Data specific to Dahlias (Edit)
Size: Medium (B): over 6 to 8 inches in diameter.
Form: Formal Decorative (FD)
Color: Bicolor (BI)
Orange (OR)
White (W)
Year Introduced: 1993
Country of Origin: United States
Hybridizer or Originator: Swan Island
ADS Classification Code: 2015

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
  • Decorative Dahlia

Photo Gallery
Location: Northeast, Ohio
Date: 2020-09-24
Location: Northeast, Ohio
Date: 2023-08-13
Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2015-09-29
Dahlia 'A La Mode', 2015
Location: elkhorn, ne
Date: 2019-08-10
Location: NW Wisconsin
Date: 2021-08-18
Finally an A La Mode the Japanese beetles stayed out of. It’s b
Location: My Yard
Date: 2022-09-27
Location: Dahlia Hill, Midland, Michigan
Date: 2019-09-26
A La Mode dahlia - this plant produced blooms which aren't as con
Location: At a local grower, Happy Dahlia Farm
Date: 2020-09-18
Location: At a local grower, Happy Dahlia Farm 
Date: 2020-09-18
Location: Omaha, NE
Date: October 2017
Location: My Yard
Date: 2022-09-01

Date: 2013-08-24

Photo Courtesy of Lynch Creek Farms.
  • Uploaded by Joy

Date: 2009-08-07
Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2013-08-24
Bi-Colored Dahlia, 'A La Mode'

Date: 2012-09-17

Photo Courtesy of Lynch Creek Farms.
  • Uploaded by Joy

Date: 2013-08-24
Location: southeast Ohio
Date: 2017-09-26
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Wow bloom! by Calif_Sue Oct 1, 2020 4:30 PM 0

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