Dinner plate dalia

It's a bit of a hike to the back field at Butt's Berry and Flower Farm where the dinner plate dahlias are grown. Rose Oldham suggests...

Read on to discover the surprising symbolism behind some of our favorite flowers. Consider this your guide to all the different flower meanings.

As promised, we're back this week with a look at what some may call the "grande dame" of dahlias, the dinner plate dahlia! Although it's a r...

Like the city itself, 'Manhattan Island' Dahlia is full of life and color, boasting huge, red blooms with a bold hint of yellow in the center. This dinner plate dahlia produces multiple blooms that provide unique, show-stopping color from summer to fall. Deer resistant and long-lasting when cut for bouquets. (Dahlia)

Dahlia 'Contraste' produces profuse and spectacular dark red flowers adorned with contrasting pure white tips. The fully double flowers, up to 8-9 in. wide (20-22 cm), are borne atop strong stems from summer to frost and provide an amazing focal point in the garden or in a vase. Bred in France as a cut flower, this dahlia grows up to 36 in. tall (90 cm) and is an excellent choice to create a lovely garden display or for showing.

Dinner plate dahlia in my garden

I think DAHLIAS have got to be one of the most showy and beautiful flowers there are! Few plants add as much color to the garden as a well-grown dahlia. What's neat about them is that they bloom abundantly from midsummer through the fall. Dahlias come in too many colors, shapes, and sizes to even fathom! I especially love to grow what is known as the "DINNER PLATE" Dahlia--some as big as 13" across! They come in every color of the rainbow except true blue. There are dwarf, 12'' tall, to…

Another variety in the series of Dinner Plates we grow, Mango Madness is a true gem. These 10" blooms display beautiful shades of orange, copper and smokey tangerine, making them a true eyecatcher. Be sure to stake plants.