Milena Fleur Dahlias In Bloom - September 2024
2024 continues to be (for me) the Summer of the Dahlia. Specifically....the Milena Fleur Decorative Dahlia. Last Fall/Winter, I ordered six Milena Fleur Dahlia tubers - my first mail order dahlia tubers. I also bought a couple Cornell Bronze Dahlia tubers at the same time , but based on what I was seeing/reading from Erin the Impatient Gardener on her Instagram, I bought MORE Milena Fleur dahlias than anything else. There was A LOT to like about these: they're 'compact' - meaning they stay short and don't require staking. As a beginning Dahlia grower, that was important. But, also...the color. These are billed by White Flower Farm as "blossoms that blend tropical shades of coral pink, papaya, and gold." My journey started earlier this Spring when I potted up the six Melina Fleurs in one-gallon nursery pots - indoors . At the very beginning of May this year. After they sprouted, I started to bring them up and outside for hardening off - a little