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'mixed' dahlias question

I bought a large box of Dahlias at Sam's club yesterday. I grow mostly herbacious perennials. I have a large new garden to fill up for this year until I get all the perennials in. The box said mixed colors and varieties. When I got it home I found they were not separated as to type or variety; just all in one big bag. I had assumed (I guess because some assorted tulip bulbs I bought last fall were labeled that way) that that large, medium, small, whatever, would be in smaller bags inside.

Now I'm wondering how I will know which are the tall ones.

I've grown dahlias a few times but not enough to tell by anything like tuber size/shape. From what I have read here size wouldn't tell me anything anyway.

I'm in Zone 5, should I wait to plant them outside, or give them a head start indoors?

Thanks...

Linnea

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