Color story
Pink dahlias
From shell pink to hot rose. The largest single slice of the dahlia world.
These palettes are our editorial groupings. The ADS classifies color separately with 15 formal classes; profiles note both where verified.
Rock Run Ashley
Soft guava pink with a muted peach cast that reads almost nude in bright light. Idlewild Blooms notes the color shifts between guava pink and muted peach over the season.
Bloomquist Tory P
Blush lavender over a pale base, ADS color chip PK18. Vendors describe a silvery, muted pink with a marshmallow base and an amethyst blush, like petals cut from porcelain.
Jowey Winnie
Dusty rose to dark pink with a muted bronze hue and an amethyst undertone.
Linda's Baby
Pink layered with strawberry and orange sherbet tones, sitting between true pink and coral.
Wizard of Oz
Pale powder pink, deeper at the heart of each bloom. My Dahlia Society describes soft pink centers with petals lightening almost to white toward the edges.
Caitlin's Joy
ADS dark blend: Idlewild Blooms describes raspberry pink with a darker plum-tinged center and a slightly glowing golden heart. The raspberry carries across a market table from thirty feet.
Cafe au Lait Rose
Rich cerise pink and lavender rose with an iridescent quality per Floret, far more saturated than its blush parent.
Chilson's Pride
Bubblegum pink melting to a creamy white center, a pastel ombre from the middle out. Petals carry a slightly ragged, almost fimbriated edge that softens the whole bloom.
Otto's Thrill
Shimmering rose pink with a frosted peach glow toward the center, ADS color class pink. The petals catch light in a way that reads metallic in photographs.
Gitts Perfection
ADS color class light blend: soft pink petals that melt to a creamy white center. The gradient is gentle enough that the whole bloom reads as one luminous wash of blush.
Emory Paul
Deep magenta-pink on a giant dinnerplate, one of the largest blooms the genus reliably makes.
Fluffles
Shell to bubblegum pink outer petals around a creamy eggnog center.
Bracken Rose
Dusty rose, often called ballet slipper pink, with slight purple undertones.
Elvira
Dark pink on a tiny open-centered micro peony, small enough to disappear in a bouquet but unbeatable on the show bench.
KA's Mocha Jake
Pale pink, the softest tone in the Mocha line. A quiet, dusty pink that sits easily alongside the cream and tawny shades of its siblings.
KA's Rose Quartz
Medium pink with a darker center and a white highlight on the central petals. The light center against the deeper pink gives blooms a lit-from-within look.
Coseytown Birthday Girl
Pink with a peachy blush flair, shifting from soft neutral peach to pink with occasional red-pink accents. The color drifts bloom to bloom, giving a single stem a range of soft tones.