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[ladyapple27]

My orange blend dahlia.

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[ladyapple27.livejournal.com]

Big-the plant gets 6-8 ft tall before pulling down the stakes each year. The blooms are in the 6-7 inch range. If it was properly pruned, the blossoms would be dinnerplates, but I prefer having more blooms over fewer gigantic ones.

Bonus: No 2 blossoms are identical, and the colors change with the weather.

[eqfe.livejournal.com]

Very yummy. I'm with you, those dinnerplate size dahlias need to be individually supported.

[ladyapple27.livejournal.com]

I'm going to use bigger stakes on this one next year. Then again, I used bigger stakes this year than last, and Big Orange was too much for them.