Below are some dahlia varieties that we have grown in 2020 - within their colour groups. We realised afterwards that we left a lot of varieties out of these colour comparisons. The photos were originally taken just for fun when we were playing around with colour combinations. We weren’t intentionally gathering all the similar colours together for a comparison blog post. Some varieties are notably absent even though they are available in the 2020 tuber sale but hopefully this information is still helpful. We’ve also included some varieties not included in the photo comparison for your reference as well.
Purple and Dark Pink Colour Comparison
Are you a yellow lover? We have found yellow tones to be quite polarising since growing cut flowers. Some people LOVE their bright, cheery faces and others specifically ask for no yellow. Whenever we have made up bunches to sell at our local Ballarat Begonia Festival we love to include yellow in them as it really brings the bunch alive and draws people’s attention. We find that mixed, bright colours generally sell the best at markets. During the first lockdown period of 2020 due to COVID-19 we found that bright bunches with yellow were amongst the most requested.
Pinks are eternally popular for both tubers and flowers - we never seem to have enough. It's no wonder. They are certainly beautiful!
Florelie Morello - One of our favourite colours on the farm. We haven't been able to find another dahlia with such a beautiful dusty look. Not recommended as a commercial cut flower but beautiful in the garden.
Winkie Truffle - This is a mesmerising bloom on a short plant. A beautiful dusty colour.
Formby Monarch
Juliet
Pink Suffusion
Little Peaches - a larger pompon. Great versatile colour with prolific blooms.
Florelie Guava (Seedling 20.2.14) - Released in 2022. A large watermelon bloom with dark stems
White and Blush Colour Comparison
I (Lorelie) am a sucker for dark red and burgundy flowers. I always have been. It doesn’t matter what the flower type is – roses, tulips, peonies, dahlias – the dark reds have my heart. I don’t know if it’s the association of romance, or the dramatic colour palette… I just know that I LOVE them! I dream of breeding a burgundy dahlia with a similar form to a Cafe au lait or Carlos Watermelon one day. Can you imagine it? *sigh*
We’ve been looking for the perfect red dahlia to offer for Valentines Day for a while now and here are some of the varieties we have trialled in our hunt.
We hope that these comparisons have helped you to see subtle differences between colour, shape and characteristics in these dahlias and identify which ones you might be most interested in growing. You can purchase tubers for most of these varieties in the online shop sometime between September - November each year.
If you have a question that we didn't answer please send us an email at hello@florelie.com.au and let us know, chances are there are others who are wondering the exact same thing and we can include it in the FAQ section below for future readers.
Happy growing!
Lorelie