r/dahlias • • Jul 21 '26

ID Request First time grower and so proud of my blooms 🄹

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Any ID ideas?
All photos are from the same plant but the lighting really seems to make a difference in appearance
Grown from the random selection bag from Russell’s Mills Flower Co

r/dahlias • • May 06 '26

ID Request first bloomsšŸ’—šŸ§”

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2.9k Upvotes

Anyone know what type these are?

r/dahlias • • Jul 22 '26

ID Request A new bombshell has entered the villa…

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618 Upvotes

Any ID ideas? I have a confirmed foxy lady growing so I don’t think this one is that variety. Grown from tuber purchased from Russell mills farms

r/dahlias • • Jul 02 '26

ID Request Please tell me this is Cafe Au Lait and that Eden Brothers didn’t screw me over (again)

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Im concerned that my cafe au lait is looking like its going to bloom purple 😭

If that happens this will be the fourth incorrect item they’ve sent me alongside my ranunculus, chamomile, and double poppy.

r/dahlias • • Jul 18 '26

ID Request First of the season

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890 Upvotes

r/dahlias • • May 13 '26

ID Request My first blooms!!!

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991 Upvotes

I’m so happy I have two beautiful blooms!

1 - Red is Cornel.
2 - Peach ..IDK? …ID help

r/dahlias • • May 29 '26

ID Request ID Request

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640 Upvotes

Wondering the name of this beauty I got in a Home Depot variety bag a few years ago. Any help would be appreciated! It’s my only unidentified plant.

r/dahlias • • Jun 21 '26

ID Request First ever dahlia bloom!

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731 Upvotes

Can anyone tell me what this is? Bought from Canadian tire, labelled as just dahlia

r/dahlias • • 5d ago

ID Request ID please!

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401 Upvotes

I bought these at a stand and these are the exact dahlias I want to grow next season. Could someone help please?!

r/dahlias • • Sep 03 '26

ID Request Any ideas?

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388 Upvotes

One and two came from the same plant. I have it labeled as cafe au lait but I’ve mixed up a lot of my tubers. I know it can vary a lot in color, but the petal pattern doesn’t look like the ones I’ve seen. Could it be sweet Nathalie?

Number 3 is a mystery to me! It looks like sheer heaven from swan island but I know I wouldn’t have spent more than $30 on a tuber.

Let me know!

r/dahlias • • May 12 '26

ID Request Is this Gitts Crazy?

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459 Upvotes

UPDATE: I’ve decided it’s Coseytown Babycakes after all, see it in full bloom. I’m sure it’s not one of my Cornell Bronze.

I will post one more photo in comments.

I planted this as coseytown babycakes, but I think I swapped it with Gitts Crazy. Yes?

r/dahlias • • Jul 21 '26

ID Request Anyone know the verity?

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260 Upvotes

Got this tuber for free last year but never it said a name on it.

r/dahlias • • Sep 11 '25

ID Request Shocked - I thought this dahlia did not survive the winter but today I found this beautiful bloom!

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I bought this unidentified random dahlia tubular from a discount store about 10 years ago and have always enjoyed the beautiful blooms it has given me year after year. This spring I didn’t see any foliage come up and figured it didn’t survive the winter.

This morning I looked out my kitchen window and spotted an open bloom. I was so thrilled to see, it did make it!!!!

If anyone can identify what variety this might be, I’d appreciate it.

r/dahlias • • Jun 20 '25

ID Request I never knew how much I loved Dahlias until I saw these

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834 Upvotes

I saw these at Home Depot but didn’t have a spot for them. Now when I go back the ones left are in pretty poor shape. What are they? The pot said ā€œDahliasā€ so not a lot of info. I’d love to buy them next year but can’t find a good match online. Thank you so much!

r/dahlias • • Aug 08 '26

ID Request Mystery tuber

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200 Upvotes

Would love to know the name of this gigantic purple beauty, shipped as a discount mystery tuber.

r/dahlias • • May 20 '26

ID Request Zone 5B - my dahlias survived the winter??

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95 Upvotes

I am thoroughly confused. At least three of the exact spots where I had dahlias last year have new growth coming up. I did not remove the tubers. Is this a dahlia?

I’m in zone 5B and we did not have a favorable winter.

r/dahlias • • Jul 31 '25

ID Request I really love this one!

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628 Upvotes

She was in my big box store tubers pack and she's definitely not a dinnerplate as advertised.

Bloomed right about 70 days after planting, medium green foliage, plant is maybe 3' tall. Blooms are 3.5 to 4"

She's just the richest deep velvety red maroon almost blood red and not open centered. I would so appreciate advice on what she is āœŒļøšŸ«¶šŸ’

r/dahlias • • Apr 06 '26

ID Request Can anyone help me with ID?

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166 Upvotes

I picked this up from a local nursery in San Diego and it didnt have an ID. Every Bloom is slightly different in color and some are more open in the center and some tighter. Blooms are all 7" plus when fully open. Any ideas what she might be?

r/dahlias • • Jun 28 '25

ID Request First year growing, and I'm obsessed.

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732 Upvotes

Unfortunately I don't know the variety but would love to if anyone does 😊

r/dahlias • • May 28 '26

ID Request Mislabeled Dahlia ended up being our favorite.

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This was labeled as ā€œMikayla Mirandaā€ from our shop but was mislabeled (second picture is the other Mikayla Miranda). No idea what kind it is but it’s absolutely stunning.

r/dahlias • • Sep 01 '26

ID Request ID Request

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I made the mistake of going to look at the dahlias at my cities botanical garden. Unfortunately these beauties were not labeled. Anyone have any IDs on these ? Thank you!

r/dahlias • • Jul 24 '26

ID Request ID help?

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291 Upvotes

Tried really hard but picture doesn’t capture some of the yellow tones in the petals. Plant is about 3 feet high and 3ish inch blooms, maybe slightly smaller

r/dahlias • • Sep 30 '25

ID Request Saw this beauty during a walk

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612 Upvotes

There were many more in this garden but this one was my favourite.

r/dahlias • • 12d ago

ID Request First time digging up tubers this fall, any tips for storage that actually work?

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Grew dahlias for the first time this year after my neighbor gave me a handful of tubers she had extra of in spring. Planted six varieties, mostly dinnerplate types and a couple of ball dahlias, and honestly the whole season went better than I expected for a total beginner. CafƩ au Lait ended up being the showstopper, bigger blooms than I thought were even possible from something I put in the ground myself.

Now that we're getting close to the first frost here, I'm staring down the part everyone warns you about: digging and storing the tubers over winter. I've read through a bunch of old threads and everyone seems to swear by a different method. Some people wash everything and dry for a day before boxing them in vermiculite, others don't wash at all and just knock the dirt off and store in peat moss, and I've seen a couple people use plain paper bags in a cardboard box like they're storing onions.

My basement stays around 45 to 50 degrees most of the winter and isn't too damp, so I'm hoping that's decent enough for storage without a fridge setup. Mostly worried about rot since I've heard that's what kills most people's tubers, not the cold itself. If anyone has a method that's worked for them for multiple seasons in a similar climate, I'd love to hear specifics on what you pack them in and how often you check on them. Don't want to lose CafƩ au Lait after one good season.

r/dahlias • • Feb 26 '26

ID Request Does anyone know of a similar dahlia?

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379 Upvotes

Hi guys. This florist/farmer on instagram brought about this dahlia. I find it quite phenomenal and would’ve loved to add it to my garden but (1) she isn’t selling it yet and (2) she’s based in Canada and doesn’t ship to USA anyway. I was wondering do you know guys know of any dahlia cultivars that have similar traits?