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Sandia Regal
A clear purple on a clean waterlily, the newest star from the Boley breeding program.
More lavender & purple dahlias- Hybridizer
- Steve and Sandy Boley
- Introduced
- 2025
- Form
- Waterlily
- Bloom
- not yet verified
- Height
- not yet verified
Why people hunt it
Sandia Regal made history of a small kind in 2025 as the only variety that year to win both the Derrill Hart and the Lynn B. Dudley medals, announced in February 2026. A double medal is rare, the ADS equivalent of sweeping two top categories at once, and it confirms Steve and Sandy Boley as one of the breeding partnerships to watch. It joins their Irish Gnome, also a 2025 medal winner, on a remarkable run. Expect it to be a unicorn for collectors until propagation catches up with the hype.
Growing notes, including the hard parts
Sandia Regal is a purple waterlily, the shallow saucer-shaped form that reads elegant in any arrangement. As a brand-new 2025 introduction it will be very hard to find for a season or two while the breeders build stock, so this is one to watch the Boleys and their partner farms for rather than expect on a shelf. We do not yet have a sourced bloom size or plant height, which is normal for a flower this new. Standard care once you secure one. It comes from the same program as Irish Gnome and Sandia Brocade.
Sold out? Closest alternatives
No substitute is exact, and we say so in each profile. These are the varieties growers reach for when Sandia Regal is gone.
Irish Gnome
A clear yellow on a tiny micro formal decorative, perfect and precise at under two inches.
Sandia Brocade
Warm golden orange shading to cantaloupe, with reflexed outer petals around a tubular, fringed center, all carried on dark stems.
Sources and references
Some fields on this profile are not yet verified and are shown as such rather than guessed. See how we source.