(Dahlia, Dixieland Dahlia, Single Dahlia)

Nothing beats dahlias as everblooming bedding plants and cut flowers. Cultivar 'Dixieland' is a herbaceous, warm season, tender perennial with bulbous underground tubers. The compound, green foliage is made of oval and pointed leaflets with toothed margins. The medium-sized, doubled, waterlily flowers are a rich pink and deeper violet-pink in the central petals. It is good to remove the old buds from spent flowers to encourage continued flowering.

Dahlias prefer well-drained, fertile soil...

(Cactus Dahlia, Dahlia, Doris Day Dahlia)

Dahlias are nearly unrivaled as everblooming bedding plants or cut flowers. 'Doris Day' is cactus-type dahlia flower because of the numerous narrow petals. This hybrid, introduced in 1952, produces double (numerous extra petal rows), cardinal red flower heads. Each blossom usually measures 4 to 6 inches (10 to 15 cm) across. Remove the spent flowers to encourage continued flower production up until frost. The dahlia is a herbaceous, warm-season, tender perennial with bulbous underground tubers. The...

(Dahlia, Dracula Dahlia)

The hybrid Dracula dahlia in the Dark Angel® Series produces lots of brightly colored single flowers that shine against its dark purple foliage. The compact, uniform plant is vigorous and high-performing. The 3-inch (9 cm) flowers have eight magenta-fuchsia petals surrounding a dark brown-purple center that displays yellow stamens.

These warm-season, herbaceous tender perennials grow from bulbous underground tubers. Their dark leaves are compound and have toothed edges. Single-form daisies appear...

(Dahlia, Duet Dahlia, Formal Decorative Dahlia)

Nothing beats dahlias as everblooming bedding plants and cut flowers. 'Duet' is a herbaceous, warm season, tender perennial with bulbous underground tubers. Its green foliage is made of single, oval and pointed leaflets with toothed margins. The long-lasting, medium-sized, doubled, formal decorative flowers are bicolored - rich dark red with white-tipped petals. It is good to remove the old buds from spent flowers to encourage continued flowering.

Dahlias prefer well-drained, fertile soil...

(Cactus Dahlia, Dahlia, Dutch Explosion Cactus Dahlia)

Nothing beats dahlias as everblooming warm season bedding plants and cut flowers.

Named for Swedish botanist and student of Linnaeus, Anders Dahl (1751 to 1789), this genus in the daisy family consists of over 30-species, many more subspecies and varieties and literally thousands of cultivated varieties. All are herbaceous tender perennials with bulbous underground tuberous roots, which are colloquially referred to as "tubers" even though the term is botanically incorrect.

Originating from...

(Dahlia, Edinburgh Dahlia, Formal Decorative Dahlia)

Nothing beats dahlias as everblooming warm season bedding plants and cut flowers.

Named for Swedish botanist and student of Linnaeus, Anders Dahl (1751 to 1789), this genus in the daisy family consists of over 30-species, many more subspecies and varieties and literally thousands of cultivated varieties. All are herbaceous tender perennials with bulbous underground tuberous roots, which are colloquially referred to as "tubers" even though the term is botanically incorrect.

Originating from...

(Dahlia, Ellen Huston Dahlia, Informal Decorative Dahlia)

The small, fully double blooms of 'Ellen Huston' are orange to orange red and long-lasting. They rise from a tall clump of bronze-burgundy foliage creating an appealing color contrast. These flowers are long-stemmed, vibrant and ideal for cutting.

This warm season herbaceous tender perennial grows from bulbous underground tubers and have rich green compound leaves with toothed margins. The colorful flowers appear continuously and are attractive to bees and butterflies. Remove the old buds from...

(Dahlia, Large Informal Decorative Dahlia)

Nothing beats dahlias as everblooming warm season bedding plants and cut flowers.

Named for Swedish botanist and student of Linnaeus, Anders Dahl (1751 to 1789), this genus in the daisy family consists of over 30-species, many more subspecies and varieties and literally thousands of cultivated varieties. All are herbaceous tender perennials with bulbous underground tuberous roots, which are colloquially referred to as "tubers" even though the term is botanically incorrect.

Originating from...

(Dahlia, Embrace Dahlia, Semi-cactus Dahlia)

Nothing beats dahlias as everblooming bedding plants and cutflowers. Cultivar 'Embrace' is a herbaceous, warm season, tender perennial with bulbous underground tubers. Its compound, green foliage is made of oval and pointed leaflets with toothed margins. The small, doubled, semi-cactus flowers are classified as yellow, but have straight petals that are extremely pale pinkish-yellow. Only the central core of petals has an obvious yellow hue. It is good to remove the old buds from spent flowers to...

(Dahlia, Emory Paul Dahlia, Informal Decorative Dahlia)

Few garden plants rival dahlias as everblooming bedding plants and cutflowers, and the giant, violet-fuchsia flowers of 'Emory Paul' illustrate this point perfectly! This slow-to-bloom hybrid was introduced in 1962. The volleyball-like, "dinner-plate" flowers - measuring no less than 10 inches (25 cm) across - are long-lasting and comprise numerous rows of pointed petals, creating an informal decorative class dahlia. Deeper burgundy-purple hues are seen in central petals and when the buds are first...