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 to highlight two of our Legacy Hybridizers–Steve and Sandy Boley of […]
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Did you know that the American Dahlia Society (ADS) has created 10 color groups + 5 color blends to categorize dahlias? Dahlias bloom in such an incredible spectrum of colors! Because of the amazing genetic diversity contained in the DNA of these glorious plants, hybrid seed crosses can produce every color except blue and the
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Did you know that dahlias come in at least 20 forms (plus “micro” forms of most?)? Because of the amazing genetic diversity contained in the DNA of these glorious plants, hybrid seed crosses can produce a vast array of different-looking blooms. These forms can show up in many different sizes, too. Here are photos of
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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 their seed-planted dahlias will bloom. Each bloom is unique in the
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Our Rooted Dahlia Cuttings Pre-Sale is LIVE! ????Triple Wren is now offering 10 varieties of rooted dahlia cuttings in our online store, for shipping in spring 2024 to U.S. addresses! All 10 of these virus-tested, tissue culture propagated varieties are part of our Legacy Collection, meaning the hybridizers will receive royalties from every rooted cutting
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At Triple Wren, we love sharing beauty. In fact, the greatest joy we find in our work comes from connecting with our Legacy Program hybridizers and bringing their unavailable or obscure varieties to market so that more gardeners can enjoy growing the incredible diversity of beauty they’ve created. As more and more home gardeners begin
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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 hated flowers as a child… because he hated weeding! Growing up on a farm meant he had
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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 and her late husband Ronald created the stunning Vista series of dahlias, including Vista
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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 her focus and passion has become hybridizing new dahlia varieties. She has
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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 Pearl, Salish Alpen Glow, and more. We have several of Noni’s promising seedlings growing
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