THE GROWING WORLD OF DAHLIAS

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SINGLE DAHLIAS

These have a single ring of ray florets (petals) which may overlap surrounding the central disc. The petals may have rounded or pointed ends.

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This variety is Moonfire, which also has dark leaves

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

variety	subtype	colour	use	intro year	raiser	country	height in cms
Amanda	(Lil.)	Pk.Bls.	G.P.	1981	butterfield	uk	45
Bambino	(Lil.)	W.-Y.Bls	G.P.	1955	Topsvoort	hol	45
Bonne Esperance	(Lil.)	Dk.Pk	G.P.	1948	Topsvoort	hol	45
Brookfield Delight	(Lil.)	R.	G.	1999	Rowlands	UK	45
Brownie	(Lil.)	O.	G.P.	1969	Maarse	hol	45
Chessy	(Lil.)	Y.	G.P.	1955	Topsvoort	hol	45
Coltness Gem	(Dw.B.)	R.	G.	1922	Purdie	uk	30
Dahlstar	(Dw.B.)	W	G.		anon
Dandy	(Lil.)	Pu.	G.P.	1959	anon		45
Exotic Dwarf	(Lil.)	Pk.	G.P.	1965	Nuyens	hol	45
Imp	(Lil.)	O.-R.Bls.	G.P.	1941	Dahliadel	usa	45
Inflammation	(Lil.)	Br.	G.P.	1961	Ballego	hol	45
Little Dorrit	(Lil.)	Pu.	G.P.	1976	anon		45
Moonfire	(Dw.B.)	O.-Br.Bls.	G.		anon		60
Nelly Geerlings	(Dw.B.)	R.	G.	1954	Geerlings	hol
Omo	(Lil.)	W.	G.P.	1976	anon	UK	45
Preston Park	(Dw.B.)	R.	G.	1969	Crutchfield	UK	45
Princess Marie Jose	(Dw.B.)	L.	G.		west	uk
Red Dwarf	(Lil.)	R.	G.P.	1965	anon	hol	45
Reddy	(Lil.)	R.	G.P.	1963	Topsvoort	Hol	45
Scura	(Lil.)	R.	G.		anon		40
Sweetheart	(Lil.)	Pk.-W.Bic.	G.P.		anon		45
Twyning's After Eight		Pk.	G.P.C.	2004	twyning	UK
Twyning's Candy		R.-W.Bic.	G.C.	2004	twyning	UK
Twyning's Peppermint		W.	E.G.C.	2004	twyning	UK
Yellow Hammer	(Dw.B.)	Y.	G.	1966	de Ruijter	hol	60

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.

Some examplesof Single Dahlias

Bonne Esperance (Lilliput)	Pink Seedling	Topmix Yellow (Lilliput)
Chessy (Lilliput)	Inflammation (Lilliput)	Reddy (Lilliput)
	Single Fimbriated seedling from 2002

Last Updated April 19, 2005

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