@kousa - "Mandolls, my Kelgai Ann from you are also blooming but the color is nowhere pink as yours. It is blush, very pretty but it's a JB magnet. THe JBs attack them even before the buds are opened. "
I noticed last year (my first year for Kelgai Ann), that the pink color varied a lot over the season and from flower to flower. I actually prefer it as a light blush simply because I have so many intense pink dahlias. It does seem to be a bug magnet - but I have seen that with any really pale dahlia. My whites always have the most insect problems. Luckily I don't have much in the way of japanese beetles, but the earwigs and slugs are going crazy this year with all of the rain we have had.
