Data specific to Dahlias (Edit)
Size: Small (BB): over 4 to 6 inches in diameter.
Form: Informal Decorative (ID)
Color: Dark Blend (DB)
Pink (PK)
White (W)
Year Introduced: 2001
Country of Origin: United States
Hybridizer or Originator: Cook, C
ADS Classification Code: 3113
ADS Ribbons: 37

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 8a -12.2 °C (10 °F) to -9.4 °C (15 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 10a
Plant Height: 42 - 48 inches
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Bi-Color: Opens white with a pink edge, aging to increasingly pink
Bloom Size: 5"-6"
Flower Time: Summer
Late summer or early fall
Underground structures: Tuber
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: Ann Arbor, Michigan
Date: September 2023
Collage
Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan
Date: 2023-09-18
Location: Dahlia garden - full sun - zone 7
Date: 2013-09-16
The white blooms in the background are hydrangea Limelight.
Location: Northeast, Ohio
Date: 2019-09-08
Location: NW Wisconsin
Date: 2021-08-10
First Colorado Classic to bloom in my garden complete with a cree
Location: Northeast, Ohio
Date: 2021-08-21
Location: NW Wisconsin
Date: 2021-09-11
The color of my bloom is just perfect I think.
Location: Northeast, Ohio
Date: 2018-09-17
Location: Omaha, NE
Date: September 2017
Location: Latvia University Botanical  gardens Riga
Location: Latvia University Botanical  gardens Riga
Date: 2018-09-11
Location: Happy Dahlia Farm, Petaluma CA
Location: Dahlia Hill, Midland, Michigan
Date: 2019-10-05
Colorado Classic dahlia - a cultivar that can look different in e
Location: elkhorn, ne
Date: 2019-08-30
Location: The Park
Date: 2013-08-24
Location: National Botanic Garden of Latvia
Date: 2013-09-27
Location: Omaha, NE
Date: 2019-08-29
Location: NW WI
Date: 2017-09-24

Photo Courtesy of Lynch Creek Farms.
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Location: The Park
Date: 2013-0827
Location: The Park
Date: 2013-0926
Location: The Park
Date: 2013-09-26
Location: Terrace garden left side.
Date: 2009-1029
Location: My Garden

Date: 2010-10-23

Photo Courtesy of Lynch Creek Farms.
  • Uploaded by Joy

Date: 2011-09-20
Courtesy Alpha Dahlias
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