Some people grow dahlias because they are beautiful. Others grow them because something in the flower speaks deeply to them. Ken Greenway is one of those rare souls whose life has quietly intertwined with dahlias for decades. His flowers are steady,...
Sharing beauty
THROUGH DAHLIA EDUCATION
• the latest from Triple Wren •
Sharing beauty
THROUGH DAHLIA EDUCATION
• the latest from Triple Wren •
Legacy Dahlia Hybridizers: Bill Doolittle
Every hybridizer we work with carries a story, something tender and true that flows right into the flowers they create. Today we are honored to introduce you to Bill Doolittle, a gifted dahlia breeder whose work and heart we deeply admire. Bill Doolittle and...
Legacy Dahlias from Paul Bloomquist
Today we’d like to highlight the very first hybridizer of our Legacy Hybridizer Program. In fact, we started the Legacy Program just for him! In 2017, Steve met Paul Bloomquist at a local Dahlia Society meeting, and over the years they became friends. Paul is a dahlia...
New Legacy Dahlias from Birch Bay Dahlias
Our lives are filled with dahlias right now, despite the fact that it's winter. Every day we’re either organizing and dividing the 50,000-ish tuber clumps we dug from our field last fall, or busy talking with the amazing hybridizers who created them. Today we’d like...
Two New Salish Dahlias from Noni Morrison
We are so excited to introduce you to TWO new Salish dahlias— Salish Sweet Laila and Salish Glory Be. These dahlias are hybridized by the lovely Noni Morrison, who also hybridized Salish Twilight Girl and Salish Snow Day along with many other beauties--several of...
Introducing our Novice Hybridizer Class of 2024
It’s the first year of our exciting new Novice Hybridizer Program! We designed this program to help growers overcome the biggest barriers to sharing their dahlia creations with the world, and we are so pleased to introduce to you today the 8 dahlias beginning their...
Bloomquist Pink Parfait
https://vimeo.com/928134611?share=copy Bloomquist Pink Parfait is a perfect medium-pink dahlia bloom with kisses of blush pink at the tips of the petals. This 3” formal decorative dahlia is our first choice in any situation for a light-to-mid pink dahlia, whether...
Triple Wren Values Original Creators
At the end of summer, hybridizers collect seeds from fading dahlias that have been either wild pollinated or hand pollinated. They patiently save them all winter, and plant them the next spring. They care for their plants and wait even more… until mid-summer, when...
Legacy Dahlia Hybridizers: Glenn Gitts
Within our Dahlia Legacy Program, we’re honored to feature several different dahlias from hybridizer Glenn Gitts, who lives and creates right here in Whatcom County, Washington state. Despite his obvious current love for creating and cultivating dahlias, Glenn...
Legacy Dahlia Hybridizers: Jean Heeringa
Today we’d like to introduce you to another talented hybridizer: Jean Heeringa. We feel blessed to know her, as she brings so much joy and beauty into the world, and love having her as part of Triple Wren’s Legacy Program. Jean Heeringa Jean and her late husband...
Legacy Dahlia Hybridizers: Walt and Cory Wynne
Walt and Cory Wynne This week in our Legacy Program hybridizer feature, we’re featuring Wyn’s Dahlias. When we first began growing dahlias, Walt and Cory Wynne were our down-the-street neighbors here in Ferndale, Washington, and their amazing, life-long journey of...
Legacy Dahlia Hybridizers: Kristine Albrecht
Today’s Legacy Program Hybridizer is no stranger to most dahlia lovers in the U.S., as her stunning creations have been melting the hearts of gardeners and florists alike for years! Kristine Albrecht, founder of Santa Cruz Dahlias, started growing dahlias in 2006, and...
Legacy Dahlia Hybridizers: Noni Morrison
Today we’d like to introduce you to another talented hybridizer whom we’ve welcomed into Triple Wren’s Legacy Program: Noni Morrison. Noni is the creator of the much sought-after Salish series of dahlias, including Salish Twilight Girl, Salish Snow Day, Salish Sea...
Legacy Dahlia Hybridizers: Birch Bay Dahlias
We’re honored to feature in our Legacy Program many different dahlias hybridized by Steve and Sandy Boley of Birch Bay Dahlias. After growing and experimenting with dahlias for many years, Steve and Sandy’s first official dahlia introduction was released to the world...
Legacy Dahlia Hybridizers: Paul Bloomquist
Today we’d like to introduce you to the very first hybridizer of our Legacy Dahlia Program. In fact, we started the Legacy Program just for him! In 2017, Steve met Paul Bloomquist at a local Dahlia Society meeting, and over the years they became friends. Paul is a...
Three Things You need to Know About Growing Dahlias From Seeds
Will these seeds grow flowers that look like the dahlias that produced the seed? Answer: No, not usually! Dahlias have 8 sets of chromosomes, which means they have some marvelous genetic diversity. The seeds from one “mother” seed pod might make flowers which all look...






