(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.

Originating from...

(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...

(Caribbean Fantasy Dahlia, Dahlia, Novelty Fully Double 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...

(Carl Chilson Dahlia, Dahlia, Informal Decorative Dahlia)

Dahlias are nearly unrivaled as everblooming bedding plants or cut flowers. The hybrid 'Carl Chilson' produces double-form (extra petal rows), white flowers with diameters of about 4 to 6 inches (10 to 15 cm). These long-lasting flowers are regarded as being informal decorative among dahlia cultivars. In the center of the flower heads, smallest and youngest petals often blush pale yellow before maturing snow white. Remove the spent flowers to encourage continued flower production up until frost....

(Carolina Burgundy Dahlia, Dahlia)

A tuberous perennial from the Dahlinova® series of dahlias, 'Carolina Burgundy' develops into a compact, freely branching, upright mounding plant. It's prized for its semi-double (extra petal) flowers with violet-magenta petals surrounding a central yellow tuft of stamens. This hybrid was developed by plant breeders in The Netherlands in 1997, as a random mutation off of another dahlia cultivar named 'Ruicaro'.

Few plants rival dahlias as everblooming bedding plants and cut flowers. These herbaceous,...

(Carolina Orange Dahlia, Dahlia)

A tuberous perennial from the Dahlinova® series of dahlias, 'Carolina Orange' develops into a compact, freely branching, upright mounding plant. It's prized for its semi-double (extra petal) flowers with red-orange petals surrounding a central yellow tuft of stamens. This hybrid was developed by plant breeders in The Netherlands in 1997, as a random mutation off of another dahlia cultivar named 'Ruicaro'.

Few plants rival dahlias as everblooming bedding plants and cut flowers. These herbaceous,...

(Chic Dahlia, Dahlia)

Dahlias are nearly unrivaled as everblooming bedding plants or cut flowers. The dark foliage and the light yellow blooms of 'Chic' illustrate this point. This hybrid - a member of the Chic Series - produces semi-double, light yellow flowers with a golden brown center. Multiple rows of oval petals create the augmented daisy-like flower head that lasts a long time. Remove the spent flowers to encourage continued flower production up until frost. The dahlia is a herbaceous, warm-season, tender perennial...

(City of Alkmaar Dahlia, Dahlia, Decorative Dahlia)

Nothing beats dahlias as everblooming bedding plants and cut flowers. Cultivar 'City of Alkmaar' 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 small, doubled, semi-cactus flowers are light orange with blushes of pink on petal tips, and are long-lasting. It is good to remove the old buds from spent flowers to encourage continued flowering.

Dahlias prefer well-drained,...