(Bjorn Dahlia, Dahlia, Formal Decorative Dahlia)

Few garden plants rival dahlias as everblooming bedding plants and cutflowers. The selection 'Bjorn' 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 5-inch (12 cm), formal double (extra petals) flowers are dark red and long-lasting. The petal rows overlap to create a full, perfectly shaped flower head. It is good to remove the spent flowers to encourage continued flower production...

(Black Beauty Dahlia, Dahlia, Waterlily Dahlia)

The dahlia 'Black Beauty' bears semi-double, dark maroon, yellow-eyed blossoms on compact, leafy, well-branched plants. It flowers in late summer and autumn from seed planted in spring.

Dahlias are frost-tender, summer-growing perennials that grow from bulbous underground tubers. Their rich green compound leaves have oval, toothed leaflets. The colorful flowers continue for many weeks and are attractive to bees and butterflies. Remove the spent flowers to encourage reblooming.

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(Blue Bell Dahlia, Dahlia, Informal Decorative Dahlia)

Few garden plants rival dahlias as everblooming bedding plants or cut flowers, and the medium purple blooms of 'Blue Bell' make this point. Introduced around 2004, this hybrid produces purple ("blue" in the dahlia world) flowers that are considered informal double in form. They measure 4 to 9 inches (10 to 23 cm) in diameter. Multiple rows of oval petals overlap to create a handsome flower head that lasts a long time. Remove the spent flowers to encourage continued flower production up until frost....

(Blue Record Dahlia, Dahlia, Semi-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...

(Bluesette Dahlia, 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...

(Bodacious Dahlia, Dahlia, Informal Decorative Dahlia)

Few garden plants rival dahlias as everblooming bedding plants and cutflowers, and the giant, fiery flowers of 'Bodacious' illustrate this point perfectly! Introduced in 2002, this hybrid received the Derrill W. Hart medal. The massive "dinner-plate" flowers, measuring no less than 10 inches (25 cm) across, are a combination of yellow, orange-red and white. The long-lasting flower head comprises numerous rows of pointed petals, creating an informal decorative class dahlia. The youngest, upper petals...

(Bluesette Dahlia, Dahlia, Semi-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...

(Bridge View Aloha Semi-cactus Dahlia, Dahlia, Semi-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.

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(Ball Dahlia, Brookside Snowball Dahlia, Dahlia)

Nothing beats dahlias as everblooming bedding plants and cutflowers. Cultivar 'Brookside Snowball' is a herbaceous, warm season, tender perennial with bulbous underground tubers. Its green, compound foliage is made of single, oval and pointed leaflets with toothed margins. The medium-sized, ball flowers are long-lasting, with creamy white tube-like petals. The center of the mass of shorter petals may have a blush of very pale yellow. It is good to remove the old buds from spent flowers to encourage...

(Café au Lait Dahlia, Dahlia, Informal Decorative Dahlia)

Few garden plants rival dahlias as everblooming bedding plants and cutflowers. The porcelain-like blooming 'Café Au Lait' 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 numerous "dinner-plate" flowers, measuring 6 to 12 inches (15 to 30 cm) across, are a delicate, misty pink. Streaks of pink to rose may also appear in the younger petals. The long-lasting flower head comprises...