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SMALL-FLOWERED DECORATIVE DAHLIAS

Decorative dahlias have fully double blooms showing no disc.

The ray florets are broad, scarcely revolute or involute along their length (longitudinal axis), generally flat or slightly twisted and usually bluntly pointed.

Small-Flowered Decorative Dahlias have blooms usually between 4" (102mm) and 6" (152mm) in diameter

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Pink Suffusion, small decorative

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The following list includes the varieties listed by the NDS in 2005.

variety	subtype	colour	use	intro	raiser	country	height cms
Abingdon Ace		R.	E.G.C.	1992	Rance	UK
Amber Festival Synonym: Amber Gateshead Festival		O.Bls	E.G.	1999	Gott	UK	110
Amber Gateshead Festival Synonym: Amber Festival		O.Bls	E.G.	1999	Boyd	UK	110
Amberley Nicola		L. Bls	G.	1999	Cook,ra	UK
Angora	(Fim)	W.	G.	1960	Piper	uk
Apricot Honeymoon Dress		Br.Bls	E.G.C.	1990	Hall	UK	110
Arabian Night		R.	G.C.	1951	Weijers	hol	90
Atilla		Pu.-R.Bls.	E.G.	1997	Geerlings	hol	110
Barbarry Oracle		Pu.	E.	1991	davies,b	uk	90
Barbarry Pimpernel		R.	E.	1992	davies,b	uk
Barbarry Pinky		Pk.	E.G.	1991	davies,b	uk
Bassingbourne Beauty		Y.-Pk.Bls.	E.G.C.	1985	Scriven	uk
Betty Bowen		Pu.Bls.	E.G.C.	1983	keirby	UK
Blaisdon Red		R.	G.C.	1965	anon	uk
Blyton Crystal		W.	E.G.	2001	stothard	uk	100
Brackenhill Flame		R.	E.C.G.	1995	furness	UK
Camano Choice		L.Bls.	E.G.C.	1979	Ambrose	USA
Candy Hamilton Lillian		Pk.	E.G.C.	1990	Buller	uk	120
Carstone Sunbeam		Y.	E.	1991	Kidd,j	uk
Cherry Wine		R.	G.C.	1970	Crutchfield	UK	120
Chinese Lantern		Fl.-Y.Bls.	G.	1957	Maarse	hol
Cloverdale		Y.	E.	1988	Boyd	uk
Cream Linda		Y.(cr)	G.C.	1988	Hall	UK
Dr. Caroline Rabbett		Br.	G.C.	1985	tivey	uk	150
Edinburgh		Pu.-W.Bic.	G.	1950	Dobbie	uk	90
Emmenthal		O.	G.	1988	Geerlings	Hol	90
Ernie Pitt		Pk.-Y.Bls.	E.G.	1978	Clarke	uk
Frank Hornsey		O.-Y.Bls.	E.G.	1971	Chester	UK
Gallery Pablo	(Gall)	Pk.-Y.Bls	G.P.	1994	verwer	Hol	35
Gateshead Festival		O.-Pk.Bls.	E.G.C.	1990	Howes	uk	110
Gloria Romayne		Pu.Bls.	G.C.	1977	Titchard	UK	120
Golden Leader		O.	G.	1945	Bruidegom	hol
Hamilton Amanda		Y.	E.G.	1994	Hamilton	Can
Hamilton Lillian		Br.-Pk.Bls.	E.G.C.	1986	Hamilton	can
Hillcrest Amour		W.-L.Bls.	E.	1992	Jackson	uk
Hillcrest Chelsey		O.	E.G.	2001	Jackson	uk
Hillcrest Suffusion		O.Bls.	E.G.C.	1991	Jackson	uk	110
Hillcrest Ultra		Y.-Pk.Bls.	E.G.	1993	Jackson	uk
Honeymoon Dress		Pk.Bls.	E.G.C.	1981	jones,L	uk	110
Jacqueline Tivey		Pk.Bls.	G.C.		tivey	uk	120
Janet Goddard		R.-Br.Bls.	G.C.	1979	shaw,a	UK
Jescot Jim		Y.	G.C.	1948	Cooper,e	uk	100
John Prior		R.	E.	1988	Wiseman	uk
Keelan's Gold		O.	G.	2001	Horner	UK
Kung Fu		R.	E.G.	1976	Lewis,n	uk	120
Lady Linda		Y.	E.G.C.	1980	Lewis,n	uk	110
Lady Orpah		Y.-Br.Bls.	E.G.C.	1985	Mahon	uk
Lavender Nunton Harvest		L.-Pk.Bls.	E.G.C.	1982	anon	UK	110
Le Batts Premier		L.	E.G.C.	1985	Batts	usa
Le Batts Prime		Pk.	E.G.	1985	Batts	USA
Meiro		L.	G.	1961	Ogue	uk	120
Meredith's Marion Smith		Pk.-W.Bls	E.G.	1995	meredith	UK
Morley Lady		Y.	E.G.C.	1983	weekes	uk
Mummy's Favourite		Br.-R.Bls.	G.C.	1985	tivey	UK
Nationwide		O.-Y.Bls.	G.C.	1980	Stanners	uk	120
Nina Chester		W.	E.G.	1974	Chester	uk	120
Nunton Harvest		O.Bls.	E.	1964	clark,d	UK	110
Pauls Delight		W.	E.G.C.	1984	Lewis,n	uk
Pink Frank Hornsey		Pk.-W.Bls.	E.G.	1973	Clarke	uk	120
Pink Suffusion		Pk.Bls.	E.G.C.	1996	Pearce	uk	110
Primrose Diane		Y.	E.G.C.	1990	Armstrong,d	uk	120
Procyon		Y.-R.Bic.	G.	1963	Maarse	hol	110
Raffles		Pk.	G.		Creed		120
Requiem		Pu.	G.	1952	Flaton		100
Roberta		L.	G.	1986	anon		90
Rossendale Luke		Pk.Bls.	E.	1996	kershaw	UK	120
Rossendale Ryan		O.-Y.Bls	E.G.	2001	kershaw	UK
Rothesay Herald	(Dw.B.)	R.-W.Bic.	G.	1960	Lister	uk
Rothesay Robin		Pk.-Br.Bls.	E.	1968	Lister	uk	120
Ruskin Diane		Y.	E.G.	1984	Pennington	uk	110
Ryecroft Emma		O.-Pk.Bls	E.G.C.	2003	godsmark	uk	110
Senzoe Ursula		L.-W.Bls.	E.G.	1985	Zobelscriv	uk
Sherwood Sunrise		O.Bls.	E.G.	1984	Marshall	uk
Skipley Spot		R.-W.Bic.	G.	1989	williams,r	USA	120
Sky High		R.	E.	1974	Sharp	uk	120
Sorrento Joe		Br.	E.G.	2001	clark,j	UK	110
Stump Cross		W.	G.	1992	Oscroft	UK
Swanvale		Y.	E.G.C.	1989	turrell	uk	120
Sweet Content		Y.-R.Bls.	G.C.	1970	Paterson	UK
Trendy		Y.-R.Bls.	G.	1971	Clarke	uk	110
White Linda		W.	E.G.C.	1984	Mark	uk	120
Winholme Diane		Y.(cr)	E.G.C.	2000	White	uk	120
Yellow Frank Hornsey		Y.-Br.Bls.	E.G.C.	1977	Lewis,i	UK	120

Subtype

(Lil.) indicates a lilliput dahlia, which is usually less than 15 inches (45cms) in height and with flowers not normally bigger than 2 inch diameter.

(Dw.B.) indicates a dwarf bedding variety which does not normally exceed 24 inches (60cms) in height

Use

C. indicates suitable as a cut flower, ie it has long wiry stems.

E. indictes the variety is suitable for exhibition purposes.

G. indictes suitable for general garden use.

P. indicates the variety is suitable for growing in pots or patio containers.

Dual indictes that the variety is valid for more than one size classification

Some other small decoratives

Blyton Crystal	Hamilton Lillian	Skipley Spot

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Last updated April 27, 2005

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THE GROWING WORLD OF DAHLIAS

SMALL-FLOWERED DECORATIVE DAHLIAS

The following list includes the varieties listed by the NDS in 2005.

Some other small decoratives

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