Data specific to Dahlias (Edit)
Size: Medium (B): over 6 to 8 inches in diameter.
Form: Informal Decorative (ID)
Color: White (W)
Year Introduced: 1974
Country of Origin: Japan
Hybridizer or Originator: Tokunaga
ADS Classification Code: 2101

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
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

Photo Gallery
Location: Dahlia Hill, Midland, Michigan
Date: 2019-09-05
I held this drooping bloom up so I could catch the creamy glow at

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Location: Dahlia Hill, Midland, Michigan
Date: 2019-09-14
Yuukyu dahlia - blooms face sideways on the stems, making photogr
Location: Dahlia Hill, Midland, Michigan
Date: 2019-09-05
Showing the unfortunate growth habit of sideways or even downward
Location: Dahlia Hill, Midland, MI
Date: 2019-09-05
Location: Dahlia Hill, Midland, MI
Date: 2019-09-05

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