Oh My, I didn't list these NEW ones!!

The garden will also grow these NEW dahlias!   The tubers are ready for 2013 Spring planting:


Philadelphia, Red, BB, ID

Maxime, Red/yellow Bi-color, BB, FD

Timmo, Burgundy Red, BB, FD

Berliner Orange, Orange, BB, Waterlily

Avignon, White/Red, variegated, A, ID

Vancouver, Purple/white Bl tips, B, IC

Northlake Heritage, Yellow, B, Laciniated

Badger Twinkle, Purple/White, M, SC

Skipley Bonanza, Red, B, IC

Mayan Warrior, Dark Pink, BB, SC

Primrose Pet, Yellow, Stellar

Marilyn M., Pink, BB, IC

Here's a couple of photos:

VANCOUVER

MAXIME

Have a Great day!!

New dahlias for the garden next Spring!!

Here's a list of the new tubers already on hand to plant in the garden next Spring:
Bold Accent, BB, SC, Lav/Pink blend
White Nettie, M BA, White
Tiny Treasure, POM, White
Platinum Blonde, AN, White
Kenora Macop-B, A, LC Dark Red
Millenium, BB, LC, PR/W, lost it... bringing it back cause I love it!
Angel's Dust, WL, White
Frigoulet, BB, SC DB, R/W
Stevie D, BB, FD, Bl, R/W
Wyn's Sensation, A, SC BR
Loverboy, B, SC, Red
F.D.N.Y, Red, S, SC
Barbarry Red Baron, Red, M, FD
Bracken Palomino, Apricot, B, FD
Crazy 4 Jessie, Dark Red, BB, IC
Clara Marie, Pink, BB, FD
Elma Elizabeth, Lav., A, FD
Oreti Liz, Pink, M, FD
Normandy Wild Willie, Purple/white, B, Lac.
Tanner Joe, Var., BB, FD

And, I am very excited to see these new darlings and anxious to see them bloom!!
Have a GREAT Day!

Dahlias are being dug and divided...

We're into our third week of digging and dividing tubers.  Should be done by Friday!!  Yahoo!!

On my hands and knees, clippers in hand, I cut them

all down.  All are labeled for digging.  Because I worry

about getting surprised by a cold winter storm, cut early

before we had a 'hard' frost.  Seems to be okay.

Here's trays of tubers dug, waiting to be divided.

After we divided each variety the tubers go into these gold

buckets containing 2 tablespoons of Daconil, a fungicide,

and soak for 20 minutes.

We use this netting bag and bucket to pour the tubers

and Daconil water solution out, and put the tubers in

trays to dry overnight.

The divided tubers, soaked in Daconil, are left overnight

with a space heater running and an oscillating fan to help

distribute the warmth and air to facilitate drying the tubers.

After almost three weeks of this routine, it does look like there is a "light at the end of the tunnel!"

The LAST Bouquets of Summer!

Sad to say, these two bouquets were the

last bouquets of the Summer!!

The weather has been phenomenal!!!

And the dahlias have been even more phenomenal!  Here's a photo of Art in the garden to give you an idea of just HOW phenomenal:

In the background starting from the right is the dahlia "Crazy Legs" then Woodland's Wild Thing, then Dr. John Kaiser and Orange Bounty.

I'm expecting the weather to be colder than last nights' 35º and if it is, the dahlias will turn black and I will start cutting them down.  Then the real WORK begins!!

On the bright side, here's a few photos of some of the new ones:

Stellyvonne

River's Everyone

Just Ducky

Granny Norman

Cyril Higgo

Creekside Volcano

Prime Minister

Carmen

A small section of the garden.

Oh, and this one's for Bobbie:

Grand Prix

More later....

I've never seen the dahlias perform so beautifully!!

With more than 600 varieties growing in the garden it is a kalaidascope of colors!!  Absolutely breathtaking!!  I took a bunch of photos of the dahlias but the camera setting was not the best.  I will take more photos today and try to do better than these ones:

Busy now with labeling and tagging the dahlias...

POND becomes a reality!!

 New wall behind the bathtub waterfall.

 The wall and stairs... our house is in the background.

 The bathtub and steps created so we can walk into the pond (with chestwaders on) to clean if needed.

The fountain!!  We've added pink and white waterlilies that are now putting out their leaves.  Much yet to do!

At last, our pond sprays waters from a delightful fountain; the waterfall out of the bathtub performs beautifully; Art has been busy with block creating a lovely wall, steps and other creative areas.  It is so pleasant to sit and watch the fish with the watersounds!