In April I ordered 3 dahlia tubers from garden4less. (http://www.garden4less.co.uk) and reviewed them:
- Natalie G (Ball)
- Linda’s baby (Ball)
- Chocolate & Candy (Decorative)
See original post Part 1 here:
The tubers were poor quality, but once they started growing I thought the foilage looked healthy and assumed the dahlias would do well.
However 2/3 produced the wrong type and colour of Dahlia!
I wrote to Taylors and their customer service is non-existent. Even though Taylors have the Queens Warrant, their quality control is poor and they have done nothing to rectify the fact I have been sent the wrong type of dahlia – probably against trading standards.
- Natalie G (Ball)
This is the only tuber from the 3 that produced the correct dahlia.
2. Linda’s baby (Ball)
I was really looking forward to growing baby pink ball flowers, and was somewhat disappointed when some minuscule tiny purple flowers appeared for both tubers. I think it might be Dahlia Rocco?
3. Chocolate & Candy (Decorative)
Only 1 out the 2 chocolate & Candy tubers grew, and the one that did grow produced only 1 flower in late September which was the wrong colour and variety. It produced a stunning flower, though I don’t know what variety it is? So if you know please leave a comment. Taylor’s bulb didn’t respond to my email about this.
Overall, I did eventually get some flowers from these Taylor’s dahlia tubers, however I think its shocking that 2/3 were labelled with the wrong colour and variety and Taylor’s QA/QC and customer service is non existent.