Bit of a cliche, but for the pure red flowers and dark foliage, so far it’s Bishop of Llandalf.
Another I was surprisingly pleased with is Noordwijks Glorie - lovely blooms held clear of the foliage and fairly self-supporting for it’s height. I am a fairly new Dahlia growing tho, so lots still to discover...
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
I like any dahlia that I can get to grow and look like a decent plant, rather than a long, floppy slug-ravaged mess. Don't like the ones with dark foliage, too gloomy. I like the cactus and dense pompom flowers in strong colours, they remind me of the wax ones my nan had when I was small. Before plastic flowers, and more lifelike. And I like the single yellow ones about a foot tall because they remind me of some my dad grew in front of the house I grew up in.
I like the Bishop ones and any with darker leaves anyway- when mine finally flowered (later than all the others due to planting late) I couldn't believe just how strong the red was.
Waltzing Matilda looks fantastic too so I'll have to add that next year.
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Another I was surprisingly pleased with is Noordwijks Glorie - lovely blooms held clear of the foliage and fairly self-supporting for it’s height. I am a fairly new Dahlia growing tho, so lots still to discover...
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I know that's three but it's it's very hard form to single the best out of the three mentioned.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
I like the Bishop ones and any with darker leaves anyway- when mine finally flowered (later than all the others due to planting late) I couldn't believe just how strong the red was.
Waltzing Matilda looks fantastic too so I'll have to add that next year.