ADS form ID
Informal Decorative dahlias
Fully double blooms with twisted, curled, or wavy ray florets arranged irregularly. Most of the famous dinnerplates, including Cafe au Lait, live here.
Informal Decorative varieties carry an ADS size letter: AA (over 10 inches) down to M (up to 4 inches). The catalog word "dinnerplate" maps loosely to AA and A; it is marketing language, not a class.
Profiled informal decorative varieties
Cafe au Lait
Creamy blush that shifts through ivory, champagne, peach, and dusty rose, often varying bloom to bloom. Farms note that no two flowers are quite alike.
Labyrinth
A swirled two-tone blend of golden bronze and raspberry. The petals read peachy pink at a distance and resolve into the swirl up close.
KA's Khaleesi
A clean white giant, ADS class AA ID WH. Petals stay crisp and bright rather than creamy, which is part of why florists chase it for big white installation work.
Cafe au Lait Royal
A blush and white base streaked and tipped with magenta and purple for a tie dye effect. The RHS describes it as white overlaid with light purple blush and purple stripes.
Belle of Barmera
Idlewild Blooms describes vibrant coral with layers of sunset tones running through the petals; Floret sees peach-centered coral-raspberry blooms. The ADS color class is dark pink, which undersells it.
KA's Cloud
White brushed with a soft blush, the cream-and-pink wedding palette that made it famous. The blush reads stronger in cool weather and fades toward clean white in heat.
Penhill Dark Monarch
Descriptions vary by source: the registry says bicolored purple and yellow, Triple Wren sees a raspberry-to-plum ombre, and the RHS describes swirling peach and dark pink. Expect a shifting dark blend rather than one fixed color.
Shiloh Noelle
Pale blush-lavender white. Early blooms lean yellow-pink, while fall blooms shift toward lavender and white.
Cafe au Lait Rose
Rich cerise pink and lavender rose with an iridescent quality per Floret, far more saturated than its blush parent.
KA's Mocha Maya
Cream to soft pink washed with muted tan mocha tones, the signature smoky look of the Mocha line. The dusty cast is what florists prize for moody, neutral arrangements.
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.
Sherwood's Peach
Glowing peach classed as bronze by the ADS. Idlewild Blooms describes huge, fluffy bronze blooms with the tiniest purple haze in the center, and the petal reverse carries that purple shadow throughout.
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.
Hamari Gold
Warm bronzy gold on a large dinnerplate, a designer staple for autumn arrangements.
Mikayla Miranda
A light blend: white base with lavender and lilac tips and a soft green glow at the center.
Santa Claus
Red and white bicolor with long, ruffled petals. Summer Dreams Farm notes no two flowers are patterned alike.
Breakout
A light blend of creamy pink warming to a soft butter yellow center.
Bloomquist Jean
A clear orange on a medium informal decorative, ADS class B ID, clean enough to win and useful enough to cut.
Hollyhill Black Beauty
A deep black-red, about as dark as the genus goes, on a small informal decorative.
AC Rosebud
A rose-red with a glowing golden center, a warm two-tone that sells itself in a bouquet.
Spartacus
A deep velvety dark red on a large dinnerplate, dramatic on the show bench and in the vase alike.
KA's Papa John
White, ADS class A ID WH, listed by Crazy4Dahlias as A ID WH. A clean large white in the same family as Khaleesi but at a more manageable size.
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.
Coseytown Goldilocks
Saturated gold, a honey-mustard yellow with extra ruffling in the petals. The deep, warm tone reads richer than a typical clear yellow dahlia.