Data specific to Dahlias (Edit)
Size: Medium (B): over 6 to 8 inches in diameter.
Form: Formal Decorative (FD)
Color: Bicolor (BI)
Purple (PR)
White (W)
Year Introduced: 1994
Country of Origin: Netherlands
Hybridizer or Originator: Lans
ADS Classification Code: 3015

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Plant Height: 24-36 inches
Plant Spread: 18-24 inches
Flowers: Showy
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Other: Propagate by taking cuttings of newly emerged shoots
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger

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Common names
  • Dahlia

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Location: Dahlia Hill, Midland, Michigan
Date: 2018-09-08
In my limited experience, blooms of Mystery Day vary widely in th
Location: Elkhart
Date: 2020-07-26
Location: Elshout
Date: 2022-07-31
Dahlia Mystery Day grown in The Netherlands
Location: Elkhart
Date: 10-02-2021
Location: My garden in N E Pa. 
Date: 2015-09-29
Location: North Eastern Pennsylvania
Date: 2010-09-23

Date: 2014-09-21
Location: Elkhart
Date: 2020-07-29
Location: My garden in Warrenville, SC
Date: 2016-07-21
Started in greenhouse to get earlier bloom

photo credit: Cillas

Date: 2014-09-21
Location: Elkhart
Date: 2020-07-26
Location: Elkhart
Date: 2020-07-26
Location: AZ
Date: Spring
Although I love the color combo in this one, it is not one I woul
Location: Dahlia Hill, Midland, MI
Date: 2015-09-08
Location: Dahlia Hill, Midland, MI
Date: 2015-09-08
Location: Telly's Greenhouse, Troy, MI
Date: 2013-07-28
Location: Northern Indiana
Date: November 2020
Color variation in two different plants sourced from a Lowe’s t

Date: 2013-08-23
Location: Greece
Date: July
Location: Dearborn Heights, MI
Date: 2016-09-25
My yard, zone 6
Location: Dearborn Heights, MI
Date: 2016-09-25
My yard, zone 6
Location: Dahlia Hill, Midland, MI
Date: 2015-09-08
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