Name: Connie Winlock, WA (Zone 8a) Need has nothing to do with it.
Geof, I love your Summer Rain and H.H. Starburst. I lost my French Doll, rotted I think. I lost my Bed Head as well. Sigh.
Man, how do things get so mixed up!? I tag them when I dig and when I cut them up. I tag again when I plant out and map my rows in a note book as well. And still they get mixed up. Might be easier if I didn't have so damned many, but what's the fun in that?!
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Name: Connie Winlock, WA (Zone 8a) Need has nothing to do with it.
Thanks all. It's hard to pick a favorite, or even a top 15 favorite!
I've spent the afternoon updating my plant list. Wheww. Is there some way I can upload my own photos to the list? It automatically uploads a photo that someone else took. I saw where you could upload a photo to be submitted for approval. Once it's approved will that photo automatically replace the one that was automatically uploaded? I feel uncomfortable using someone else's photo.
LOVE your Myrtle's Folly, Connie and Geof's Summer Rain. Can't wait for some of the tiny buds I'm seeing to open up! Lots of bushy growth but none have gotten tall yet. Of course, since I put up 6' stakes.....looks like I'm trying to grow dead bamboo out there!
So many lovelies! Like Liz and Geof have posted, your Myrtle's Folly is stunning, Connie! Your flower and pic of it is the nicest of MF that I have seen. It looks like a flaming orb!
Love the orange shade of Imelda Ransel, Geof!
Mary, love your white of White Fawn! It looks so pristine and cool.
Wow! So many beautiful blooms! Please keep posting photos. I have a lot of buds ready to pop any day. It's like being a kid waiting for Christmas. I've had several blooms but they don't last long with the JB's around. I'll be sooooo happy to see their luau/orgy come to an end. I'm thinking probably mid-August.
I'll be out of town tomorrow so I'll take this opportunity to wish Arlene (pirl) a Happy Birthday tomorrow (July 29). I know Vancouver is one of your favorites and you got me "hooked" on it a few years ago. I don't have one this year so I'll offer you this one from a couple years ago. I hope you have a happy birthday and wish you many, many more!
Great Pics Connie - Its nice to see a Vassio Megos. I had to snip off my first two partial blooms of it because they were so damaged, I didn't even want to see them open. The HH Q. looks like a beauty too.
Your Poodle Skirt has such long stems!. The one I am growing (which I got from you) is full of flowers, but a short bushy plant with shorter stems.
Happy birthday Arlene! - Consider this a birthday bouquet
Such lovely blooms and my favorite Vancouver from my favorite dahlia buddy, Dan. Thanks so much. Love the bouquet, Geof. Now I feel like royalty!
Haven't been to the garden to visit my dahlias in several days. I'm old and wimpy now and resent the heat more than ever. By tomorrow afternoon I may take a walk through the garden with my grandson if it's not too humid.
Name: Connie Winlock, WA (Zone 8a) Need has nothing to do with it.
Am enjoying everyone's pictures. Love that Vancouver! Myrtle's Folly is one of my top favs. It's huge and so many blooms. I planted 2 clumps this year so I should have some for trade. Fingers crossed. My dahlias are busting out. Taking lots of pictures, many more to post. Will be going down on the Oregon coast in another week to go ATV riding for about 9 days. My husband recently passed away and this is the first time I've hooked the fifth wheel trailer up and got everything ready to go by myself. Having to become more independent.
So many lovelies! Like Liz and Geof have posted, your Myrtle's Folly is stunning, Connie! Your flower and pic of it is the nicest of MF that I have seen. It looks like a flaming orb! 
