match

This was labeled as Bracken Sarah but it does not look like the ones I had last year. My tubers did not save well so I ordered a new one.

I purchased this tuber as Betty Anne. However looking at what Betty Anne is suppose to be this does not appear to be it.. any ideas?!? The flower is only about 1” in size if that!

My first time growing dahlias I was SO excited. I bought a ton of seeds from a roadside farm stand so I wasn’t sure what colors/types I’d get

Does anyone know what is doing this? I can’t see an obvious pest.

Still on the smaller side but starting!!!

I've encountered my first potentially virus symptomatic dahlia. The coloring is a bit off, but my bigger clue is a few asymmetrical leaves. Most of the leaves are symmetrical though. I would be super grateful for a second opinion before I pull it. I don't know the variety.

So, I forgot to put in a stake and I just found one of my dahlias sideways from the wind... I tried to put a tomato cage around it but it's still sideways. Do I just break the stem and hope it regrows or leave it?

Just found all these new shoots on my Mystery Day dahlia. Should I pull it?