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...
It would be like choosing my favourite child, even though I don't have any children
He calls her the chocolate girl Cause he thinks she melts when he touches her She knows she's the chocolate girl Cause she's broken up and swallowed And wrapped in bits of silver
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...
I know that's three but it's it's very hard form to single the best out of the three mentioned.
Cause he thinks she melts when he touches her
She knows she's the chocolate girl
Cause she's broken up and swallowed
And wrapped in bits of silver
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.