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Gitts Crazy
A swirling dark blend of golden bronze with a rosy-purple reverse, so the bloom reads differently as the petals catch light. The Cincinnati Dahlia Society classes it B ST DB, a medium stellar.
More orange & bronze dahlias- Hybridizer
- Nicholas Gitts
- Introduced
- not yet verified
- Form
- Stellar
- ADS size
- B (Medium, over 6 and up to 8 inch blooms)
- Bloom
- 6 to 7 inches
- Height
- not yet verified
Why people hunt it
Gitts Crazy won the American Dahlia Society Derrill W. Hart Medal in 2011, the award the ADS gives a seedling that performs across multiple trial gardens, which is why exhibitors trust it on the show bench. The Gitts prefix belongs to Nicholas Gitts of Swan Island Dahlias, the family behind a long run of award-winning introductions. It still clears out fast at sellers like the Cincinnati Dahlia Society and Blue Sky Dahlias. One honest note: some catalog descriptions call it an informal decorative, but the ADS class on record is stellar, and the classification is what we follow.
Growing notes, including the hard parts
Gitts Crazy is a medium stellar in a complex bronze-and-purple blend. Stellar form means narrow ray florets that break gradually from the center with space between them, a looser, more star-shaped flower than a tight decorative. Treat it as a mid-size cut: stake the plant, pinch when young, and harvest as the bloom opens for the longest vase performance. We could not source a clean plant height or productivity figure, so plan conservatively and watch your own row. It sells out across show-oriented sellers, so order at the open.
Sold out? Closest alternatives
No substitute is exact, and we say so in each profile. These are the varieties growers reach for when Gitts Crazy is gone.
Sources and references
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