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Opinionated little lists. Every pick links to its full profile, where to buy it included.
Dahlias That Look Like Cafe au Lait
Cafe au Lait sells out in minutes every winter. Here are the blush and cream dahlias growers reach for instead, with the honest tradeoffs.
6 picksBlush Dahlias for a Cutting Garden
Soft pinks, creams, and champagnes that earn their bed space in a cutting garden, chosen for stems you can actually harvest.
6 picksBest Dahlias for Beginners
Forgiving, productive dahlias that reward a first-year grower instead of testing one. Strong stems, generous blooms, easy tubers.
6 picksThe Most Productive Dahlias (and Best Tuber Makers)
Dahlias that throw stem after stem all season and divide into a generous clump of tubers, the farmer's and multiplier's picks.
6 picksBest Dahlias for Containers and Small Gardens
Compact, knee-high, and well-behaved dahlias that thrive in a pot or a tight bed without a six-foot stake.
6 picksDinnerplate Dahlias: The Giants
The biggest blooms the genus makes, from blush wedding showpieces to magenta record-setters, and what dinnerplate really means.
6 picksDark and Moody Dahlias
Wine, oxblood, near-black, and deep purple. The velvet end of the dahlia spectrum, for arrangements with drama and depth.
5 picksBall Dahlias for Endless Bouquets
The cut-flower workhorses: globe-shaped blooms with long vase life on strong stems, the form flower farmers plant by the row.
6 picks