Dahlias Organic .... Spring 2012


Update May 6, 2012 ..........................

Tubers NOW AVAILABLE !!

All tubers $4.00. Limited selection (see below). First come first served.

LOCAL PICKUP ONLY (Fairfield Iowa)


Come to my basement on Fifth Street and pick out what you want. Bring a box or shopping bag with peat moss or vermiculite in the bottom to transport the tubers safely home. (Almost all have sprouts or eyes.)

Hours of pickup:

Sunday May 6            1:30 to 4:30pm,  7:30 to 8:30pm
Monday May 7            10:00am to Noon,   7:30 to 8:30pm
Tuesday May 8          10:00am to Noon,   1:30 to 4:30pm,   7:30 to 8:30pm
Wednesday May 9    10:00am to Noon,    7:30 to 8:30pm   
Thursday May 10        7:30 to 8:30pm
Friday May 11            10:00am to Noon,   1:30 to 4:30pm,   7:30 to 8:30pm
Saturday May 12        1:30 to 4:30pm

-or- Call for special arrangements

Directions ...............................

=> Go to the corner of 5th and Burlington in Fairfield
=> Head north on 5th (towards the railroad tracks)
=> We are the second house on the left. An old red Toyota pickup is parked in front. The number is 52.
=> We are across the street from McBeth salvage. Please do not park in their lot. Pull into the driveway that is just south of my house; that is, on the Burlington Ave. side of the house.
=> Knock at the door on the right -- the first floor flat.

Note for folks stumbling on this website from out of town: Dahlia flowers do not ship well. It's not impossible
to ship them, but they require special handling and packing, and it runs into money. If you can
tolerate non-organic cut dahlias, you might try Swan Island.

All the best
Al Gabis ........ Fairfield, Iowa
Phone: 515-897-5173

   



2012 Tuber list -- all varieties are $4.00 per tuber
Size AA ... Flowers 10 inches or greater

709 Bella S
AA ID Lavender


89 Clyde's Choice
AA FD Orange


96 Gladiator
AA ID Red-orange

98 Harvest Moonlight
AA ID Yellow


107 Sherwood Peach
AA ID Bronze

106 Sherwood Titan
AA ID Bronze

108 Snoho Triumph
AA SC Dark Red


109 Wanda's Aurora
AA ID Pink/yellow

111 Wanda's Moonlight
AA ID Yellow

Size A ... Flowers 8 to 10 Inches

707 Blue Peter
A IC Salmon


97 HG Chad E
A SC Purple

95 Tyler James
A ID Red/Yellow

Size B ... Flowers 6 to 8 Inches

114 Al Almand
B Lac Orange


119 Annette C
B C Var Lav/Dk Red


123 Barbarossa
B ID Red

727 Beaucon White
B ID White


128 Bloomquist Lemonade
B SC Pale Yellow

149 Center Court
B FD White

136 Corriel Clownfeather
B ID Red/yellow

75 Happy Face
B C Yellow

17 Jennifer's Wedding
B ID Purple

143 Kenora Canada
B SC Yellow

716 Man's Louise
B SC Orange/yellow

154 Neon Splendor
B FD Flame

46 Yuukyu
B ID White



Size BB ... Flowers 4 to 6Inches

24 Be Icy
BB FD White/Lav


8 Brian Ray
BB FD Purple/White


131 Camano Phantom
BB FD Purple

2 Crazy Love
BB Lac White/pink


723 Just Peachy
BB SC Pink/yellow blend


324 Keiwera Gold
BB Lac Bronze

730 Lemon Meringue
BB FD Bi Yellow/white


9 Matthew Alan
BB SC Red


125 Midnight Dancer
BB FD Reddish purple

288 Midnight Moon
BB FD White/pale lav

442 Miss Rose Fletcher
BB ID Shell pink

144 Parakeet
BB FD Pale yellow

718 Pat N Dee
BB FD White

261 Silverado
BB ID Lilac Pink

188 Voodoo
BB FD Black-red

Size M ... Flowers up to 4 Inches


859 Bliss
WL Pink/yellow blend


35 Gold Glory
M ID Gold

729 Hy Suntan
M Ball Bronze

207 Lollipop
M FD Red/orange

263 Miss Molly
M D Pink/yellow blend

74 Puget Sparkle
M FD Red

268 Rebecca Lynn
M FD Rose

514 Ruskin Gypsy
M Ball Red

146 White Carnival
M FD Var White/Pink

Waterlilies, Pom pons, Collarettes, Anenomes, etc.


842 Alpen Fury
AN Red


5 Amber Queen
POM Bronze

202 Bride to Be
WL White


320 Frank Holmes
POM Pink


805 Mariposa Blanca
Single White

555 Pooh
COL Red/Yellow

703 Silver Years
WL Light pink

724 Tahoma Porcelain
WL White


 

Have you planted your dahlias yet ? Now is the time!

Not enough space? I'm squeezing 23 dahlias into a 6x13' raised bed over a gravel driveway.
Ideally they should be spaced twice as far, but you make do with what you have. Be sure to choose a sunny spot with good drainage. My bed is filled with mostly compost (leaves, grass clippings, kitchen scraps.) The green plants in back are flowering native perennials: willow-leaf sunflower, culver's root, prairie ironweed, aster, sweet black-eyed-susan, blue sage. Check out Missouri grower Easy Wildflowers  http://www.easywildflowers.com/

 


 

 


All photos copyright 2010, 2011 Alexander Gabis

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Fairfield, Iowa
515-897-5173
info "at" DahliasOrganic [dot] com
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