Dahlias 2013.  The most flowers from the big shaggy pale orange one we can't identify. A bit floppy as a cut flower. New Baby and Glorie van Heemstede didn't produce a lot of blooms. Karma Fuchsiana didn't either. Hillcrest Royal was good, and so was the large dark purple pompom. Taratahi Ruby was also very good. My favourite this year was the unnamed one we got from Hazel. It makes a very good cut flower, lasts well. They all responded very well to a liquid feel of tomorite at the end of August. Do more of that next year.

This year the plants grew much higher than ever before and needed more support. Remember that next year.

Our replacement dark blue plum sucker put on a reasonable amount of growth this summer, the best for years, though that's not saying much.