USA

Idlewild Blooms

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Sales open
Presale opened February 7 in the most recent season; tubers ship March to May (2025-26 season)
Ships to
US; tubers ship March through May
How they sell
Single tubers with ADS classification data published on every listing
Stock
Field grown on the farm

One of the most data-rich farm catalogs in the hobby: listings carry ADS class codes, color chips, and honest field notes, which makes them a frequent source for this site.

Profiled varieties they carry

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Roger Turrell, 1991

Castle Drive

A light blend in soft sherbet peach. Coseytown and Idlewild note it carries less yellow than the varieties it gets confused with.

Formal Decorative BBSells out fast
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Jozef Weyts, 2004

Jowey Winnie

Dusty rose to dark pink with a muted bronze hue and an amethyst undertone.

Ball BALimited supply
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P. K. J. Smits, 2004

Linda's Baby

Pink layered with strawberry and orange sherbet tones, sitting between true pink and coral.

Ball BALimited supply
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Cor Geerlings, 2007

Cornel Bronze

Muted bronze, recorded under ADS color code BR3. A soft metallic shade that designers use where red or orange would be too loud.

Ball BALimited supply
photo coming
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Walter H. Maritz, 2000

Penhill Watermelon

A light blend of watermelon pink and peach washed with lavender, coral, and a faint yellow base. The mix shifts bloom to bloom and with the light.

Unclassified AALimited supply
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Hybridizer unverified, 2000

Maarn

Honey apricot deepening to tangerine orange, a saturated warm tone.

BallLimited supply
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Peter Haslhofer, 2014

Hapet Champagne

A light blend of soft cream and blush washed with apricot and lemon, deepening toward a lemon sorbet center. The center color intensifies late in the season.

Laciniated BSells out fast
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Dave and Leone Smith, 2004

Valley Rust Bucket

Classed bronze: an amber two-tone with orange petals over a strawberry-red reverse, so the ball shifts color with viewing angle.

Miniature Ball MBSells out fast
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Bill Bonneywell, 2000

Snoho Doris

A dark blend that varies bloom to bloom. Idlewild describes citrine yellow and strawberry red, koi-like, while Floret sees coral, peach, and apricot.

Ball BALimited supply
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Gitts family (Swan Island Dahlias), 2015

Fluffles

Shell to bubblegum pink outer petals around a creamy eggnog center.

Formal Decorative BBSells out fast
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D. Lark, 2012

Lark's Ebbe

A bronze-peach that shifts through the season, ADS class 3011, never quite the same color twice.

Formal Decorative BBSells out fast