Dahlia Hedge: 7 Out of 10 - Could Be Worse

Being the middle of August, we have decided that the bulbs that never grew up are officially "duds". Our expert tells us that this is not all that uncommon and we can dig them up after the season and see if we can rescue any parts of them.

So our 10 bulbs gave us 5 strong Dahlia plants all in a row - then it skips 2 slots where the duds are - then we have two more nice Dahlia plants - followed my two more slots with duds.
While we would have loved a solid 10 plant hedge, we are not discouraged as the flowers are amazing. Plus, we can try again next year.

Here is the nice 2 Dahlias between the "dud" zones: