RE: Cathy & Gary

Hum.... Can you start them indoors to get a jump start on the season in zone
cold areas? Confused since is a tree form? Does it have tubers? Is it just a
basic type dahlia and is pruned to look like a tree? Does it go dormant in
the high zones and re-sprout/bloom? 

I am definitely confused about this....

Donna

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
> Behalf Of James R. Fisher
> Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2005 8:04 PM
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Cathy & Gary
> 
> james singer wrote:
> > Had a great time today with Cathy and Gary, wandering around Harry P.
> > Leu Botanical Garden. It was kind of hit and miss with camellia blooms,
> > but there were a lot more roses blooming than I had expected. Even saw a
> > plant I'd never seen before--a tree dahlia [D. imperialis]. Kind of a
> > scruffy looking small tree, but very nice pink dahlia blooms. I've no
> > idea what its USDA zone range is, but will try to find out before I post
> > a picture.
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> It's an annual, like all Dahlia species and hybrids. But most of the time
> in temperate zones it gets cut down by frost before flowering. Likely
> you'd
> only see it flower in zones 9 and above.
> -jrf
> --
> Jim Fisher
> Vienna, Virginia USA
> 38.9 N 77.2 W
> USDA Zone 7
> Max. 95 F [36 C], Min. 10 F [-12 C]
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