My First Tsuki Yori No Shisha (Semi-Cactus) Dahlia Bloom - White Dahlia - July 2026
Dahlia cut flower season 1 rolls on with my first (ever) white dahlia bloom. A first (for me) Tsuki Yori No Shisha (Semi-Cactus) Dahlia white bloom that I cut on long stems. This is planted IB2DWs, sort-of under the Bald Cypress tree along the driveway. See below for the flower and a couple of secondary buds that I cut-off when I took this bloom. (I hate this part of the dahlia cut flower season when I end up sacrificing so many flowers in service of seeking longer stems.) Below shows the two sacrificial buds on either side of the big bloom. My experience says that dahlias don't *REALLY* open up once they are cut, so those two will stay semi-closed buds. Tsuki Yori No Shisha (Semi-Cactus) Dahlia Bloom Longfield Gardens has a listing up that includes this description : This stunning semi-cactus dahlia was bred in Japan and introduced in 1953. Its delicately fringed, snowy white petals give the big, 6 to 7" flowers a frilly look that w...