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Winter Hardy Variety?

20 years ago

Years ago, as a beginner gardener I ordered from a mail order catalog (which one?) a dahlia-deal. Several colors were sent of the companies choosing for the bargain basement price of...cheap. They all grew and flowered and were beautiful, but being the lazy bones that I am, I never intended to dig them up again so left them in the ground to die when winter came. Next spring, to my amazement one did come back. A beautiful dark burgundy color. I was happy. Next spring, it came back again, even bigger and more beautiful. I was happier. Would you believe it came back the next year too? It did and I was happiest. And then I did the unforgivable! I decided that I wanted even more of a good thing so I dug her up to divide her tubers and killed her. Oh woe was me! And to this day I do not know what kind it was or even who I bought her from, but obviously she was more cold hardy than the average dahlia. Any ideas what kind it might have been?

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