These gorgeous white and pale purple dahlias are two varieties I feel we couldn’t live without here at the farm. We started growing Shiloh Noelle in 2018, and Bloomquist Compare in 2021. These dahlias are both so romantic, reliable, and vigorous. I’ve included both in flower walls, wedding work, and every dahlia application that demands […]
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These beautiful, glowy pink dahlias are two of our very favorite varieties here at the farm. Chilson’s Pride was the first dahlia I ever grew. It was given to me in 2009 by a friend here in WA, right after Steve and I moved to the PNW from the southeast U.S. Sweet Ms. Dorothy came
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If you visited our farm for an event this summer, you saw why we love growing the 700-ish named dahlia varieties in our fields. Besides the gorgeousness of it all, it is so helpful and useful to be able to compare similar blooms side by side for height, and vigor, and to observe how they
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These two beautiful hybrids – one from Kristine Albrecht of Santa Cruz Dahlias and one hybridized by Paul Bloomquist right here in Whatcom County, Washington – are similar, but they have some distinct differences. KA’s Peppercorn is a larger dahlia than Bloomquist Firecracker, but both have a fantastic red-and-white color palette. BLQ Firecracker is a novelty form,
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The two beautiful dahlias we’re exploring today have some similarities, but also some clear differences. Let’s compare two of our top customer favorites: Linda’s Baby and Jowey Winnie. Both of these sturdy ball form dahlias are considered pink by the American Dahlia Society, but Linda’s Baby tends to a more clear, glowing peachy-pink here at
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These two beautiful hybrids from Birch Bay Dahlias are similar, and but they have some lovely differences…. but the main thing they have in common is how very much dahlia fans want to have them in their gardens! Irish Candy is a slightly larger pom pom form dahlia than its cousin Irish D Porter, which
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If you’re able to visit our farm for an event some time, you’ll see why we love growing the 700-ish named varieties we’ve collected for our fields. Besides the amazing beauty, it is so helpful and useful to be able to compare plants side by side for height and vigor, bloom size and color, and
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These two glorious dahlias, Ms Honey (a 2024 introduction from Steve and Sandy Boley of Birch Bay Dahlias), and Rose Toscano (a 1991 introduction by U.S. Hybridizers H & B Brown), are super fun to compare. Side by side, they are are quite easy to tell apart, but the have some special similarities! Ms Honey
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We’ve been growing dahlias for 12 beautiful seasons here at the farm, and slowly over the years, our collection has grown immensely. Steve and I have curated the 700-ish named varieties we’re growing in 2023 in our fields so that it’s not only gorgeous, but also so we can have incredible genetic diversity here. We
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These two gorgeous hybrids are similar in their astounding size and breathtaking color palette, but but they do have some obvious differences. Omega has more of a cool pink/purple palette than the warm, deep toned coral/red Belle of Barmera, and these two dahlias also have different forms. Omega is considered a laciniated form because of
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