2011 CATALOG

We are now open for sales for the 2011 season. If there is something you don't see listed here, but know I grow, contact me - teresa@dahlias4u.com. I do have onesies and twosies of some varieties but not enough to list. Nearly any sold or not available variety can be ordered as a plant. If it listed as a plant for sale, ask me about it. Be sure to order your dahlia calendar by Franck Avril. ALL profits from these will be donated to the Portland Dahlia Society to go towards the financing of the National Dahlia show to be held there in 2012.
	Variety Name	Size, Form, Color	Stock Number	Description	Ht.	Price - Tubers	Price - ....Plants
	AC CJ	BB SC OR		Wonderful bright orange flower. Does great in the shows and wonderful in bouquets.	4-1/2'	$8.00
	AC DARK HORSE	AA SC PR		Easily comes to size. Silvery backside makes for an unusual looking bloom.	5'	$9.00
	AC FIREFLY	M FD V		Very floriferous plant-- blooms look like a small Amorous.	5'	$5.00
	ALFRED C	AA SC OR		Huge bright orange.  Great show flower.	5'	$6.00
	AMOROUS	BB FD V OR/R		Burnt orange with red streaks.	5'	$5.00
	ANGELA DODI	B LC LB L/W		Stunning laciniated white with lavender tips. Very full, round blooms and lots of them.	4'	$6.00
	ARALUEN LEATRICE	BB ID PK		A very nice garden flower from my Australian friend, Ron Wilkes. It has a tiny tip of gold.	4'	$4.00
	ARNSIDE ROSE	BB FD PK/Y		A lovely formal dec from England. Prolific bloomer, good cut flower, should do well in the shows.	5'	.$6.00
	BEDHEAD	BB OR IC		I used to grow Bright Star, but had trouble with the centers going open, so have started growing this one. It is nearly identical.	5'	Not available.
	BELLE OF THE BALL	A LC PR		Only one in it's class. Gorgeous shade of light purple (I would describe it as more of a lavender.) Needs heavy disbudding to get it to an A.	4'	Tubers not available	Plants only $6.00
	BERT PITT	B ID BI DR/W		A real people-pleaser.  Dark red evenly tipped white.	4'	$5.00
	BRACKEN SARAH	B FD LB		"Edna C like" in it's shape. Lots of well formed blooms. Muted yellow to pink blend. This one shows well.	5'	$6.00
	CAMANO RASCAL	B C BI R/W		A wonderful flower from the great Dick Ambrose. Sometimes they will go solid red -- but still beautiful.	4'	.Tubers sold out.	Plants only available $6.00
	CAMANO SITKA	A C DB Y/BR		Though officially classified as bronze, it is more a beautiful bright orange flower with yellow center. Grows quite tall and looks like a beacon in the garden. Tops in it's class -- 147 blues or better in 2008.	5'	$5.00
	CAPROZ JERRY GARCIA	B FD R		Beautiful red blooms that my cut-flower customers love, and it shows well.	4-1/2'	$5.00
	CAPROZ JEWEL OF ARLENE	B LC DR		Named for a queen in the dahlia world - Arlene Probizanski.  Beautiful dark red laciniated that looks like it has lighter tips.	4-1/2'	$5.00
	CARMEN BUNKY	WL DP		Introduced by John Sullivan in 2007, this lovely dark pink waterlily is a good show flower and does well as a cut flower also. Watch for this one to overtake Wildwood Marie in show awards in the near future.	4-1/2'	$7.00
	CHARLIE DIMMOCK	WL OR			5'	Not available.
	CHEYENNE	BB LC FL		An oldie that is one of the brightest in the garden. My Mother passed her love of this one on to me.	4'	Not available
	CHIMACUM JULIA	B IC Y		Beautiful incurved yellow. More incurved by it's close show competitor -- Windhaven Highlight.	5'	$6.00
	CHIMACUM KATIE	BB FD L		Perfect formation and one of the most vivid colors in the garden. Great in every way -- garden - show - cut.	5'	Not available.
	CLARA HUSTON	AA IC OR		Bright, gorgeous blooms. Can be biggest in show.	4'	$6.00
	CLEARVIEW MAGIC	AA NX DR		Very interesting dark red with gold on the backside of the wavy petals.	5'	$6.00
	CREEKSIDE VOLCANO	B LC FL R/Y		Grows very tall. Incredible colors. First time I saw this one, it reminded me of a beacon.	5'+	$5.00
	CROYDON MASTERPIECE	AA ID OR		HUGE oldie that's been around since 1948 (that makes it almost as old as I am!!), but still holds it's own in the shows. Hard to find.	5'	Sold out
	CRYFIELD HARMONY				4'	$8.00
	DOROTHY MAY	BB SC PR		Gorgeous purple color and great form. Much underused flower	5'	$6.00
	E. L. JUDITH M	B SC LB L/W		Very nice lavender-pink with white center. Wonderful cut flower as well as being beautiful in the garden	5'	$4.00
	ESMERELDA	BB SC PR		A gorgeous shade of royal purple introduced in 2006 by Wayne Shantz. A "must have" if you love purple like I do.	4'	Not available
	FERNCLIFF PRIDE	A ID BI Y/W		Beautiful eye-catching garden flower. Bright yellow, evenly tipped white		Not available
	GLORIOSA	B FD V Y/R		Large variegated, yellow with red stripes. 75 blues or better in 2008.	5'	$5.00
	GRAND FINALE	AA SC DR		Listed as dark red, but is more on the purple side. Has white streaks down the petals.	4'	$6.00
	HART'S DR. McMURRAY	AA ID OR		Giant orange blooms that easily come to size. One of the most floriferous of the giants I've ever grown. Winner of the Stanley Hart award for 2009. Avg. trial garden score 86.29	5'	Tubers sold out. Only plants available.	$10.00
	HART'S LEMON CHIFFON	BB FD Y/R		A great flower for cutting. Long, sturdy stems. Beautiful shade of yellow -- a garden favorite last summer.	5'	$8.00
	HART'S SUGAR	B SC W		Very nice creamy white blooms -- and lots of them. Although the hybridizer lists this as BB IC W, it grew as a B SC for me. Due to the late season, I was unable to enter any in the shows, but believe it will show well.	5'	$6.00
	HART'S TICKLED PINK	AA ID PK		Hard to find color in it's class. Best in it's class in 2010. Easy to grow to size.	5'	$8.00
	HARVEST	A LC OR		Nice light-orange laciniated dahlia.	5'	$5.00
	HARVEY KOOP	A ID V DR/Y		Looks like a Spartacus splashed with golden yellow (or visa-versa). Attention getter and does well in shows. (Very limited stock)	4'	Tubers sold out.	Plants only $12.00
	HELLO THERE!	B SC BI DR/W		Beautiful dark red with white tips. Great stems for cutting, and a favorite with garden visitors.	4'	Sold out.	Plants only - $6.00
	HIGGO WONDER	BB LC DB		Gorgeous purple laciniated, with white center. One of my favorites of the new ones I grew last year.		Tubers not available.	Plants only $8.00
	HILLCREST LIAM	A ID OR		From one of England's best-known hybridizers - Les Jackson. Lovely soft orange blooms.	5'	Tubers not available.	Plants only $7.00
	HOLLYHILL 6-IN-1 YELLOW	BB LC V R/Y/W		No two flowers of this variety are alike. Some have lots of white, some barely any. Nice form and lots of flowers. An Attention-getter for sure!	5'	$5.00
	HOLLYHILL BEWITCHED	BB ID V W/PR		My favorite variegated.  WL form when it is young.  #1 people's choice	5'	$6.00
	HOLLYHILL BIG PINK	AA ID PK		Much needed color in this size. Lots of flowers for a giant. Good show flower, too.	5'	$7.00
	HOLLYHILL COTTON CANDY	B IC DP				$13.00
	HOLLYHILL ELECTRA	A IC OR		Excellent form and color. I won my only Best of Show so far with this beauty.	4'	$9.00
	HOLLYHILL ICARUS	A SC Y		Much-needed gold color with wonderful form. Received blues in every show it was entered in. Tall grower.	6'	Tubers sold out.	Plants only $10.00
	HOLLYHILL JESTER	BB ID BI R/W		Another of Hollyhill's intros with the "joker" gene. Not quite as many varieations as Joker's Wild, but still a fun flower. I had a few this year that were mostly white, with just a rim of red petals around the edge.	5'	$7.00
	HOLLYHILL JOKER'S WILD	BB ID Bi R/W		A favorite amongst the garden visitors. Each flower is a little different. Some are nearly solid red, with just a row of white. Others are white, edged in red. Tall grower.	6'	Tubers sold out.	Plants only $6.00
	HOLLYHILL LEMON ICE					Tubers sold out.	Plants only $8.00
	HOLLYHILL MARGARITA	B IC DP		This picture does not do the color of this beauty justice. If you've grown Tropica, this is very similar in color. Did well in the shows on it's first year out -- 9 blues or better.		$10.00
	IRENE ELLEN	BB FD PR		One of my favorite purples. Very consistent, floriferous bloomer and great form. I have found that the purple color gets lighter later in the season.	5'	$6.00
	IVANETTI	BA DR		This sport of Cornel is almost as good as the parent. Very reliable bloomer - nice dark red color	4'	Tubers sold out.
	JANE	BB IC PR		Beautiful purple incurved. Near the top in show awards in it's class. I'm told it is also a good seed parent.	4'	$5.00
	JESSICA	BB IC BI Y/R		A favorite of everyone. Very bright yellow and red combo. Not a good tuber maker.	4'	Tubers sold out - plants only.	Plants $5.00
	JUST MARRIED	B LC LB PK/Y		Very pretty frilly flower. Color is more cream center, blending to pink.	4'	$4.00
	KARMA CHOC	WL DR		This is the darkest red you will see - very similar to Chocolate Cosmos or Aurora's Kiss. . In addition, the foliage is very, very dark and the stems are dark. I'm told some of the flowers smell like chocolate, but I haven't discovered that myself yet.	3'	$6.00
	KARMA FIESTA	BB FD FL		New Karma variety for 2010. Bright orange with yellow base. Bred for the cut flower industry, it has a very long vase life. Not yet classified by ADS. At just 32", also makes a good border flower.	2-1/2'	$4.00
	KENORA AMETHYST	BA PR		Beautiful purple color on this 1986 introduction from Gordie	4'	Not available
	KENORA CHRISTMAS	BB FD R		Vibrant red color.	4'	Not available
	KENORA CLYDE	AA SC W		This one was named after a Texas gent that gave the seed to Gordie. I'll bet he was a tall fellow, as this plant grows 6' plus. Great show flower. Introduced in 1988 at $25.00!!	6'	Tubers sold out.
	KENORA DAZZLER	M ID DB PR/W		Beautiful little flowers literally cover the 4' bushes. Tops in it's class, and makes a great cut flower.	4'	$4.00
	KENORA FIREFIGHTER	B FD R		Beautiful, bright red color. Many blooms -- good cut flower. Named to honor firefighters everywhere.	5'	$5.00
	KENORA JUBILEE	A SC W		This is one of the easiest to grow, most dependable and loveliest flowers I grow. I believe it will become the standard in it's class.	5'	$8.00
	KENORA LISA	B FD PK		A beautiful salmon-pink flower with slight gold tips. Petals recurve right back to the stem. A low grower for me.	3-1/2'	$5.00
	KENORA MACOP B	B LC DR		Tall growing with incredibly dark red, laciniated blooms. Named for a chemotherapy medicine Gordie was taking at the time he hybridized it.	5'	Tubers sold out. Only plants available.	Plants only $5.00
	KENORA MAJESTIC	B C LB DP/W		Lovely pink petals, blending to white center. Very strong stems.	5'	Not available
	KENORA ONTARIO	B IC LB		Nice lavender and white blooms, introduced in 1983 by Gordie.	4'	$4.00
	KENORA PEPPERMINT	BB FD Bi R/W		One of the last that Gordie named before his passing. A lovely bright red with white tips. With slight notch on the tips, it makes a great cut flower and is an attention-getter in the garden.	5'	$10.00
	KENORA RENA	A C DR		This is a seedling of Gordie's that was given to a friend, who gave it to a friend, who gave it to me. Not the great show form of Kenora Wildfire, but a nice garden flower.	5'	$6.00
	KENORA SUNSET	B SC FL		A gorgeous flame, but can be lots of variations between the colors.	4'	Tubers sold out. Plants only	Plants ony $5.00
	KENORA TONYA	BA L		Nice lavender ball. Named for one of Gordie's nieces	4'	$4.00
	KENORA WILDFIRE	A SC R		One of Gordie's finest introductions. Awarded the Dudley in 1989, it's still tops in it's class. GREAT STOCK!!! Nice dark green foliage and dark stems.	4'	Tubers sold out.
	KENORA WOW!	B SC DB		So aptly named -- because when you see the color, the first thing you say is WOW. Top winner in it's class, and a great cut flower.	5'	Tubers sold out	Only Plants available $6.00
	KIARA POMPADOUR	B FD LB L/W			4'	$5.00
	LADY DARLENE	B ID DB R/Y		A fantastic flower. Yellow with red center. Each petal is outlined in red. Simply gorgeous.	4-1/2'	Not available
	LOUIE MEGGOS	A ID W		Looks like a white Spartacus. Best in it's class in 2010 shows.		$9.00
	MARY	B FD LB L/W		One of my favorites. Good cut flower as well as show. 8 blues or better in 2007	4'	Tubers sold out.
	MAYAN WARRIOR	BB SC FL		This is one of those hard-to-describe colors. Really kind of a smoky fuchsia with yellow center. Very similar to Tropica. Very, very floriferous, and a great cut flower. Comes from Ken Stock from the UK	4'	Not available
	MINGUS NICOLE	A ID LB PK/Y		Incredible color. Late bloomer, but worth the wait. Good show flower. One of the few that will get deeper after being cut.	5'	Tubers sold out.	Only plants available $10.00
	MINGUS TONI	BB ID V PK/R		Great cut and garden flower. Yellow in center. Each flower is a little different, making it possible to pick an interesting bouquet from one plant. Floriferous.	4'	$4.00
	MISH MASH	B LC DB		This variegated was outstanding this year.  Likes the cooler summers.	4'	Not available.
	MONET GLORY	WL LB		This is one of my favorites to use for a cut flower. It blends from a yellow to soft gold. New to the US, it is a 2006 introduction by Ken Stock of the UK.	4'	Tubers sold out.	Only plants available $5.00
	MORAY LINDA	BB FD PR		lots of very nice purple blooms with teeny gold tips.. Good cut flower and can compete.	5'	$4.00
	MYRTLE'S FOLLY	B LC DB PR/OR		Very unusual color combination.	4'	$5.00
	NENEKAZI	B LC LB				$5.00
	NICK SR.	AA ID R		If you liked Bodacious, you'll LOVE this one. Much better form than Bodacious and larger. Stems like broomsticks.	5'	Sold out.
	NORMANDY LISANNE	B ID DB R/Y		Beautiful wavy flower of mostly yellow with red highlights	5'	$5.00
	ORETI STACY	B LC LB PK/W		Lovely, frilly flower from New Zealand. Blooms hold up well for a laciniated. Oneof my favorites.	5'	Not available.
	PAM HOWDEN	WL LB YL/OR/DP		Said to be the truest waterlily form. Gorgeous flowers that are beautiful in the vase as well as on the show table.	4'	Tubers sold out.
	PAPA'S BENJI	B LC OR		Beautiful bright orange laciniated blooms. Holds up better in the heat than most laciniateds.	4'	.Sold out.
	PEACH DELIGHT	B SC PK		Lovely peach colored blooms with great form. Big winner in Southwest Washington & Oregon shows.	5'	Sold out.
	PEACHES-N-CREAM	M FD LB OR/W		Darling little flower of perfect form. The bush is covered with light orange petals have white tips that completely recurve to the stem. Nice cut flower and good show flower.	4-1/2'	$6.00
	PENHILL DARK MONARCH	AA ID DB		Very interesting purple and yellow blooms	5'	.$7.00
	PENHILL WATERMELON	AA ID LB		Easy to grow HUGE flower in light salmon pink. Consistently threw 12" plus flowers.	5'	$7.00
	R. KRIS	B ID W			4-1/2'	Tubers sold out.	Only plants available. $8.00
	RC DIANE BRAZIL	ST DB W/PR		The picture does just not do ths variety justice. Although classified as white with purple, it is more of a silver lavender with purple on the reverse. A favorite of everyone who saw it.		$7.00
	RUSKIN ANDREA	B SC LB PK/W		I love this dahlia! Wonderful form and lots of blooms on super strong stems. Great show, cut and garden flower.	4-1/2'	$6.00
	RYECROFT BRENDA T	B FD W		Gorgeous white with just a touch of lavender. 33 blues or better in the shows in 2010. Outscored only by Brookside Snowball.	5'		Plants available. $6.00
	SANDIA JOY	WL Y		Very early blooming and proliferous. Good show and cut and good for containers because of it's short height. Lovely lemon yellow.	2-1/2'	$6.00
	SCAUR SWINTON	B FD DP		Lovely shade of dark pink. Well formed blooms make this flower a "must have".	5'	$6.00
	SCOTT'S JEANETTE B.	BB IC PR		One of my very, very favorite new ones from Mike Riordan. A seedling from Jane, it grows much taller and is covered with blooms. Watch the awards for this one grow as it becomes known.	5'	$8.00
	SEDUCTION	BB FD L		This is at the top of my list for cut flowers. It's strong stems make it a designer's dream. Beautiful lavender with a darker reverse.	5'	.Not available.
	SKIPLEY SPOT	BB FD BI				Not available.	Plants only $6.00
	SORBET	B SC DB DR/W		Introduced in 2004 by Geerlings. Beautiful form -- in cooler climates you will find more dark red than white. This picture was taken in a garden in the south Oregon coast where dahlias have magnificant color. In my garden it had a lot more white.		$7.00
	SPARTACUS	A ID DR		An outstanding dahlia, both show and in the garden. Beautiful dark red, swirly petals.	5'	Not available.
	SUGARTOWN SUNRISE	BB FD LB L/Y		This one grows more pink for me than lavender. Blooms on the smaller scale of BB.	5'	$5.00
	SUMMIT FESTIVAL	BB ID BI OR/W		A great garden and cut flower. These lovely blooms are a soft orange with white tips. The unusual thing about this flower is the red wavy line separating the orange and white. Very good stems!	4-1/2'	$4.00
	SUNSHINE PAUL	B FD Y		Lovely medium yellow flormal blooms with pink blush.	5'	Not available.
	TARATAHI RUBY	WL R		Large, bright red winner.	5'	.$7.00
	TIMONA PASTEL	A SC LB		One of my favorites in the large dahlias. Very delicate blending of pale yellow centers to pink outside. Absolutely lovely.	4'	Not available
	TIOGA SEAHAWK	B LC LB DP/Y		Hard to find Tioga beauty. Lovely, deep laciniations. Blooms early and often.	4'	.Tubers not available.	Plants only available $7.00
	TRELYN RHIANNON	B C DB		Beautiful cactus blooms that blend with nearly every color. Dark red/purple, blending to yellow in center. One of my favorites.	5'	Tubers not available.
	UMPQUA MAGIC	B LC FL		This is an incredible color -- sure to draw the attention of visitors to your garden. Tops in it's class in the shows, also.	4'	$5.00
	VASSIO MEGGOS	A ID L		Sport of Spartacus. New in 2005 from Steve Meggos. Lovely, wavy, large lavender flowers. Can go to AA with heavy disbudding. Good tuber maker.	4-1/2'	$7.00
	VISTA CODY	NX DP			3'	$5.00
	VISTA LINDSEY	BB LC Y		A lovely, frilly, favorite of mine from my friend Jean Heeringa. Good show flower.	4'	$5.00
	WESTON SPANISH DANCER	M C FLAME		Great cut and show flower. Portland Dahlia Society's flower of the year for 2009.	4-1/2'	$6.00
	WINDHAVEN HIGHLIGHT	B IC Y		Brilliant yellow blooms on tall plants will really make this a "highlight" in your garden. Great stems make this a good cutflower, as it being the top competitor in it's class.	5'	$5.00
	WOODLAND'S MERINDA	ST PR		Beautiful purple stellar from Bill Mishler. This one makes a great cut flower as well as show. Best in it's class with 24 blues or better in 2008.	4'	$6.00
	WYN'S CONQUISTADOR	AA ID Y		HUGE!!! blooms of yellow. If I want to attract attention when I am at a farmer's market, I just put one of these on the table. People can't believe it is real.	5'+	Tubers sold out.
	WYN'S EEEKK!	A C DR				Tubers sold out.
	WYN'S FARMER JOHN	AA ID LB W/Y/L		Great show flower and one of my favorites. Beautiful pale yellow, with a blush of pink.	5'	Tubers sold out.
	WYN'S FEISTY FREDA	B ID PR		Fabulous shade of purple, does well in the shows. Makes lots of tubers.	5'	$6.00
	WYN'S MOONLIGHT SONATA	B ID DB DP/Y/OR		A lucious color and form -- the reasons I grow it. It is not a good tuber maker, and tubers are hard to keep.	5'	Tubers sold out.	Only plants available $10.00
	ZAPF'S DESERT STORM	B SC DR		Top winner in it's class, and it makes a great cut flower. A little smaller and darker version of Kenora Wildfire	5'	Tubers not available.
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