Plant Family Guides: Dahlia Guides
Hardiness
Dahlia Types
There are thousands of varieties of dahlias (!!!) and they are all classified by the shape, size and color of their flowers. Which one if for you?
Most Beautiful Dinner Plate Dahlias
The flowers of Dinner Plate Dahlias make quite an impression! They are unbelievably large - up to 12 in. across (30 cm) - and will bloom continuously from July until the first touch of frost
Waterlily Dahlias
Waterlily Dahlias do resemble waterlily flowers and make excellent cut flowers, as the stems of many varieties have been bred to be very long and sturdy. Whether in a vase or elegantly floating in a shallow bowl, they are perfect eye-catchers!
Cactus and Semi Cactus Dahlias
Cactus and semi-cactus dahlias feature double flowers with long pointed ray petals that revolute or roll back along half their length, giving the flowers a spiky look. Their blooms come in many sizes and most cultivars reach a height of more than 40 inches.
Mignon and Single Dahlias
Single Dahlias feature blooms with a single row of flat or slightly cupped ray florets arranged in a flat plane, uniformly overlapping, preferably in the same direction with no gaps. The disc flowers may have up to three rows of bright yellow or orange pollen and the blooms are over two inches in diameter (5 cm). Pollinators love these Single-Flowered Dahlias!
Great Ornamental Grasses to Grow with Your Favorite Dahlias
Fabulous planting partners for dahlias, ornamental grasses help create incredibly beautiful planting combinations. In contrast with dahlias which boldly inject bright colors and broad-petalled flowers in the garden, grasses contribute their beauty in a more subtle fashion through their transparency, luminosity, texture, and seasonal changes.
Beautiful Dahlias to Crave For
Dahlias are absolutely breathtaking flowers. Flowering for months, they inject color and drama wherever you grow them: in mixed borders in the garden, in containers or window boxes on balconies, and on patios.
Decorative Dahlias
Decorative Dahlias can be formal with flat petals evenly and regularly placed throughout the flowers, or informal with generally flat petals, sometimes slightly rolled at the tips, but with irregular arrangement of formation.
Pompon and Ball Dahlias
Pompon and Ball Dahlias feature relatively small, fully double, globe-shaped flowers with petals blunt or slightly rounded at their tips. How not to marvel at the perfect petal arrangement of these dahlias? They display an infinite swirl of florets with fold upon fold of incredibly flawless petals.
Anemone and Collarette Dahlias
Anemone Dahlias feature an outer ring of flat ray petals arranged in a wreath and surrounding masses of tiny, elongated disk florets which form an intriguing floral pincushion. Collarette Dahlias are small to medium flowers with large flat ray petals surrounding an open center. Within the ray and surrounding the center is a wreath of shorter petals, often of a different color: this forms the “collar.”
Peony-Flowered and Orchid Dahlias
Peony Dahlias are open centered flowers with two or more rows of large and voluptuous petals surrounding a disc. Orchid Dahlias are also open centered flowers with one ray of florets surrounding a disc (Single Orchid) or a fully double bloom showing no disc (Double Orchid). The florets involute for two-thirds or more of their length.
Great Perennial Plants to Grow with Your Favorite Dahlias
Injecting color, drama, and late-summer fireworks in the garden, dahlias look fabulous on their own or combined with other plants. Many are graceful and integrate well into most borders, creating appealing planting combinations and providing interest from mid-summer until the first frost.
Dahlias with Dark Foliage
These unusual dahlia varieties are really worth mentioning and should not be overlooked by the gardener. Why? Because these beauties offer masses of stunning flower colors that contrast strikingly with their deep mahogany-to-black foliage. Effect in the garden guaranteed! Here is the roster of these most popular beauties.
Dahlia: Plant Care and Growing Guide
Learn how to plant, grow and care for Dahlia flowers and add a bright pop of summer color to your garden
Best Dahlias For Cutting
Dahlias are absolutely breathtaking flowers. They are widely available in such a huge range of intense colors that they can be used in any setting. All dahlias make tremendous cut flowers – the more you cut them, the more they bloom! Still, some are considered superstars.
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