I am still impressed by how early dahlias bloom in some gardens. To me, they are for late summer, right about now. Do you think that yours are late, or right on time?
Mom was a lover of these and here in NH they are budded up and beginning to open. A neighbor had them covered in dirt still, my mom cared for hers like they were gold so he dumped them in my front yard and it may have been a few days before I grabbed the tractor to pick them all up and I noticed they had new growth starting so maybe what ever kind these are they love Aug-Sept and hopefully early Oct then I will dig them up, trim and probably box them in shavings and pray they will be good to plant next spring. His wife died so in memory of my mom I graciously accepted his gift of 60 or 70 of them. I shared 10 or 12 with a fellow garden club member and friend. She will more than likely leave them to die.
Right I may go dig them up and place them in a town garden where I can watch over them until I am gone. Right now torrential rains are here then two days to dry out then 3 more days of storms. I can not wait to see what sizes and colors the others are the one open is a deep red but the size of a small orange 🙂 so gorgeous though. I will read up on them and do what all those lovers do for theirs I would like to think his wife is happy they didn’t just rot, uncared for.
Tony Tomeo 
lol growing my gifted tubers and just one red one opened so far but the buds are endless.
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I am still impressed by how early dahlias bloom in some gardens. To me, they are for late summer, right about now. Do you think that yours are late, or right on time?
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Mom was a lover of these and here in NH they are budded up and beginning to open. A neighbor had them covered in dirt still, my mom cared for hers like they were gold so he dumped them in my front yard and it may have been a few days before I grabbed the tractor to pick them all up and I noticed they had new growth starting so maybe what ever kind these are they love Aug-Sept and hopefully early Oct then I will dig them up, trim and probably box them in shavings and pray they will be good to plant next spring. His wife died so in memory of my mom I graciously accepted his gift of 60 or 70 of them. I shared 10 or 12 with a fellow garden club member and friend. She will more than likely leave them to die.
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That is a generous gift, even if it is at the wrong time of year. That is unfortunate that your gift to your friend may not survive, though.
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Right I may go dig them up and place them in a town garden where I can watch over them until I am gone. Right now torrential rains are here then two days to dry out then 3 more days of storms. I can not wait to see what sizes and colors the others are the one open is a deep red but the size of a small orange 🙂 so gorgeous though. I will read up on them and do what all those lovers do for theirs I would like to think his wife is happy they didn’t just rot, uncared for.
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Would they get water in a town garden?
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I have personally hauled 9 gals every other day to water before we used self-watering containers 🙂
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😍😍😍😍😎🙌🏼❤️
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Thank you.
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