Misfit Dahlias
BULL'S BLOOD - LIMIT 1
BULL'S BLOOD - LIMIT 1
LIMIT 1 per household, if more purchased entire order will be canceled and refunded.
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Form: Incurved Cactus
Size: Medium 6-8"
Color: Dark Red
Hybridizer: Walt Jacenko
Introduction Year: 2024 NEW!
Jan 1st 2023 Misfit Monday Post: Happy New Year's Day Misfit Monday! So excited to see what 2024 brings, especially in the way of dahlias! Lots of amazing new introductions are hitting the market this year and I'm excited to say one of them will be BULL'S BLOOD!! I had the pleasure of growing this beauty last year and it was absolutely stunning! BULL'S BLOOD is a medium sized, dark red, incurved cactus, hybridized by Walt Jacenko of Woodinville Dahlias. For those who don't know Walt he is one of the nicest dahlia people you will ever meet. I am very fortunate to have met and become friends with Walt through my home club: Snohomish County Dahlia Society. Walt first started growing dahlias in 2005 after being absolutely amazing by the blooms at the 2004 ADS Nationals show held in Washington. That same year he became a member of Puget Sound Dahlia Society. Fast forward 10 years in 2014 Walt introduced his first cultivar HEATHER, named after his Daughter. After that he brought many other varieties to the Dahlia world including LARISSA, FENYA, and ALYSIA OBINA. Walt doesn't use a prefix but does like to name many of his cultivars after women he greatly admires. However that is not the case with BULL'S BLOOD lol! If I remember correctly his grandson named this flower for him. Which is definitely fitting, as the color of this bloom is extremely dark. A color that can be very hard to photograph. I wasn't sure if this bloom was going to be released this year so I didn't take too many pictures of it but thankfully I did take it to a few shows and have those pictures to share. I actually used it in one of my favorite arrangements this year in Wenatchee and in another at Nationals, where it also scored on the ADS bench. If all goes well with storage I will have tubers of BULL'S BLOOD available at my online sale. And for those local to Washington, Covington Dahlias (owned by Walt's daughter Heather) will have cutting available in the spring