Utah Dahlia Society 2021 Show Results 

The Utah Dahlia Society hosted over 168 flower entries this year.  See below pictures of the show and also a list of winners.  A big congratulation goes to Dick Taylor for his BBID Castle Drive for Best of Show!

Head Table Winners  - drum roll!!!!!

BBID - Castle Drive - Dick Taylor

AAID - Bodacious - Rob Ronald

ASC - Clearview Jonas - Rob Ronald

BID - Mikayla Miranda - Megan Badger

Best Ball - Jomanda - Ryan and Julie Williams 

Best Pom Pom - Elfin - Becky Swalberg

Best Exotic - Alpen Cherub - William Hughes

Closeup

Best M - Western Spanish Dancer - William Hughes

Best 3 Blooms - C.V. Daniels - Williams Hughes

Best Arrangement - Jan Lister

Once again, Thanks to all who brought their dahlias to our show and helped setup and tear down. An extra special thanks to Megan Badger, Karen Crook and Julie Williams for all they do to make this event happen each year.  Thanks too to Emily and Spence Mortensen for their donation of the flowers for our arrangements we sell.  Many thanks go to our two sets of judges and clerks this year which made the event fun and inclusive. 

Post requests for a Friday Appointment on FaceBook.  See you at the Show!

The Utah Dahlia Society had a smashingly successful dahlia tuber sale on April 30, 2021. Based upon the pictures posted on our Facebook page it looks like we will have a great show this year.  Speaking of our show, it is slated for September 18, 2021.  Details below:

Place:  Sugarhouse Garden Center

Address:  1602 East 2100 South - Salt Lake City Utah.

Time: 12:00 to 3:00 PM

Details:  

1.  Photo Contest  - Bring your best photos in 4 x 6 format to be voted for our annual calendar.

2.  Who can enter - Members and non-members can enter dahlias and arrangements.

The time to bring your entries will be announced on a later post

Utah Dahlia Society Annual Tuber Sale 2021

Open to the public

Date: Friday April 30th.

Time:  4:00 PM to 7:00 PM
Location: Sugarhouse Garden Center (1610 East 2100 South) Salt Lake City

Tubers Price: $4.00 each

Cuttings: donated by Stonehouse Dahlias $6.00 each

Special Instructions:

• Please wear masks
• Bring your own container to take them home in.
• Cash or checks accepted for payment

Thanks goes to Spence and Emily for their gorgeous yard and hospitality!

We met at 4:00 PM at Spence and Emily Mortensen's home for our outdoor, mask-a-raid of their garden.  Seriously, those who were able to eat the Joan J raspberries truly did enjoy the raid and had to remove their masks!  The beauty of their yard with a buck running though it makes us appreciate them and the amount of work to maintain it.  The view of their garden with Little Cottonwood Canyon behind is breath taking (amplified with wearing a mask).   

The food was provided by the Dahlia Society and social distance tables were setup throughout the yard. 

Our President Julie Williams gets pointers from her 3 darling girls.  

Highlights of Julie's discussion:

• Misconception that you have to wait for a freeze to dig your dahlias.  You don't have to wait!
• Chop with lopers to the ground.
• Dig them up when you can.  Hopefully, before frost.
• For those who want to learn how to store your dahlias, there will be a date at Dick Taylor's home sometime early November where experts will show you how to cut the dahlias and ready them for winter.  Check your email for this date.  
• Methods of storing were discussed by Julie and others as follows:
• Dig, wash and dry and store entire clump over the winter and separate in spring or separate in the fall.  The choice of when is yours.  Note:  It is easier to see the eyes in the spring.
• Sandy says she splits the dahlia in two and puts into separate bags incase she looses one in hopes the other is good.
• Dig, blow with compressed air.
• Get as much of the stem off of the tubers to prevent rot.
• Store in gallon bags, with poked holes with 1 cup vermiculite and 1/2 tsp sulfur to prevent rot.
• Store in wood chips in bins
• Wrap individual tubers in plastic wrap.
• The decision was made that our club flower in 2021 will be a repeat of Ken's Choice.
• Megan Badger will send an email for voting on pictures for our annual calendar. 

Megan takes picture of Dick Taylor and his daughter in front of our display table.  

 Dick Taylor and his daughter.

Elfin

Let's hope for 2021 that:

1.  Covid19 is a memory.

3.  Your dahlia picture makes it on our 2021 calendar.

4.  You and your dahlias visit us in the spring for our Annual Tuber sale.

 Our annual Dahlia Exhibition is cancelled for 2020 due to the pandemic.

Annual Tuber Sale - Covid-19 - Zoom Get-togethers - Facebook Posts

Blue Skies, Masks and Friends at our Annual Tuber Sale!

 Bet you can't guess who these people are!

The Dahlia Society made the decision to give away the tubers this year.  The tuber exchange was in the parking lot of the Sugarhouse Garden Center and gained a bit of interest from the community.  We gained additional members at this exchange.  We gave each member a choice of 10 dahlias each.  As you can see from the picture above, our members are 6 feet apart, all have masks and are still healthy.  Gardening is a stress reliever.

Zoom Meeting - July 9th

1.  Our Utah Dahlia Exhibition Show is tentatively being held on Sept 19th.  Place and decision to have a show this year are still under consideration. 

2. Please post any pictures of dahlias you would like to show on our Utah Dahlia Society Facebook page each Friday.  This is one way we can be joyful during these crazy times with the beauty of dahlias.  Be safe everyone.