This year's dahlias

 It was not a great year for dahlias.

This one is about 12 inches high. No sign of buds.

This one has flowered fairly vigorously, but it's companion (I plant two tubers per pot) never grew at all and it's pretty spindly.

One very spindly, one stunted. 

Flower from the tall one - these are being eaten by.... something as soon as they try to bud

One tuber didn't grow at all. One has been pretty successful.

Close-up - these are palm-sized flowers, which is pretty good!

This one is about 6 inches high.

This one is still thinking about whether or not it is actually going to flower. I have hopes. The one behind it grew fairly well - flowers below.

Opening...

Fully open, fading to peach.

This one is always droopy. Is something eating its tuber? Does it feel too dry? Not enough sun? I don't know. It's got some buds, and it had a few rather buggy blooms, but I don't expect anything more from it.

This is it's neighbor tuber, approximately 4 inches high. Yeah.

These were supposed to be full enough to hide the tools. They are spindly and the flowers die as soon as they bud.

These two haven't bloomed at all.