First Jowey Winnie Dahlia Bloom - July 2026
All the way back in August of 2024, I posted a "Getting to Know" post about a number of dahlias that I had come across in that growing season that jumped out to me. Enough, at least, to write that post about. One of those varieties in that post was Burlesca. I'm growing those this year. And another one was Jowey Winnie. I bought two tubers of Jowey Winnie from Longfield Gardens this past Winter and have put them through my normal dahlia tuber program of starting indoors, moving outdoors and planting in the beds. One of them IB2DWs and one of them in the Pizza Oven West bed. The one in front was a dud and didn't grow. The one in the back by the pizza oven is throwing off its first bloom. But, is it Jowey Winnie? Here is the bloom on *my* Jowey Winnie Dahlia before I cut it: As for why I'm questioning if this is, indeed, a Jowey Winne, let me turn to the seller, Longfield Gardens, and their product page ....