Behind the Blooms | A Dahlia Grower’s Favorite Varieties! ✨

[@debsmith8102]

You crack me up! Your excitement is contagious!❤❤❤hombre everything! Lol whoever said this video was too long needs to get more of a flower life! I could have watched for 2 HOURS EASY,!!!

[@HelloGarden]

Thank you so much! She is such a wealth of knowledge and has the best collection I’ve ever seen. It was a gift to spend so much time with her!

[@kiriaioulia]

AHHHHHH!!! You nailed it in one sentence: "Gardeners are never gatekeepers!" This is the love!

[@HelloGarden]

Isn't it so true?!? We've all had mentors and one of my greatest joys is sharing my learned experience with others. Because you can read a million books, but nothing ever beats getting your hands dirty.

[@ssayre785]

These videos are so dangerously wonderful❤. My dahlia list is getting outta control!

[@pattyvalinote4612]

Wow Kate! What an amazing video! Gorgeous Dahlias!! I want them all 😉

[@HelloGarden]

Me tooooooo! Anne has curated the best of the best. I can’t wait to purchase from her sale in the spring!

[@tahoe13868]

OK, I never, ever thought I'd see a gardener with as much enthusiasm for plants and flowers than Kate, but then we meet Anne who is equally as delightful in her love and appreciation of her precious Dahlias! Making her choose her top 10 was so interesting! I just loved watching her show us how she selects certain attributes of each one to be a favorite. LOVED this video and I wish I could get a bucketful of those beauties!! I might have to take a trip up to Skagit Valley...seems like a magical place. Thanks Kate for introducing us to Anne ❣🥰

[@HelloGarden]

Wasn’t it so interesting watching Anne build a collection?!? I could see her brain working. It wasn’t just about color, but form, petal shape, productivity. I was FLOORED. And we are cut from the same geeked out flower stock. 😂

[@peggy-ann1961]

How fun was that! I can’t grow dahlias, as I don’t have enough sun, but I sure appreciate their beauty! Thanks ladies! Zone 3 Manitoba 🇨🇦👏🍁

[@HelloGarden]

Well thanks for coming along! Anne is so awesome.

[@CarmenTorres-gf3sg]

They're all beautiful ❤

[@HelloGarden]

They’re all so gorgeous!

[@PrettyLittleGarden2930]

Awesome video! Loved the excitement!

[@HelloGarden]

Glad you enjoyed it! She has the most incredible field and collection.😍

[@Chefabs911]

This was amazing!!!

[@maryannfoster4734]

love the excitement!!!

[@HelloGarden]

Anne and I are what we might call “easily excitable” when it comes to flowers. 😂

[@katjo812]

I am going to have to watch this 20 times to write down all these!! Love the constant excitement!! I wish I came across this before you sold out!! Thanks for sharing!!

[@HelloGarden]

You aren’t late at all. The tubers get divided over the winter and will be on sale in the spring! I’ll keep everyone updated. Right now she’s selling anemone and ranunculus corms. My order just arrived so you’ll see that in a video this week!

[@mistygeller3193]

Oh my goodness best day ever!! I sat here laughing and making all of the oooo’s and ahhhh’s and ohhhh wooowwww sounds with both of you!! 😆😂😂😂 Flower people are the best! So fun!! You have to go back and show us the sweet peas and other fun stuff too ☺️💕

[@HelloGarden]

Oh I totally do!!!

[@julesdavis1845]

Oh man, I want that packet of early through late bloomers. Genius.

[@HelloGarden]

Right?!? She’s a genius.

[@jasminelouisefarrall]

Oh wow so many gorgeous flowers 💐

[@HelloGarden]

Anne is so incredibly passionate about her work and so dang knowledgeable! And her design eye is top notch. It simply can’t be beat! Thank you for always being here and watching. It’s so meaningful!!!

[@coppercreekacres7295]

Watching this from Ky and thinking I’ve never met my flower people more than this 😂❤ - yes they are all good

[@HelloGarden]

YES! Welcome to the party of people who get overly excited about flowers. 😂

[@judyrhine234]

My Marlyn dahlia has been showing out all summer/fall love it. What a wonderful interview ❤❤❤❤

[@HelloGarden]

Oh Judy, I am SO SO SO happy. 💞

[@stephaniefuller]

You can hear your excitement in your voice!

[@HelloGarden]

Oh you better believe I was totally freaking out. Ha!

[@janeenclark8728]

Lovely tour of beautiful Dahlias! Love them All. What a dream.😊

[@HelloGarden]

Aren’t they incredible? Anne is a total rockstar.

[@dawny.9101]

Kate and Anne, this was a-m-a-z-i-n-g!!!!!! I haven't grown dahlias in my IL garden... but now I must!!!!! 🩷 Dawn

[@HelloGarden]

Isn’t Anne amazing?!? Thank you for being here… and wish me luck. My dahlia shopping list is massive. 🤣

[@debkane3739]

Ok, didn’t catch the “fluffy bit”, in the white row that was a small dahlia in the white row…what was the name? Love this video! I didn’t know about Anne’s Dahlias….Thank you for sharing!

[@julesdavis1845]

This was so fun/dangerous. Hehe.

[@HelloGarden]

Oh 💯. My dahlia tuber purchase list is LOOOOOOOOONG.

[@Heather0804]

I cannot think of a better way to spend a mental health day 🥰

[@HelloGarden]

I meannnn… what lifts the soul more than flowers? 3,000 flowers. 🤣 And also Anne’s generous spirit. She is such a wonderful gardener and woman. 💞

[@Heather0804]

@@HelloGarden Flowers and Friendship, very good for the soul. It’s almost like you were both split from the same seed pod or in this case dahlia tuber 🥰 are you sure you aren’t sisters 🥰 You both have flowers, sunshine, fun and generosity of spirit running through your veins 🌺. Such a precious friendship. Anne needs to consider having her own KZbin channel for sure 👍🏻

[@Dalias-t4w]

Hola que lindas flores saludos desde Cusco Perú

[@nancystewart8590]

I want to grow all of them!

[@kiriaioulia]

Oh, Hello, I'm back. I got lost on the website. I'm IN LOVE with the Ranunculus Bella Notte Mix. I have to find a spot to grow this, and I have to learn how to grow this, and I am going to dream of this until it becomes a reality in my yard!!!! Will these live in Iowa????? UGH!!!!!

[@HelloGarden]

Welcome back! 🤣 That BELLA NOTTE. I am dead. They are gorgeous!!! Get them and I’ll show you how to start them. You’ll hang tight until spring to get them in the ground. At the end of the season, pluck them up after it dies back and let them dry! Back in the ground they go the next year. So easy!

[@kiriaioulia]

@@HelloGarden I literally paused the video and was lost on the web page for over an hour!!!! It was so good - I can only imagine how wonderful it was in person! Those bulbs are going in the shopping cart!!!!

[@Heather0804]

❤

[@HelloGarden]

💞

[@stephaniesharkey3538]

Very , very pretty but I didn’t notice any bees around? Does she spray? Curious. I leave my tubers in the ground here in zone 8 GA. Also have a thrip problem this yr! Ugg

[@stephaniesharkey3538]

Sorry didn’t see the bee until the 55 min mark!

[@HelloGarden]

🤣🤣🤣 There are bees everywhere! She literally grabbed a flower, bee and all, at one point and that little bumble just loved it. Anne is a walking garden fairy.

[@johnthrasher8068]

Okay - I gotta find out what that cool dark plum anemone form is at 59:15!

[@HelloGarden]

ME TOO. First one that finds it reports back. Deal? I've fired off about a hundred questions to Anne today... so I'll save that one for tomorrow. ha!

[@marialeguizamo5673]

What does short list mean?

[@VancouverIslandgirl]

I’m wondering if this beautiful lady ships to Canada ?

[@HelloGarden]

I just texted Anne to ask! Fingers crossed!

[@richscheben205]

Call me an old fart, what is OG? Love you ladies.

[@PrettyLittleGarden2930]

OG means original gangster. 😊

[@Redbarngardens]

Original 😊

[@HelloGarden]

Everyone’s got it! 😊

[@MyFocusVaries]

The terms roots "trace back to hip-hop culture, where it was initially used to honor or show respect to someone who had been around for a long time and had earned their stripes, so to speak."

[@HelloGarden]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 @myfocusvaries That’s such a key element. These are the dahlias that started some of the greatest color trends and were the first to spark that dahlia collecting wildfire!

[@قناةطبخالمغربيالاصيل]

مسبىة مزفقة🫶🏻🫶🏻🩷🩷🩷💚💚💚💚👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻🍰🍰🍰🍰

[@MyFocusVaries]

Oooh, I love dahlias. Just the background of your opening chat is so beautiful. Thanks! This field is day trip distance for me, though I don't think I could bring anything back across the border (?) I used to have one. Then I scored some tubers last year at my garden club and my neighbour divided hers, and I got some on clearance at Costco(!) I leave mine in the ground, add mulch in November and wish them well. ❤️‍🩹 (I'll have to watch the rest later after planting garlic.)

[@HelloGarden]

I just talked to Anne and she's about to crack the code of shipping tubers internationally! She's super active on IG and so follow her over there... it's where I get all my Dahlia House news.