Dahlia ID Please

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  1. intel

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    Lost the label from the plant when I was taking cuttings :(

    The dahlia is about 52" inches high and the flower is about 3 1/2 inches across - it looks like
    the Bishop Range of Dahlia but the flower is bigger then the say the Bishop of York or the Bishop of Llandaff and the foliage is green and not dark like York or Llandaff.

    Also the picture does not do the true colour justice, its s a very light red (almost pink) - Anyone know what is might be please?


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    Its got the same flower as some of the 'Bishops Children' that I have grown this year, but I am pretty sure that all the foliage on them is dark?
     
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    You might be right as I did take some seeds from a Llandaff plant last year and sowed them this year, which I assume these seeds would be called Bishops Children? so its possible I did get them mixed up whilst taking cuttings, but these are much taller then Llandaff (Llandaff and York seem to be between 24 - 30 inchs high) and the foliage colour is much greener as well.
     
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