Dahlia Society of California is interested in promoting
the growing of Dahlias and
the sharing of information about growing Dahlias

Just as in any subject, trivial information about Dahlia and growing Dahlia are fun to read. From time to time, we will include more of these. We welcome DSC members and friends of DSC to submit new trivia questions to the editor.

Answers to the question can either be obtained by placing your cursor on the picture or via hyperlink.

Dahlias are octoploids which have eight sets of homologous chromosomes, 64 chromosomes bearing hereditary factors, whereas most plants have only two sets. This explains the sometimes extremely divergent results obtained from crossing them.

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