(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, Semi-cactus Dahlia, Tahiti Sunrise 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 tubers.

Originating from regions in Mexico and South and Central America, Dahlias were revered by native tribe’s people, such...

(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....

(Dahlia, Unwin's Mixed Dahlias)

Unwin Series dahlias are bedding type dahlias with a vigorous, dwarf habit. The beautiful green foliage is adorned with showy bronze, salmon, apricot, orange, scarlet, crimson, yellow and lavender semi-double flowers when temperatures are warm and remain above freezing. Petals surround a small golden yellow center disc.

Often sold in seed form, 'Unwin Mix' can be started early indoors in very early spring and transplanted out later. They will flower during the latter part of the first season...

(Dahlia, Semi-cactus Dahlia, Vanessa Dahlia)

Nothing beats dahlias as everblooming bedding plants and cutflowers. Cultivar 'Vanessa' is a herbaceous, warm season, tender perennial with bulbous underground tubers. The compound, green foliage has oval and pointed leaflets with toothed margins. The medium-sized pink, doubled, informal decorative-type flowers are long-lasting and borne prolifically. It is good to remove the old buds from spent flowers to encourage continued flowering.

Dahlias prefer well-drained, fertile soil and full to...

(Dahlia, Decorative Dahlia, Mystic Wonder Dahlia)

The dahlia hybrid 'Mystic Wonder' bears glossy beet-red foliage and dark red blooms on sturdy compact plants that do not need staking. It is one of the Mystic Series dahlias developed by renowned plant breeder Keith Hammett of Auckland, New Zealand.

Dahlias are tender herbaceous perennials that grow from plump underground tubers to form lush clumps of compound foliage topped with daisy-like blossoms. The single, eight-petaled, blood-red blossoms of 'Mystic Wonder' have a contrasting reddish-brown...

(Cactus Dahlia, Dahlia, Weston Spanish Dancer Dahlia)

Nothing beats dahlias as everblooming bedding plants and cutflowers. Cultivar 'Weston Spanish Dancer' 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-class, doubled, cactus-form blossoms are bicolored. The narrow petals are a light yellow at the base and then dramatically change to red or deep orange-red at the tips, creating what is sometimes called a "flame blend"...

(Collarette Dahlia, Dahlia, Wheels Dahlia)

Nothing beats dahlias as everblooming bedding plants and cutflowers. Cultivar 'Wheels' is a tall, 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, single to semi-double, collarette-form blossoms are red and yellow. The outer petals are red to deep orange-red, possibly with hair-thin streaks of yellow. Atop the red petals is the second inner ring of fringed yellow petals that...

(Dahlia, Decorative Dahlia, Wildwood Marie Dahlia)

Nothing beats dahlias as everblooming bedding plants and cutflowers. Cultivar 'Wildwood Marie' 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-classed, doubled, waterlily-flowered blossoms are a sweet pink to salmon-pink, and close at night. Bases of the petals are a bright yellow. It is good to remove the old buds from spent flowers to encourage continued flowering.

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