Data specific to Dahlias (Edit)
Size: Small (BB): over 4 to 6 inches in diameter.
Form: Informal Decorative (ID)
Color: Bicolor (BI)
Year Introduced: 1983
Country of Origin: United States
Hybridizer or Originator: Miller, H
ADS Classification Code: 3115

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
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
  • Informal Decorative Dahlia

Photo Gallery
Location: Dahlia Hill, Midland, Michigan
Date: 2019-10-10
'Santa Claus' is a red/white bi-color with a distinctive color pa

Date: 2008-08-29
Location: Omaha, NE
Date: 2019-10-06
Location: Dahlia garden - full sun - zone 7
Date: 2017-08-19

Date: 2011-10-06
Courtesy Alpha Dahlias
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Uploaded by Melissamaeday
Location: Omaha, NE
Date: 2018-07-29
Location: Omaha, NE
Date: 2019-09-05
Location: Northeastern Pennsylvania
Date: 2016-08-24

credit: Mark Twyning

Photo Courtesy of Lynch Creek Farms.
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Location: The Park, full sun.
Date: 2016-08-27
Location: The Park, full sun.
Date: 2016-08-26

Photo Courtesy of Lynch Creek Farms.
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Photo courtesy of Swan Island Dahlias. Used with permission.
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