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I showed-off one of these new (to me) dahlias in a post last week that included some ball dahlias but one collarette dahlia named Pooh.  Of course it is, right?  It is red and yellow and adorable.  It is a collarette dahlia and this is the first (and only) one of those that I'm growing.   First...some photos of Pooh Dahlia with yellow centers and red petals: Swan Island Dahlias describes Pooh :  "A collarette color that is just plain cute! 3 1/2" bright orange blooms outlined in bright yellow, with a yellow collar make this one hard to miss. Very prolific bloomer on a 4 1/2' plant. Incredible garden color and holds well as a cutflower too." I'm at the point where I can agree on the first part (plain cute, hard-to-miss), but waiting on the second part (prolific bloomer and holds well as cut flower).   Based on how this one looks, I'll add a few more collarette tubers to my cart this Fall.  

Back in mid-December, I posted the details of my own Dahlia tuber order from Longfield Gardens that included some Maarn Ball Dahlias, Sweet Nathalie Decorative Dahlias and a bulk oder of Pablo Decorative Border Dahlias.   I say 'my own' Dahlia order because below are the details of a gift order that I was given for Christmas.  So...this is a 'gift order' of tubers and it includes one duplicate and a couple of new-to-me ones. Below is a screenshot of the order showing the tuber varieties:  I'll now be receiving some Wizard of Oz tubers, a few more Sweet Nathalies, some Zundert Mystery Fox Ball tubers and my first set of Collerette dahlias - this one named Pooh.  How can we not love a Winnie the Pooh themed Dahlia flower, right? This means I'll have (at least): 2 Ball varieties (Maarn and Mystery Fox) 1 Pompon variety (Wizard of Oz) 1 decorative variety (Sweet Nathalie) 1 collerette variety (Pooh) 1 decorative gallery variety (Pablo) Next job is to plan on where ...