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BLUE DAHLIA

Last post 21-09-2007 9:41 AM by Digger. 8 replies.

• 20/09/2007 02:58 PM
  Digger Location: Northern UK Joined on: 18 Jul 2005 Posts: 4,743	Reply | Contact [IMG]http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa156/diggerevans/001-1.jpg[/IMG] Is this the first ever blue Dahlia? digger

• 20/09/2007 03:19 PM	In reply to
  sue1002 Location: Ipswich, Suffolk Joined on: 06 Sep 2005 Posts: 5,200	Reply | Contact Nice try digger, you've re-coloured the same picture of the one you posted before. sue1002

• 20/09/2007 03:40 PM	In reply to
  Digger Location: Northern UK Joined on: 18 Jul 2005 Posts: 4,743	Reply | Contact well it is a lovely shade of blue though, I am going to have a go at a yellow sweet pea next. Seriously I would have thought that by now with the genetic modification technology someone would have been able to manipulate the genetics to produce a truely blue dahlia. digger

• 20/09/2007 07:40 PM	In reply to
  Phot's-Moll Location: The sunny South coast. Joined on: 06 Jan 2007 Posts: 3,347	Reply | Contact You didn't fall me either! (not for long anyway) Whether you think you can do a thing, or think you cannot, you are right.

• 20/09/2007 08:22 PM	In reply to
  Digger Location: Northern UK Joined on: 18 Jul 2005 Posts: 4,743	Reply | Contact Well if anyone wants any seeds from the lovely blue dahlia, just let me know :-) digger

• 20/09/2007 09:37 PM	In reply to
  Phot's-Moll Location: The sunny South coast. Joined on: 06 Jan 2007 Posts: 3,347	Reply | Contact I haven't got enough ink to water them with .... (Did you know that if you buy one of those minature white roses in pots and water it with a vegetable based ink or blue food colouring, you really will get blue roses?) Whether you think you can do a thing, or think you cannot, you are right.

• 20/09/2007 09:44 PM	In reply to
  Digger Location: Northern UK Joined on: 18 Jul 2005 Posts: 4,743	Reply | Contact Yes you can do the same with daffodils I can sell some blue dahlia seed but i can't guarantee that the seed will be true to type. ;-) digger

• 21/09/2007 09:12 AM	In reply to
  miranda Location: Oxfordshire Joined on: 17 Nov 2004 Posts: 2,977	Reply | Contact It's a sweet dream, digger. Are you going to try your hand at breeding one?

• 21/09/2007 09:41 AM	In reply to
  Digger Location: Northern UK Joined on: 18 Jul 2005 Posts: 4,743	Reply | Contact I don't think it can be achieved Miranda, For years and years people have tried to breed one, its the same for the yellow sweet pea. I think the only chance of theses phenomena occuring will be by random pollination and lots of luck. Unless of course the GM crowd can do it. digger