These are Tioga Dawn, Korb Impeccable Dream, Allie White and Kalista Angel

Note: The Colorado Classic plant is quite weak and tall stems will fall over and break at ground level unless tied up.

Kalista Angel on the other hand is a dense stout bush which could easily be used as a 2'to 3' hedge. The flowers are often hidden within the dense foliage.

All plants have recovered from my accidental poisoning with Round Up (big oops). Anyway, most are looking healthy and are beginning the fall bloom.

minutiae continued

As I was reporting...

Allie White (2 plants) about 2'6" to 3'--same deformity (foliage looks burned)

Clifton Lela (4 plants) All about 1 ' with same deformity

Clifton Zack (1 plant) 6"--same deformity

Aitara Diadem (2 plants) 6"to 16" with same deformity

Korb Impeccable Dream (3 plants) 1'6" to 2'6" with same deformity

Kalista Angel (4 plants) 6" to 12" same deformity

Sorbet (4 plants) 6"to 12" same deformity

Thoughts:

1. I lost 2 Aitara Diadem of the 4 planted. Of the 30 remaining plants 26 show burned, deformed foliage. I can only assume that even though I was extremely careful, there must have been a small amount of drift from the Round Up weed killer I used on the weeds around the dahlias. I heard they were sensitive, but hey don't open a bottle of the stuff within a 1/2 mile of a dahlia! I'll have to use cloth or mulch for weed control next year.
2. I pinched the center growth bud of each plant at 2 to 3 leaf sets. I may have set back the growth on a number of the plants by doing this. Still learning...

By mid August of 2010...

Please skip to the next blog unless you're really interested in dahlia minutiae:



Tioga Dawn (4 plants):

• 1 is setting buds--height about 2'6"


• 3 are small--6"to 8"

Normandy Wild Willie (1 plant):

• setting buds about 16"--new foliage looks burned

Colorado Classic (2 plants):

• 1 is 18"--deformed growth around setting buds


• 1 is about 8" same deformity

Ruby Viola (3 plants)--6"to 8" same deformity

Allie White