Washington
Triple Wren Farms
- Sales open
- Main US tuber sale in January; Canadian sale in February; spring sale March to April (2025-26 season)
- Ships to
- US and Canada, via separate US and Canadian storefronts
- How they sell
- Single tubers and dahlia seeds; also brings hybridizer partner varieties to market
- Stock
- Field grown on the farm
Run by Steve and Sarah Pabody since 2012 in northwest Washington, with a second farm in Abbotsford, British Columbia. Known for the Legacy and Novice Hybridizer programs and for carrying KA's and Bloomquist varieties.
Profiled varieties they carry
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.
Cornel
True lipstick red, a clear scarlet with a slightly darker center.
Appleblossom
Light yellow shifting to pale pink, with petals Triple Wren describes as small watercolor paintings.
Polka
Pale rays edged with a thin red picotee line around a brilliant yellow pincushion center that matures to pink and rose.
Breakout
A light blend of creamy pink warming to a soft butter yellow center.
Sandia Brocade
Warm golden orange shading to cantaloupe, with reflexed outer petals around a tubular, fringed center, all carried on dark stems.
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.
Foxy Lady
The Swan Island plant is an ombre of burgundy through pink, raspberry, and peach to yellow. Other cultivars sold under this name are dusty mauve or magenta with white tips, so confirm the plant before trusting photos.
Terracotta
Warm amber and butterscotch tones with a bronzy peach cast, described by sellers as dusty light orange. The color is the whole calling card.
Fluffles
Shell to bubblegum pink outer petals around a creamy eggnog center.
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 Mocha Jo
Blush pink with tawny parchment accents, the most layered color in the Mocha line. The parchment edges give each bloom a soft, antique cast.
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.
Bloomquist Blush
Idlewild Blooms describes creamy butter yellow with a soft pink blush and a delicate rose picotee edge. Triple Wren sells it as clear cream with a lavender picotee. Either way, the edge detail is the draw.
American Dawn
A coral, raspberry, and plum ombre that refuses to sit still. Good Life Dahlias notes the colors change through the season, from bright pink with purple hues to bronze with the same purple undertones.
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.
Koko Puff
Smoky mauve. Idlewild Blooms calls it a stunning dusty rose pompon that looks more lavender in some weather, and that indecision between rose and lavender is the entire appeal.
Golden Scepter
A warm clear golden yellow on a tight little globe, the go-to small yellow for designers.