A cold survivor Dahlia

[imgrimmer]

Today I found one of my Dahlia seedlings resprouting after a severe cold winter with -11°C.
That is pretty surprising. I am eager to see the flower.
This one is one of my many seedlings I spread everywhere to find interesting types. Especially in hope for edible tubers. But there is not much hope as all previous generations tasted bland.
I intend to cross it wit a true coccina from Mexico.

[flowerbug]

i once had the delusions of cross breeding and then raising tulips from seeds. the animal pressure here is too great for that to be viable (along with the climate and soil conditions), about the only thing i'm doing now is keeping some very fenced tulips alive, but the seedlings i had going have yet to get big enough to even flower and they've been trying for nearly ten years now. oh, and did i mention diseases? those too... it's been interesting, but i've more had an interest in beans and enjoy them much more and while they also have issues at least i am getting returns and cross breeding successes so that keeps my interest.

[imgrimmer]

oh yes tulips take a long time