Data specific to Dahlias (Edit)
Size: Giant (AA): over 10 inches in diameter.
Form: Informal Decorative (ID)
Color: Light Blend (LB)
Year Introduced: 2000
Country of Origin: South Africa
Hybridizer or Originator: Maritz
ADS Classification Code: 110
ADS Ribbons: 16

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

Photo Gallery
Location: NW Wisconsin
Date: 2022-09-20
Cooler morning photo, lovely color, first bloom of season
Location: Northeast, Ohio
Date: 2021-08-15
Location: Northeast, Ohio
Date: 2022-09-19
Location: Northeast, Ohio
Date: 2020-10-03
Location: Northeast, Ohio
Date: 2019-08-28
Location: NW Wisconsin
Date: 2021-08-28
Plant is well over 6 feet tall and that includes the bloom, I can
Location: Brown City, MI
Date: 2019-09-26
Location: NW Wisconsin
Date: 2021-10-15
One of the last blooms of the season. Finding this variety is a h
Location: Northeast, Ohio
Date: 2019-10-05
Location: elkhorn, ne
Date: 2020-09-27
Location: Toledo Botanical Gardens, Toledo, Ohio
Date: 2019-10-04
Penhill Watermelon dahlia
Location: in my garden
Date: 2014-09-16
Location: RHS Wisley, Surrey, UK.
Date: 2022-08-04
Photo by mandolls
Location: Brown City, MI
Date: 2019-09-15

Photo Courtesy of Longfield Gardens. Used with Permission
  • Uploaded by Joy

Date: 2014-09-13

Photo courtesy of Longfield Gardens
  • Uploaded by Joy
Comments:
  • Posted by KatEnns (Castlegar British Columbia, Canada - Zone 5b) on Feb 17, 2018 12:24 PM concerning plant:
    This Dahlia is amazing! It starts out kind of brick red, fades to a multiple of pink yellow and red, and is enormous. I purchased this last year from Fernhill in British Columbia, and it seems to have overwintered in my cold storage ok so far.

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