Great memory of the garden.
Well I've only grown the typical big store type dahlias. I tend to lean toward purple with dahlias, but not opposed to any color really. Didn't know different shapes existed until I started looking at vendor offerings. A little bit of sticker shock. Will definitely be lifting any dahlias I plant. That was the problem I had a long time ago when I planted dahlias, didn't know to lift them in the fall and well, no more dahlias. Not sure that I'm a pom-pom shape fan, just doesn't look like a flower to me for some reason.
How about you? What shapes are you growing?