Hi All, I visited the Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens this August when the Dahlias were in bloom and took a lot of pictures. They were really beautiful and had a lot of admirers (as did the tuberous Begonias). I wasn't sure whether or not to add them to the wiki since there are Dahlia pictures on so many web pages and there must be thousands of cultivars. I wasn't sure when there were tags whether they corresponded with the plants behind them so most of the ones I saw I was not sure of the names. I've added a few pictures of some that we might try to identify by color (shades between blue and red that we might call ?). I also added one called Ballerina just because it was so pretty. It's not even faintly purple. http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/… I invite people who look at them to tell us what color you think some of them are. I have a dictionary that describes purple as a dark blend of red and blue, but for the purpose of our discussion of favorites I think it can include lighter blends of red and blue since I doubt we will discuss this combination again. Mary Sue