Coseytown Oriole

Oriole, introduced in 2025, is the first variety in LeeAnn Huber's Fancy Single line at Coseytown Flowers, her bid to make the open single form, usually overlooked by cut-flower growers, earn its place in a bouquet. Huber breeds to a published nine-trait standard, and Oriole shows it: a 70-day-to-bloom, self-cleaning plant with strong upright stems and the dark foliage and near-black stems that turn the whole plant into a design element. The Coseytown name is a trademarked line, and originals sell exclusively through the Greencastle, Pennsylvania farm, where they routinely sell out. The fiery red-orange flower with its dark center doubles as a pollinator magnet, a working single that earns its keep both in the vase and in the field.

Oriole is a single-form dahlia, the first of Coseytown's Fancy Single line bred specifically for cut work, with blooms around 3.5 inches on plants near 54 inches. The farm reports it blooms about 70 days after planting, self-cleans, and holds strong upright stems, all traits that matter for a cutting single. At 4.5 feet stake it despite the strong stems. Singles open flat and show their centers, so this one leans on contrast: fiery red-orange petals around an unusually dark center, carried on glossy dark foliage and near-black stems. The whole plant is part of the show. It is also a pollinator magnet, since open singles give bees easy access. A Coseytown exclusive that sells out, so order from the farm early.