On 06/11/2012 17:52, Sacha wrote:
On 2012-11-06 16:26:09 +0000, David Hill
said:

On 05/11/2012 21:24, David Hill wrote:
I had a look at the GW bit about Dahlias and our friend showing his Tree
Dahlia D. Imperialis, he was wrong about it's flowering time. it's late
October to November, not September.
It does seem as if a hot summer helps flowering, mine flowered well last
year, but not even a bud this year.
The leaves do look good, and I measured one today that is 37 inches
long.
The touch of frost that we had a few days ago knocked the ordinary
dahlias a bit and caught some of the leaves on the Imperalis but just
the odd one, and in some cases just half a leaf, this picture shows
frost damage between 2 plants that were untouched
http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...lisfrosted.jpg


The

next pictures are of D.Tenuicaulis, it is now close to 10 ft tall
with flower buds showing at the tips, the leaves are much smaller than
D. Imperialis.
http://s240.photobucket.com/albums/f...current=01.jpg


Tenuicaulis

is in the centre of the picture behind the cane.
http://s240.photobucket.com/albums/f...caulisbuds.jpg


http://s240.photobucket.com/albums/f...aulisplant.jpg


There

are a lot of the Hybrid tree dahlias flowering well despite the
rain and hail we have had the last 3 days, and with plenty of buds to
follow weather permitting
http://s240.photobucket.com/albums/f...lawithbuds.jpg


http://s240.photobucket.com/albums/f...ent=Stella.jpg


The

species D. Coccina are still flowering well,
http://s240.photobucket.com/albums/f...sCoccina01.jpg


http://s240.photobucket.com/albums/f...sCoccina04.jpg


http://s240.photobucket.com/albums/f...sCoccina02.jpg


http://s240.photobucket.com/albums/f...sCoccina03.jpg


I

think you can see the rest of the album showing the range of the
Hybrids as they are today, though some were taken 2 weeks ago.
David @ the muddy end of Swansea Bay.


One of my favourites is this,
http://s240.photobucket.com/albums/f...urrent=03a.jpg



the form could be better but I love the colour and with a flower 6 to
7 inches across it looks good

I get a blank page on your photo album when I click on that. But flower
no. 3 is a tousled pink which is just lovely! Is that it? Below is the
url for that one. I want one!
http://s240.beta.photobucket.com/use...tc/03.jpg.html

That and No 10 are the same dahlia Sacha