Dahlia from seed
party_music50
9 months ago
This was a fun and successful experiment! The seed was Redskin mix, started in April, and this is the first of my plants to flower. It's a nicer color in person than the camera captured. :)
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socalgal_gw Zone USDA 10b Sunset 24
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dahlias from seed
Comments (2)What beautiful flowers! I didn't know dahlias could be bee magnets like that! Guess that shows how much I know, being a dahlia newbie. My Christmas present will be from Old House Gardens! -B...See MoreDahlia from Seed or Tuber?
Comments (2)The only seed that is commonly available (that I am aware of) is for "bedding" Dahlias. Short 18-24" bushy plants with 2-3" flowers. They grow very well from seed, and bloom much earlier. They work really well in a mixed bed, but they certainly cant compete with the big "show" dahlias....See MoreQuestion About Growing Large Flowered Dahlias From Seed
Comments (4)Linlily....you will get both, tubers and lots of flowers this year...a lot depends of your green thumb and mother nature as far as how many but you will get both....you have the right idea, start the seeds and pot them up, then slowly introduce them out doors....start the process in early April so you can have the new plants ready to go into the ground after the last frost, usually around May 1st., the AA or Dinner plates will produce fewer flowers then your smaller types.... teddahlia is right...depending on the conditions around where the seeds were collected, you could get a wide assortment of different size and types of dahlis...kind of like Easter but once your plants are up they will be just as large as the ones from tubers, flower just as nicely and should have nice tubers...See MoreChinese Asters & dahlias from seed question
Comments (4)My chinese asters do usually start blooming later than many things. I think mine started about two weeks ago. They are late, but in my opinion, well worth the wait. These are one of my favorites, and one of the more popular flowers with my customers. I always kick myself for not planting more. The main drawback, IMO, is that rebloom is not good. They seem to have pretty much one good flush, and the secondary bloom is usually too short-stemmed to be of use in bouquets. That's why I always wish I had planted more! I have had the worst year ever with dahlias! My plants are barely a foot tall, only about a fifth of them even have blooms, and those blooms are on three-inch stems. I don't know if it's just the bad year that accounts for the three-inch stems, or if the description of what I bought as being "great for cutting" was a bunch of hooey. Very discouraging. Actually, now that I think of it, I did grow some dahlias from seed this year (most of mine were bought as tubers) and those seed-started ones did start to bloom about a week ago. And they look a heck of a lot better than the tuber-grown ones. I'm not sure, since I don't have a wide range of experience with dahlias, but I do think the bloom time can depend on the variety. I remember I grew one gorgeous one called "Summer's End" which I joked should be called "Autumn's End", because the darn thing never bloomed until November! Dee...See Moreparty_music50
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9 months agolast modified: 9 months agoGlad you like it. These closed-end tube zinnia petals interest me.
ZM
party_music50
9 months agolast modified: 9 months agoZM, I definitely prefer the open petals, but your photo is gorgeous.
I’m still waiting for the others to bloom. :)
zen_man
9 months agolast modified: 9 months agoparty_music50
9 months agoIf anyone is interested, another of my dahlia plants that was grown from seed has a flower opening… it’s like a golden yellow with random swirls of magenta. Cool color! :)
zen_man
9 months agoHi party_music,
It is interesting that your specimen has an entirely different color from its parent. That suggests that the parent was an F1 hybrid. This zinnia had some similarity in flower shape.
The Dahlia Flowered strain of zinnias presumably resembles dahlias, although they didn't remind me of dahlias. To me, dahlias tend to have very large individual petals.
ZM
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