Before the Dahlias
Jul 17, 2017 00:15:22 #
Jul 17, 2017 01:33:10 #
I don't know whether to celebrate or boohoo over these, Sherry. It's hard to look at something this beautiful and realize that they're no more thanks to our 47+ inches of rain. I'm so glad you were able to capture them, and your images are lovely droplets and all!
Jul 17, 2017 05:04:03 #
Dixiegirl wrote:
I don't know whether to celebrate or boohoo over these, Sherry. It's hard to look at something this beautiful and realize that they're no more thanks to our 47+ inches of rain. I'm so glad you were able to capture them, and your images are lovely droplets and all!
Thanks, Donna. I'm hoping to get another round of blooms from them. When I returned home from my most recent trip, most of them were dead, dead, dead! Some just pulled out of the ground with mush at their roots; some had new growth near the ground so I cut back just above that. A few straggly stalks are still standing, with leaves but no blooms. As long as our season is, there is time for more blooms. This far south, they don't do well with the heat of summer anyway, but have picked back up and produced well in the fall. I've got my fingers crossed!
Jul 17, 2017 06:00:37 #
Jul 17, 2017 10:22:42 #
Beautiful shots and colors on all your Dahlias, Sherry!! Dry or wet, you can't go wrong with those beautiful flowers, nice set!!
Jul 17, 2017 13:51:58 #
DOOK wrote:
These are first rate photos, Sherry. Beautiful shots.
Thanks so much, Earl! In your neck of the woods, these are known as "red blooms".
Jul 17, 2017 13:57:02 #
angela k wrote:
Beautiful shots and colors on all your Dahlias, Sherry!! Dry or wet, you can't go wrong with those beautiful flowers, nice set!!
Thank you, Angela. I got the rhizomes from Mom (in Ky) who has to dig hers up every year. So, if they totally succumb to the floods, I can always get more. Maybe. Hmm. Gonna go now, gotta give Mom a call!
Jul 17, 2017 13:59:12 #
STVest wrote:
Thank you, Angela. I got the rhizomes from Mom (in Ky) who has to dig hers up every year. So, if they totally succumb to the floods, I can always get more. Maybe. Hmm. Gonna go now, gotta give Mom a call!
...maybe you should consider planting in pots for this kind of situation, then you can always move them to a safe place. I plant all my flowers/perenials in pots.
Jul 17, 2017 14:47:28 #
Jul 17, 2017 15:25:13 #
STVest wrote:
Thanks, Donna. I'm hoping to get another round of ... (show quote)
I'm glad you told me that, Sherry. I've got some in pots that have yet to make it into the ground. They've stopped blooming, and the plants look waterlogged, but maybe there's still hope.
Jul 17, 2017 15:35:42 #
angela k wrote:
...maybe you should consider planting in pots for this kind of situation, then you can always move them to a safe place. I plant all my flowers/perenials in pots.
...maybe you should consider planting in pots for this kind of situation, then you can always move them to a safe place. I plant all my flowers/perenials in pots.
These are bush type and get quite large and I already have quite a few that must be winterized (you understand!). Hubby's medical issues don't permit him to be any help in slinging around heavy pots. All of my gardening is done between bouts of revolt by my back, shoulders, and arms. I found a hand truck on Amazon specifically designed for moving large pots; guess I need to spring for it - or put an orthopedist on retainer. Even so, these are so large I think I'll just depend on Mom for any needed new tubers. I also suppose I should make a note to be sure I get to Ky to do the digging for her this year - her arthritis has been bothering her more than normal for the last few months. Geesh, I don't know what her problem is - she won't be 89 until January.
Jul 17, 2017 15:36:41 #
HOT Texas wrote:
Nice!!!!!
Thanks, HOT! I appreciate you dropping by.
Jul 17, 2017 15:47:35 #
Jul 17, 2017 15:51:14 #
Dixiegirl wrote:
I'm glad you told me that, Sherry. I've got some in pots that have yet to make it into the ground. They've stopped blooming, and the plants look waterlogged, but maybe there's still hope.
Mom's instructions to me were to cut them back to about 8" when the frost killed them. Then, 3 weeks later, dig up the tubers (any tubers planted the following spring must have some of the old tuber and have a sprout). I've only had them over one winter and it was less than three weeks from death to new growth - so they were never taken up. They apparently don't really need a dormancy because this year they got quite large and were absolutely covered in blooms (sadly, no pics of full plant). Other than fertilizer a couple of times and staking them as necessary, I did nothing - no pinching or pruning which should have made them fuller still. Then, they drowned. But, the area they are in really has NO drainage. I just stuck them there to get them in the ground until I can figure out where I really want them. (I think I know where that is, but it's too wet to plow!)
Jul 17, 2017 15:52:02 #
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