Best dahlia varieties in 2023 (in Geoff & Heather’s garden!)

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Geoff & Heather grow over 150 dahlia varieties in their UK garden. This video shows the best!
Geoff and Heather have been growing dahlias for over 30 years and have tried hundreds of different varieties. They look for dahlias that produce lots of flowers that are strong and colourful. This video shows the cream of the crop in 2023.
The garden has been on BBC Gardeners World twice.
Dahlias
Dahlias start flowering in July and will continue to flower until the first frost, so they have a very long flowering season.
Their flowers come in many sizes from the tiniest pompons to the giant dinner-plate varieties, there are several shapes, including the round ball shaped decorative varieties, the spiky cactus types, the delicately pretty waterlilies and the pin-cushion shaped anemones.
They come in every colour apart from blue, and there are dahlias that reach 9 feet / 3 metres tall, whilst others only reach 18 inches / 40 centimetres.
So there is a dahlia suitable for every garden, and they can even be grown in pots.
Geoff and Heather have been growing dahlias for many years and use the different shapes and sizes to help create a tiered effect in their garden in Cheshire. Together with salvias, fuchsias, and bedding plants they have managed to create a riot of summer colour.
Each September they open their garden to the public as part of the U.K. National Garden Scheme.
In this video, and the other videos in the series, they show you how they manage to do this, providing guidance on how to grow perfect dahlias.

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  • @Dahliaholic
    @Dahliaholic9 ай бұрын

    Here are the names of the varieties 3:47 Spartacus 4:04 Wanda’s Capella 5:14 White Charlie Two 5:41 Sunshine Paul 5:50 Hillcrest Kismet 6:04 Westerton Harry 6:20 Maxime 6:47 Winholme Diane 7:07 Hoamatland 7:22 Tracey Diane 7:39 Hillcrest Firecrest 7:56 Ryecroft Delight 8:16 Twilight Boy 8:26 Jomanda 8:45 Mary’s Jomanda 8:57 Skelmersdale Jayne 9:04 Polventon Kristobel 9:34 Formby Art 10:03 Hapet Unique 10:21 Westerton Ella Grace 10:51 Hollyhill Lover Boy 11:35 Irish Glow 12:24 Ryecroft Blackberry 13:07 Summit Festival 13:16 Sandia Melody 13:32 Hollyhill Black Widow 13:41 Edwin’s Sunset 13:48 Gwyneth 13:55 Sheps Memory 14:04 Carmen Bunky 14:35 Vivian Russel 15:15 Skipley Grande 15:29 Clearview Jonas 15:42 Coral Jupiter 16:14 Black Jack 16:21 Cryfield Edna 16:35 Trooper Dan 16:40 Hollyhill Finlandia 17:16 Andrew Mitchell 17:54 Dagmar 18:06 Amy K 18:15 Kenora Wow 18:24 Hillcrest Candy 18:45 Grenidor Pastelle 18:57 Sorbet 19:08 Cleo Laine 19:22 Wittemans Superba 19:33 AC Abby 19:43 Kenora Sunset 19:54 Hollyhill Renoir 20:09 Parkland Rave 20:14 Ferncliff Cameo 20:23 Hapet Icarus 20:40 Clearview Cameron 20:52 Weston Spanish Dancer 21:14 Hollyhill Jitterbug 21:30 Weston Melody 21:38 Pipers Pink 21:47 Weston Pirate 22:03 Hapet Ideal 22:12 Josudi Hercules 22:20 Crazy 4 Jessie 22:30 Ryecroft Pixie 22:45 Hadrian’s Delight (note, this is not Rossendale Jojo!) 23:02 Josudi Sunburst 23:15 Marlene Joy 23:42 Maggie C 23:58 Kenora Macop B 24:33 Hadrians Midnight 24:48 Hadrians Summer Wine 24:53 Spanish Conquest 24:58 Melody Swing 26:27 Octopus Sparkle 26:30 Totally Tangerine 26:35 Hapet Elegance 26:40 Crème de Cassis

  • @flowerlovewhitemagnolia5598
    @flowerlovewhitemagnolia55989 ай бұрын

    Wow~ I am so touched again by stopping by the wonderful dahlia garden. Your love for dahlias is the same as mine. Thank you for showing me the precious dahlias. 🤗🤗🤗👍👍👍👏👏👏

  • @peterrat100
    @peterrat1009 ай бұрын

    Spot on, Geoff. Just right for those of us who are growers rather than showers!

  • @janewhite2331
    @janewhite23319 ай бұрын

    I would go with your choices Heather, beautiful

  • @denvertom7627
    @denvertom76279 ай бұрын

    so cute at the end 😊

  • @wendychandler8304
    @wendychandler83049 ай бұрын

    Beautiful - you must have had more than the usual amount of work preparing for this lovely show. Thank you both for sharing this.

  • @vlawmsiama4340

    @vlawmsiama4340

    9 ай бұрын

    Seed varieties plis send

  • @cw5841
    @cw58419 ай бұрын

    Even with the inclement weather you've produced a spectacular display yet again. Down here on the south coast, the strong winds this year has destroyed most of mine - I need stronger support me thinks ! Thanks for showing.

  • @monikamona5271
    @monikamona52717 ай бұрын

    I love your garden, it is so colourful

  • @aliceainscough1858
    @aliceainscough18589 ай бұрын

    The waterlily variety are my favourite

  • @hallsofheddon6164
    @hallsofheddon61648 ай бұрын

    The hot dry summer meant you weren't alone in having some varieties thinner on the number of petals than usual. You are right that varieties may sometimes break down and show open centres but thorough and consistent selecting of stock should ensure this doesn't happen. We had a problem with B J Beauty about 15 years ago where our stock didn't perform as well with the majority of our stock producing open centred blooms. We ruthlessly discarded anything that looked substandard and rebuilt our stock from the few plants that were of the quality we would expect . WE have never had any issues since. Our White Charlie Two has also been superb though we have had a similar issue to you with our Spartacus. We had to discard Irish Glow as the stock broke down with virus, probably the reason why yours aren't flowering as well. WE used to have it growing up to at least 3ft but one season we had issues and plants never achieved more than 18"!

  • @Dahliaholic

    @Dahliaholic

    8 ай бұрын

    Thanks David, I will throw out the substandard WC2 plants.

  • @1satishrawat
    @1satishrawat4 ай бұрын

    Nice

  • @hallsofheddon6164
    @hallsofheddon61648 ай бұрын

    Your stock of Hillcrest Candy looks perfectly ok, still having more white in the centre than some i have seen. As long as it is getting to a good height i would definitely persevere with it.

  • @Dahliaholic

    @Dahliaholic

    8 ай бұрын

    Thanks David, I will stick to Candy!

  • @laurelsayer7557
    @laurelsayer75578 ай бұрын

    So many KZreadr's are professional growers or flower arrangers who when discussing dahlias are looking at the merits of dahlias purely as cut flowers. Of course, the best dahlias for a garden are often quite different so your critique has been really useful. Thank you.

  • @ingridshepherd2168
    @ingridshepherd21689 ай бұрын

    Thank you for such an informative video. I visited Hall's of Heddon yesterday, and it was amazing, the blooms look much better in real life than in their catalogue.....I'm going to get a few new varieties ordered! Keep up the good work.

  • @stup7525
    @stup75259 ай бұрын

    Thank you for this video. I understand now that maybe i need to change some varietes for next year. And you are so wonderful as always.

  • @faithg9766
    @faithg97669 ай бұрын

    A bit like the dahlia Maxime, with age I have also rather gone in the middle. So interesting to see the shots of your open days and then see the havoc the weather has caused since.

  • @AEOEstablishment
    @AEOEstablishment9 ай бұрын

    I am from pakisan and i have learnt all my dahlia expertise from Geoff and Heather videos. I am trying to make my front lawn as yours. Plz tell me the names of other small flowers in the front row. plz plz plz plz

  • @Dahliaholic

    @Dahliaholic

    9 ай бұрын

    The small red and pink flowers at the front of the beds are Begonia “Sahara Mixed” The tall blue flowers at 0:32 are Aster “Monch” and the yellow flowers in front are Rudbeckia “Goldsturm”. I also grow Verbena Rigida, lots of different Salvias, three varieties of French Marigolds, and blue Heliotropes

  • @user-qg6oz8uk6k
    @user-qg6oz8uk6k9 ай бұрын

    凄く綺麗ですね。ここを歩いてみたいです。

  • @Dahliaholic

    @Dahliaholic

    9 ай бұрын

    ありがとう

  • @monikamona5271
    @monikamona52717 ай бұрын

    Great video. Can you please reccomend a lilac lavender dalia?

  • @Dahliaholic

    @Dahliaholic

    7 ай бұрын

    There’s one called Taratahi Lilac that’s very pretty

  • @faithg9766
    @faithg97669 ай бұрын

    I've seen Creme de Cassis in a few different gardens this year and thinking of trying it myself next year. How did you rate it ?

  • @Dahliaholic

    @Dahliaholic

    9 ай бұрын

    It’s not one of my favourites, but Heather likes it. When it’s at its best it’s pretty, but I don’t like the way the petals go brown as soon as it’s past it’s best. It is quite a short grower

  • @Dahliaholic
    @Dahliaholic9 ай бұрын

    I’ve just found out that the dahlia at 22:45 is in fact Hadrian’s Delight, ie not Rossendale Jojo!

  • @nidheeshkrishnan8150
    @nidheeshkrishnan81509 ай бұрын

    i wanted some daliya bulbs .but im in india😊

  • @vlawmsiama4340
    @vlawmsiama43409 ай бұрын

    Please your dahlia varieties seed please send

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