Our Top 10 Dahlias for 2025

We grew over 90 varieties of dahlias in 2024 here at re.Planted Farm. This blog narrows that list down to our top 10 favourites.

We use dahlias for both cut flowers and to sell tubers each Spring, so this list includes varieties we love in bouquets and have generous tuber production.

As our 2025 Dahlia Tuber Sale (Jan 12th) and many others begin for the 2025 Season, I hope you find the list of our best-performing, disease-resistant, and jaw-dropping dahlia varieties helpful.

SO, WHAT MAKES A GOOD DAHLIA?

Here are some the the factors I considered while compiling this list.

COLOUR

Dahlias come in thousands of colour variations. On our flower farm, we prefer dahlias that pair well in a wide variety of possible colour combinations. We tend to stay away from multi-toned, variegated or stark-coloured dahlias that are only useful in limited pairings.

We also considered our sales channels.

We grow dahlia for our weekly farmer’s market, our CSA and weddings. Each of these markets prefers different colour combinations.

To meet each market's demands in our limited space, I tend to prefer solid colours, pastel shades, and nothing too ‘loud’.

FORM

From single-petaled collarette types to ultra-full massive informal decorative types, better known as dinnerplates, dahlias come in a variety of shapes and forms.

At re.Planted, we prefer ball dahlias. They’re the easiest to work into bouquets, have the best vase life, and are most popular at market. We grow a few select dinnerplates and decorative-form dahlias for large-scale wedding work.

PRODUCTIVITY/CONSISTENCY

We have 110 frost-free days in our growing region, which leaves very little time to grow a frost-tender crop like dahlias. So, I tend to value dahlias that are early to bloom and can stay productive through peak summer temps.

We also sell dahlia tubers, so while this doesn’t always influence the varieties I select to grow, I still do value dahlias that are generous tuber producers.

Some dahlias also tend to bloom with open centers and change tones quite a bit as the season draws on. I find myself keeping varieties that stay as consistent as possible throughout the season. Colours tend to saturate a bit as we approach cooler weather in September, which I don’t mind, but dramatic changes, like spotting or streaking, are not usually welcomed here on our farm.

 

10) Ice Tea

 

While new to our gardens, Ice Tea had been on my wishlist for 3 years. It proved itself worth securing. Ice Tea is a perfectly bronze variety, bridging brown with oranges in a way most flowers simply cannot.

Depending on your soil and climate the shade may vary more towards orange or reddish - either way the combination is beautiful. The plant was shaded a little more than ideal, but it still produced a fair amount of tubers and blooms.

We're still building our stock of this variety, but you can find the tubers at Five Acres Farm in 2025.

 

9) KA's Keltie Rose

 

A shockingly beautiful variety. KA's Keltie Rose took my breath away. Let's start with the form; the pointed-backwards curving petals give KA's Keltie Rose a extremly elegant quality. Then the colour! It's a nuianced rosey-raspberry pink that is unlike any other dahlia! 

This dahlia was also planted in more shade than was ideal, so bloom production was low, but tuber profuction was still great. Looking forward to growing it again in better sun exposure.

I'm excited to offer cuttings of this variety in our 2025 sale.

 

8) Rock Run Ashley

 

Rock Run Ashley made this year's list for it's fantastiuc muted shade of rose-pink and it's earliness, making it great for wedding work.

This variety was one of the first to bloom in 2024. Depending on th temperature, the colour ranged from a light pastel yellow with hints of pink to the pictures muted rose colour; both ranges were equally desireable.

After years of building stock, I'm happy to FINALLY have enough to offer at our 2024 dahlia tuber sale.

 

7) Ferncliff Pearl

 

Ferncliff Pearl has made our top 10 list three years in a row for good reason. It's the perfect white ball. Often white ball dahlias have a slightly yellow-hue around the centers, making them look off-coloured in wedding work.

But because of Ferncliff Pearl's lightly blush center, the usualy yellow-tone is offset, giving this bloom a iridencent pure white look. It's stems are tall, the plant is productive and it's tubers produce well - an all around winner! 

Nearly every tuber was attached to an easy to find eye when we divided her in December. 

Tuber's can be found at our dahlia tuber sale this year.

 

6) Linda's Baby

 

Linda's Baby is another variety that makes our top 10 list every season. 

It's early, pumps out blooms non-stop even through the heat of summer, comes in our prefered ball shape, produces consistent amounts of tubers and comes in a perfectly peachy shade of pink.

As the season wanes, the blooms tend to face slightly downward, which I don't love, but not in a terribly unusuable way.

You'll find her tuber's at our dahlia tuber sale this year.

 

5) Jomanda

 

Jomanda was a surprise favourite in 2024.

It's hard to tell in the image but Jomanda's blooms are a lovely brick red-orange; a very unique colour that blended that rounded out my coral colour palletes perfectly.

Aside from the colour, the hardiness of the blooms are also worth noting. They do very well out of water for long periods of time, and seemed to thrive in all weather conditions.

The plants stayed healthy and strong all season and produced moderate amounts of tubers.

We're still building our stock of this variety, but you can find the tubers at Moore Blooms in 2025.

 

4) Mystique

 

Mystique is a challenging color to describe succinctly, and that’s exactly why I love this variety. It's a smokey-dusty-rosey-mauvy raspberry dahlia. One of the few decorative forms we grow, the nuanced tones of Mystique allow us to create highly sophisticated bouquets when paired with lavenders, peaches, and pinks.

After years of building stock, I'm excited to be offering tubers of this variety in our 2025 sale.

 

3) Rose Toscano

 

 

 

Rose Toscano, in my opinion, is the perfect oragne dahlia. Not captured in this image is it's rosey undertone, which mutes the orange. The final result is a soft orange dahlia that looks good in spring, summer and fall bouquets.

Plus, Rose Toscano is another early variety.

I'm excited to be offering tubers of this variety in our 2025 sale.

 

2) Jowey Winnie

 

I could not get enough of Jowey Winnie in 2024. The plants pumped out loads and loads of long-stemmed blooms and we used every single stem.

Jowey Winnie is peach-pink with mauve centers. This subtle dual-tone makes it a wonderful bridge flower. I found myself creating some of the most divine arrangments when Jowey Winnie was apart of the harvest. 

This variety also produces nice, healthy tubers that are easy to divide.

I'm excited to be offering tubers of this variety in our 2025 sale.

 

1) Valley Tawny

 

My number 1 top dahlia this season was Valley Tawny!

This new-to-me dahlia hits all the marks:

• It's early
• It produced abundantly all through the summer
• It stayed a consistent in colour all season long
• It produces abundant, easy to divide tubers
• Every stem was useable; no open centers
• The blooms were resiliant in all weather

Above all these things, Valley Tawny is a true buff-peach dahlia. It's a perfect neutral-toned dahlia that works with browns, and other popular wedding roses like Koko Loko and Honey Dijon. It made for some highly sophisticated arrangements.

We're one of the few in Canada who are offering the tubers of this variety in our 2025 sale.

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Most of the varieties listed here will be available at our January 12, 2025 dahlia tuber sale. The online sale will go live at 12pm EST.

 

Did you grow dahlias in 2024? Tell us your favorite varieties or which ones your looking forward to growing in 2025.