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About Us (Bob & Janet Trewhitt) Our goal is to provide quality dahlia tubers and garden products with your satisfaction in mind. Fleurtiques - Washington State Master License UBI 601 922 969 Our new adventure in retirement is about to begin. The move East to Knoxville, Tennessee is on the calendar for the middle of May - I'll continue growing dahlias there. It will be a totally new experience as I adapt to the climate and figure out the growing conditions which are so different from The Pacific Northwest. We'll keep you updated on our progress. My husband Bob and I live in Everett Washington, just North of Seattle. We've grown dahlias here for the past 10 years. We (I) started out with 6 dahlias - just white, yellow and pink - all bouquet sized 6" semi-cactus. Well, there are so many varieties that I continued to add more colors, sizes and styles until I had over 400 planted and began selling my extra tubers about 6 years ago through Craigslist, eBay and wholesale through Dahlia-net. This is our first year selling through a website and it's proving to be very exciting!! That's Bob - looks like he's afraid I'll find another project for him. He's the muscle behind the garden spot creation and I do the planting, digging, dividing and general care. Yes, that's me on the right at 8:00 a.m. on a bright Summer day, fresh from the shower - the day was so beautiful and the dahlias were a sight (I was too!!!).
In the photo with me areTaratahi Sunrise (orange/yellow) behind me, a huge Elsie Huston (bright pink) in front and Cameo Peach (orange), Alfred C (tall orange), Camano Denali (dark red), Cameo (light yellow) and Alloway Candy (light pink). | 
Jan's Pink Sunset - 2007 Seedling Jan's Red Flame - 2007 Seedling Jan's Tuscan Sun - 2006 Seedling Exciting News! My friend, Trish Farrar, is preparing an ever evolving line of custom jewelry to show on this website - please look at her new page now available... | The seeds from a dahlia never duplicate the parent. That's where the excitement of growing dahlias from seeds comes in. Seeds are planted about 1 inch apart and covered to a depth of about 1/4 inch. Water as needed to keep the soil damp, but not soggy.
Seeds will germinate in 7-21 days under a variety of conditions. You can speed up germination by providing bottom heat. Heating cables or mats work great or you can try the warm top of an old refrigerator or freezer.
You will transplant them to larger containers when they have 2 or more sets of true leaves - plant outdoors after all danger of frost.
After you have transplanted your seedling and it starts forming buds, you will wait in anticipation to see the results. Many times you will get a single flower much like that on the lower left of this page - but occasionally you will get a beauty like Jan's Pink Sunset. That dahlia is then yours to name, nourish and present to the world. |
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