(Dahlia, Decorative Dahlia, Mystic Desire Dahlia)

An eye-catching salmony orange flower of Mystic Spirit dahlia atop dark foliage gives credence to a trademark name of Mystic Desire. A half-hardy hybrid dahlia developed in New Zealand by Keith Hammett, Mystic Desire dahlia -- cultivar 'Scarlet Fern' -- produces single-form flowers of bright but muted salmon-orange to vibrant peach and blackish burgundy leaves. Plants are well-branched, forming a compact, upright oval silhouette that does not required staking. Each flower displays eight petals surrounding...

(Dahlia, Fimbriated Dahlia, Show 'N' Tell Dahlia)

Nothing beats dahlias as everblooming bedding plants and cutflowers. Cultivar 'Show'N'Tell' is a herbaceous, warm season, tender perennial with bulbous underground tubers. Its compound, dark green foliage is made of oval and pointed leaflets with toothed margins. The large, doubled, laciniate-form flowers are reddish orange or cherry red with petal tips that sharply become yellow. It is good to remove the old buds from spent flowers to encourage continued flowering.

Dahlias prefer well-drained,...

(Dahlia, Decorative Dahlia, Smarty Pants Dahlia)

Nothing beats dahlias as everblooming bedding plants and cutflowers. Cultivar 'Smarty Pants' is a herbaceous, warm season, tender perennial with bulbous underground tubers. Its compound, dark red-green foliage is made of oval and pointed leaflets with toothed margins. The small, doubled, decorative-form flowers a velvety, rich red. It is good to remove the old buds from spent flowers to encourage continued flowering.

Dahlias prefer well-drained, fertile soil and full to partial sun. The most...

(Ball Dahlia, Dahlia, Snoho Doris Dahlia)

Nothing beats dahlias as everblooming bedding plants and cutflowers. Cultivar 'Snoho Doris' 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 ball, doubled, flowers are coral-pink, and the individual petals range from ivory-yellow at their bases to coral at their tips with hints of lavender. It is good to remove the old buds from spent flowers to encourage continued flowering....

(Dahlia, Decorative Dahlia, Spartacus Dahlia)

Nothing beats dahlias as everblooming bedding plants and cutflowers. Cultivar 'Spartacus' 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 large, doubled, informal decorative flowers are velvety red and long-lasting. The petals can be curled and haphazard in shape with blushes of very dark red. It is good to remove the old buds from spent flowers to encourage continued flowering....

(Dahlia, Starsister Red and White Dahlia)

The dwarf dahlias in the Starsister Series are vigorous, ever-blooming bedding plants. The tidy tender perennials are borne from tuberous roots that can easily be dug and stored indoors where winters are cold. They are bushy and have lush deep green lobed leaves. When conditions are favorable, they become covered with short leafy stems laden with semi-double daisies. These super showy flowers come in shades of lavender, pink, orange, scarlet, crimson, yellow and white. There are also a number of...

(Dahlia, Starsister Scarlet and Yellow Dahlia)

The dwarf dahlias in the Starsister Series are vigorous, ever-blooming bedding plants. The tidy tender perennials are borne from tuberous roots that can easily be dug and stored indoors where winters are cold. They are bushy and have lush deep green lobed leaves. When conditions are favorable, they become covered with short leafy stems laden with semi-double daisies. These super showy flowers come in shades of lavender, pink, orange, scarlet, crimson, yellow and white. There are also a number of...

(Dahlia, Decorative Dahlia, Sugartown Sunrise Dahlia)

Nothing beats dahlias as everblooming bedding plants and cutflowers. Cultivar 'Sugartown Sunrise' is a herbaceous, warm season, tender perennial with bulbous underground tubers. Its compound, dark green foliage is made of oval and pointed leaflets with toothed margins. The miniature, doubled, formal decorative-form flowers are a lovely blend of creamy white and lavender-pink. Typically the petal bases are cream, and then blending to lavender at their tips. Also, the central core of petals is often...

(Dahlia, Incurved Cactus Dahlia, Taratahi Lilac Dahlia)

Nothing beats dahlias as everblooming bedding plants and cutflowers. Cultivar 'Taratahi Lilac' is a herbaceous, warm season, tender perennial with bulbous underground tubers. Its compound, dark green foliage is made of oval and pointed leaflets with toothed margins. The small, doubled, incurved-cactus form flowers are a blend of lavender and ivory. The narrow petals are creamy at their base and then either gently or abruptly blush to lavender at their pointed tips. It is good to remove the old buds...

(Dahlia, Taratahi Ruby Dahlia, Waterlily Dahlia)

Nothing beats dahlias as everblooming bedding plants and cutflowers. Cultivar 'Taratahi Ruby' is a herbaceous, warm season, tender perennial with bulbous underground tubers. Its compound, dark green to bronzed foliage is made of oval and pointed leaflets with toothed margins. The medium-sized, doubled, waterlily-flowered blossoms are robust red, and close at night. Bases of the petals may expose a creamy white color when the flowerhead is aged and widely open. The long stems are usually reddish green....