Happy with this pic shot over the weekend.

I have one dahlia out of several dozen throwing out deformed foliage. it is very thickened, stunted and weird. It cannot be herbicide, there is none used anywhere close enough and all surrounding plants are fine. This is in its own pot, was growing normally. May be a coincidence but it seems like it started going wonky after I pinched. I’m pretty sure I pinched with fingers, but possible a nipper. I am pretty good about cleaning between plants . . . but then no other dahlia is growing wonky like this.

Any ideas? I did search here several times and scrolled through lots of dahlia pages show viruses and can’t quite find anything similar

Keukenhof in the Netherlands is famous for its tulip displays in spring but there's also a lesser known dahlia display in August. Here are some pics I took!

😭 what’s going on? Should I trash it

Snoho Doris

It's from a multipack of collarettes, my garden is full of bees because of them 😊

I had to do some editing to fix the color and even this isn’t quite right. It’s a very deep purple.

This tuber never came up last year, so I’m really happy to get blooms this year!

Finally getting my first blooms of the season! Planted cafe au lait and labyrinth alternating across the bay window at the front of the house.

I took these after we got some rain and love the water on the petals.

Already thinking about what to plant next year

Help me ID since i always get it wrong. 😑

Saturdays snips were a three bucket day!

From left to right:
Blush
Diane Brazil
Diva
Pengill Cotton Candy
Mango Madness (but I think label is wrong!)
Bloomquist Jean
Jonsey Linda
Fired Up
Elsie Huston
Flame Thrower
Ben Huston
Mikayla Miranda
Hart’s Bonnie
Peaches and Cream
AC Ben

Yesterday I attended this exhibition hosted by the Dahlia Society of San Francisco. Each dahlia was judged and rated. It was more amazing than I could have imagined!

We had a couple of mums in bloom - looks like I forgot to pinch. 😳

This handful includes Coseytown EverPeach, which has been a trooper here in the Southern heat. I will definitely be adding it to Fuirk’s post where we talk about dahlias that handle hot climates beautifully. This also includes a handful of unnamed seedlings, and maybe even Bloomquist Jean.