Dahlia Starsister Purple Picotee
By Oro Farms

30 June: lovely flowers, few flowers, nice clean look.


15 July: my favorite flower type, nice color contrast, needs more flowers, too busy, becoming a nice plant, less floriforous than other dahlias, one dead, really like the vibrant flowers, not prolific bloomer, maybe better later in the season.


30 July: lovely flowers, too few flowers, not as messy as other dahlias, too much foliage, deadhead, great contrast of flower color.

15 Aug: few flowers, recently deadhead, flowering mostly finished.


30 Aug: fun crinkley foliage, few flowers, malformed blooms.

15 Sept: Japanese beetle damage, very nice, half of blooms malformed, foliage yellow, lots of buds.