The lovely Citron de Cap dahlia in my profile photo is taking for.ev.er. to sprout this year. Does anyone grow this one? It's a beauty!
I start my tall dahlias early in March. All sprouted and broke ground before being hardened outside and then planted except for Citron. I dug them up, and sure enough, quite a few had sprouts just starting. Finally, one has broken ground this month. That is 3-4 months to break ground!
I did split in the fall and planted some with no visible eyes in March just to see, and it turned out that a few didn't have eyes. I'm going to split in the Spring next time and possibly split a bit less.
I'm very excited that my new Bridezilla and OMG dahlias from Swan have already broken ground and are well on their way despite being planted straight in the ground at the end of May. Perhaps just the rain, warmer ground and real sun move them along faster...Or Citron is just a diva. :D
