Data specific to Dahlias (Edit)
Form: Novelty Fully Double (NX)
Stellar (ST)
Color: Bicolor (BI)
Bronze (BR)
Orange (OR)
Year Introduced: 1990
Country of Origin: United States
Hybridizer or Originator: Gitts, N
ADS Classification Code: 7603

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 8a -12.2 °C (10 °F) to -9.4 °C (15 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 10b
Plant Height: 4 feet
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Bi-Color: Russet and yellow
Bloom Size: 3"-4"
Flower Time: Late summer or early fall
Fall
Underground structures: Tuber
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
  • Formal Decorative
  • Dahlia

Photo Gallery
Location: Little garden of Big Dreams, Dayton KY
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Date: 2022-07-16
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Date: 2019-10-13
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Date: 2019-10-09
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Date: 2018-10-10
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Date: 2008-08-03
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Date: 2010-08-02
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Date: 2013-09-27

Date: 2012-09-02
Location: Winlock WA.
Date: July 2016
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Location: Omaha, NE
Date: 2017-09-03
Location: NW WI
Date: summer 2015
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Date: 2011-09-20
Courtesy Alpha Dahlias
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Photo courtesy of Swan Island Dahlias
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Lilydaydreamer On April 18, 2016 Plant emerged
budded out - 2 tubers
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