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Dahlia excelsa - for David Hill
David, it's getting an awful battering today but 'your' Dahlia excelsa
is still flowering in three different places in the garden. It looks absolutely wonderful and the colour is as bright and zinging as always. Poor thing has definitely been rather tattered by autumn winds but it battles on valiantly. What a great plant! I do hope you're propagating loads of it! ;-) The Dahlia imperialis has grown to an enormous height in the garden but shows no sign of flowering and I very much doubt it will now. Have you grown that one outside this year? -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com Shrubs & perennials. Tender & exotics. South Devon |
Dahlia excelsa - for David Hill
"Sacha" wrote in message ... David, it's getting an awful battering today but 'your' Dahlia excelsa is still flowering in three different places in the garden. It looks absolutely wonderful and the colour is as bright and zinging as always. Poor thing has definitely been rather tattered by autumn winds but it battles on valiantly. What a great plant! I do hope you're propagating loads of it! ;-) The Dahlia imperialis has grown to an enormous height in the garden but shows no sign of flowering and I very much doubt it will now. Have you grown that one outside this year? -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com Shrubs & perennials. Tender & exotics. South Devon It is a super plant and I can certainly say it's not shy to flower up here in the North, unlike D. imperialis. On the advice of the Crug crew I reduced the number of stems to 4 early in the season and stripped all the side shoots and I now have what looks like a perennial bamboo with a proliferation of jolly (common as muck) flowers at a height of 4 metres. It has to be one of the easiest plants to propagate and given the right conditions could almost be classified as a pernicious weed. :-) A superb plant! |
Dahlia excelsa - for David Hill
On 2009-10-24 20:03:13 +0100, "rupert" said:
"Sacha" wrote in message ... David, it's getting an awful battering today but 'your' Dahlia excelsa is still flowering in three different places in the garden. It looks absolutely wonderful and the colour is as bright and zinging as always. Poor thing has definitely been rather tattered by autumn winds but it battles on valiantly. What a great plant! I do hope you're propagating loads of it! ;-) The Dahlia imperialis has grown to an enormous height in the garden but shows no sign of flowering and I very much doubt it will now. Have you grown that one outside this year? -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com Shrubs & perennials. Tender & exotics. South Devon It is a super plant and I can certainly say it's not shy to flower up here in the North, unlike D. imperialis. On the advice of the Crug crew I reduced the number of stems to 4 early in the season and stripped all the side shoots and I now have what looks like a perennial bamboo with a proliferation of jolly (common as muck) flowers at a height of 4 metres. It has to be one of the easiest plants to propagate and given the right conditions could almost be classified as a pernicious weed. :-) A superb plant! The other really good one for colour, though not as long-flowering, quite, is D.Engelhardt's Matador. This has lovely dark leaves and the flowers are very striking against them. However, I noticed this morning that 'the Bishop' is still going with one flower left on it! -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com Shrubs & perennials. Tender & exotics. South Devon |
Dahlia excelsa - for David Hill
On 25 Oct, 11:55, Sacha wrote:
On 2009-10-24 20:03:13 +0100, "rupert" said: "Sacha" wrote in message ... David, it's getting an awful battering today but 'your' Dahlia excelsa is still flowering in three different places in the garden. *It looks absolutely wonderful and the colour is as bright and zinging as always.. Poor thing has definitely been rather tattered by autumn winds but it battles on valiantly. *What a great plant! *I do hope you're propagating loads of it! *;-) *The Dahlia imperialis has grown to an enormous height in the garden but shows no sign of flowering and I very much doubt it will now. *Have you grown that one outside this year? -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com Shrubs & perennials. Tender & exotics. South Devon It is a super plant and I can certainly say it's not shy to flower up here in the North, unlike D. imperialis. On the advice of the Crug crew I reduced the number of stems to 4 early in the season and stripped all the side shoots *and I now have what looks like a perennial bamboo with a proliferation of jolly (common as muck) flowers at a height of 4 metres. It has to be one of the easiest plants to propagate and given the right conditions could almost be classified as a pernicious weed. :-) *A superb plant! The other really good one for colour, though not as long-flowering, quite, is D.Engelhardt's Matador. This has lovely dark leaves and the flowers are very striking against them. *However, I noticed this morning that 'the Bishop' is still going with one flower left on it! -- Sachawww.hillhousenursery.com Shrubs & perennials. Tender & exotics. South Devon- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Glad to hear the dahlia is going strong Sacha. I am hoping that I can get 2 dahlias into the RHS trials next year , they are http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...eAbacusSol.jpg http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...emililac02.jpg The last of the 2 is the one with the great young foliage http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...afoliage01.jpg Also they are probablt going to have 2 tree dahlias to try in the gardens http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...eetallview.jpg which has flowers op to 9 inches across and grows to 8ft and more also http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...glePeach01.jpg. One I hope is going to reapear next season is a sport that has only flowered in the last 10 days. http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...s/DSCF1902.jpg It is only 2ft or so tall, but looks good even after the gales and driving rain we had the last couple of days. This picture was taken after all that weather. David Hill |
Dahlia excelsa - for David Hill
On 2009-10-25 22:08:50 +0000, Dave Hill said:
On 25 Oct, 11:55, Sacha wrote: On 2009-10-24 20:03:13 +0100, "rupert" said: "Sacha" wrote in message ... David, it's getting an awful battering today but 'your' Dahlia excelsa is still flowering in three different places in the garden. *It look s absolutely wonderful and the colour is as bright and zinging as always . Poor thing has definitely been rather tattered by autumn winds but it battles on valiantly. *What a great plant! *I do hope you're propagating loads of it! *;-) *The Dahlia imperialis has grown to an enormous height in the garden but shows no sign of flowering and I ver y much doubt it will now. *Have you grown that one outside this year? -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com Shrubs & perennials. Tender & exotics. South Devon It is a super plant and I can certainly say it's not shy to flower up here in the North, unlike D. imperialis. On the advice of the Crug crew I reduced the number of stems to 4 early in the season and stripped all the side shoots *and I now have what looks like a perennial bamboo wi th a proliferation of jolly (common as muck) flowers at a height of 4 metres. It has to be one of the easiest plants to propagate and given the right conditions could almost be classified as a pernicious weed. :-) *A superb plant! The other really good one for colour, though not as long-flowering, quite, is D.Engelhardt's Matador. This has lovely dark leaves and the flowers are very striking against them. *However, I noticed this morning that 'the Bishop' is still going with one flower left on it! -- Sachawww.hillhousenursery.com Shrubs & perennials. Tender & exotics. South Devon- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Glad to hear the dahlia is going strong Sacha. I am hoping that I can get 2 dahlias into the RHS trials next year , they are http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...ias/Collerette AbacusSol.jpg That's a really *beautiful* colour and form, David. I really do like that. The yellow is such a good colour, not too 'in your face'. http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...ias/Ownfoliage semililac02.jpg Another lovely colour - that looks a brighter pink than D. excelsa, am I right? The stem and foliage contrast well with the flower and its centre. The last of the 2 is the one with the great young foliage http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...ias/Dahliafoli age01.jpg Interesting leaf and I like that bronze in it. Does the bronze remain as the plant matures? Also they are probablt going to have 2 tree dahlias to try in the gardens http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...ias/Owntreetal lview.jpg That's superb! Lovely colour and I really like that twist on the petals. I think that's a real winner. which has flowers op to 9 inches across and grows to 8ft and more also http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...ias/OwnTreesin glePeach01.jpg. That looks like a sunrise - what a gorgeous colour. One I hope is going to reapear next season is a sport that has only flowered in the last 10 days. http://i240.photobucket.com/albums/f...ias/DSCF1902.j pg Oh beautiful. That is a really good , ure white. It's wonderful. It is only 2ft or so tall, but looks good even after the gales and driving rain we had the last couple of days. This picture was taken after all that weather. David Hill You've got some real beauties there, David, so I think they'll trial well - do hope so for everyone's sake! I especially like the 'sunrise' one because it seems to me to be a most unusual colour. I don't know much about Dahlias but I don't think I've seen anything quite like that before. -- Sacha |
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