I had some of those the 1st year I was here, and they lasted until about the
middle of Aug and that was in the part shade of the chinese elm out front. I've
got dahlias growing in pots this year and so far the mojave sun has burned
almost all the leaves off one dahlia and partly on others. If anyplace on Earth
was to be named Dahlia HELL, this out here in the Calif. High Mojave Desert with
it's 100+ heat and less than 10% humide would be it.

BTW, you can lean more about dahlias on the Dahlia-net list.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Dahlia-net

or

for dahlia talk and sharing of photos ...

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"John DeBoo" wrote in message
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We've been between 96º and 100º all last week and expected same for
the remainder of this week in Albuquerque. Maybe getting some of
the 'Figaros' would work in your area. All I did to prep the soil
in their 2ea 2sqft area (8 plants total, way too many) was add some
bagged steer manure and mix it with peat moss & the sandy soil, then
water daily.

Starlord wrote:
I have named Dahlias growing (tring to at lest) and while they might do ok
in
the 75 to 85 range of heat, above that and they suffer, I know as they have
a
hard time here in the High Mojave Desert where it's been 100+ for over a
week
now.



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