Data specific to Dahlias (Edit)
Size: Medium (B): over 6 to 8 inches in diameter.
Form: Informal Decorative (ID)
Color: Bicolor (BI)
Dark Red (DR)
Year Introduced: 1951
Country of Origin: New Zealand
Hybridizer or Originator: Frost
ADS Classification Code: 2115

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

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Location: Northeastern Pennsylvania
Date: 2016-08-14
Location: Kamala, Hockley, Essex, UK.
Date: 2022-08-21
Location: Northeast, Ohio
Date: 2018-09-06
Location: Dahlia Hill, Midland, Michigan
Date: 2019-10-05
Not all blooms of this bi-color cultivar have as nice a balance b
Location: The Park
Date: 2014-09-03
Uploaded by pirl

photo credit: Mark Twyning
Location: Halls of Heddon nursery, Northumberland, UK
Date: 2018-09-29
Location: Near Napa Valley (Northern California)
Date: 2021-09-06
Location: My garden in Warrenville, SC
Date: 2020-07-04
Location: Halls of Heddon nursery, Northumberland, UK
Date: 2018-09-22
Location: Northeast, Ohio
Date: 2021-09-04
Location: central New Hampshire
Date: 2017-08-13
Location: Omaha, NE
Date: 2018-09-21
Location: Northern Germany
Date: 2022-08-30
Location: Dahlia Hill, Midland, MI
Date: 2019-09-05
Location: Latvia University Botanical  gardens Riga
Date: 2018-09-11

Date: 2018-09-30
Location: elkhorn, ne
Date: 2019-08-09
Location: The Park
Date: 2014-10-03
An unexpected dark Tartan bloom but still quite welcome and very
Location: The Park
Date: 2014-09-03

Date: 2013-03-25
Location: The Park
Date: 2014-10-02
The ratty foliage on the left is Louisiana irises.

Photo Courtesy of Longfield Gardens. Used with Permission
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: The Park
Date: 2014-0830
Location: The Park
Date: 2014-0830
Location: The Park
Date: 2014-10-21
Tartan is leaning on the Physocarpus Ninebark for support but mak
Location: The Park
Date: 2014-10-19
Look at the stem on this dahlia, denoted by a row of X marks. It
Location: The Park
Date: 2014-09-03
Location: The Park, full sun
Date: 2014-06-17
Location: Dahlia Hill, Midland, MI
Date: 2019-09-05
Location: Dahlia Hill, Midland, MI
Date: 2019-09-05

Photo courtesy of Longfield Gardens
  • Uploaded by Joy
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