Bloomquist Blush

Bloomquist Blush followed Tory P out of Paul Bloomquist's program in 2017 and inherited the same problem: far more want than supply. Triple Wren Farms calls it heavily sought after and admits it has been challenging to build inventory, which tracks with the thin, many-eyed tubers the variety produces. The flower itself is quiet, a cream bloom with a hand-drawn picotee rim, and that restraint is exactly what wedding designers want against louder varieties. Demand for the Bloomquist name now sells tubers on its own. When this one appears in a spring shop, it goes.

On paper this is a stellar, ADS classification 7010, but Idlewild Blooms notes it leans toward formal decorative in shape and Triple Wren sells it as one. Grow it like any midsize cutting dahlia: pinch early, net or stake, and disbud for stem length. The tubers deserve special mention. Idlewild reports small, thin tubers with lots of eyes, so handle clumps gently at dig time and do not discard skinny pieces that carry an eye. That fragility is part of why inventory builds slowly. Castle Drive and Sweet Nathalie cover the same blush-and-cream wedding palette with easier availability, though neither carries the painted picotee edge.