Data specific to Dahlias (Edit)
Size: Medium (B): over 6 to 8 inches in diameter.
Form: Semi-Cactus (SC)
Color: Dark Red (DR)
Year Introduced: 2005
Country of Origin: United States
Hybridizer or Originator: Gitts, N
ADS Classification Code: 2207

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
Also sold as:
  • Loverboy

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Location: NW Wisconsin
Date: 2022-09-21
Location: NW Wisconsin
Date: 2022-09-04
Photo in the shade with total front light. Makes Lover Boy more m
Location: central Illinois
Date: Aug 2009

Photo courtesy of Swan Island Dahlias. Used with permission.
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2009-08-05

Date: 2011-09-20
Courtesy Alpha Dahlias
  • Uploaded by vic
Comments:
  • Posted by jmorth (central Illinois) on Sep 27, 2015 9:45 AM concerning plant:
    Luminous 6" blooms on a plant that stands four and a half feet tall make this variety garden worthy. The semi-cactus flowers are described as red with a blue undertone, though my experience puts it into the kind of black with red undertone group. Mine bloomed in August. This dahlia was bred by Swan Island a decade ago. With 6" blooms, it's in the BB (4 to 6") size range.

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