Peaches-N-Cream Dahlia Bi-Color Bloom - Late August 2026

The overnights are cooler.  And, as I've posted about recently, that seems to mean that the dahlias are happy.  Warm, sunny days.  And cool(er) nights = blooms popping off.  And, it also means that the dahlias begin to change colors.   That's one of the things that I've been learning over the years is that dahlias don't stay the same color over the full season from start-to-finish.  They shift and change how the colors appear.  Some get darker.  Some get lighter.  And, they change as they mature on the stems over time, too.

One of the new (to me) dahlias this year is Peaches 'N Cream.  I bought two tubers from Bonny Blooms of this variety after seeing them show up on so many cut flower creators/influencers 'must grow' lists at the end of last year.  Here's my post from November 2025 where I showed a small roundup of what I was seeing in those kind of lists.  

When my tubers arrived from Bonny Blooms, a few things were true:

1.  They arrived what felt LATE to me.  Were they late?  Not really.  But, it felt late to me.  

2.  They were small.  Or, at least they FELT small to me.  Were they small?  I'm not sure.  

3.  They were well packaged.  Each tuber was in a clearly-labeled bag.  

4.  They were expensive.  Or at least...for *me*, they felt expensive.  

5.  They all were viable.  

I tucked all seven of these 'fancy tubers' in the garden in various places.  Including the pair of Peaches-n-Cream tubers that I put in spot #25 and #27 IB2DWs.   This is the third season that I've grown dahlias in the IB2DWs bed(s) and of all the spots in the garden, these are the smallest/furthest-behind/least-productive plants of all 42 tubers that I have in the ground.   Last year, I wrote about how I had two Wizard of Oz dahlias planted in two different spots:  Island bed vs. IB2DWs.  And, the Island Bed plant was far more productive.  I wrote at that time: 

The quality of the soil is very different in these two spots: the Island bed is rich and full of compost and biosolids. The IB2DWs bed is always 'hard to grow', full of clay and shallow with just a few inches of soil before you get to gravel.

And that's still the case.  But, I've been working on it.  I added a bunch of municipal biosolids to the plantings and have been mulching the IB2DWs bed(s) each of the past few growing seasons.  Aiming to improve the soil quality. But, those changes don't happen overnight.  

Also, watering and light conditions vary between the beds.  

The two Peaches-N-Cream dahlias are planted IB2DWs.  One down by the sidewalk.  And the other one under the Bald Cypress tree about half-way up the driveway.  The one by the sidewalk produced an early bloom in late July.  Here's the post.  

The other one is finally throwing off a bloom.  In late August.  And, it is a doozy.  

Peaches-N-Cream Dahlia In Bloom

Bi-color petals on this one - which is different than the first bloom from July.  Remember what I said at the top about how dahlias change color as the growing season wanes on?  Good example here.  

Here's what Bonny Blooms Growers Notes say:

Peaches-N-Cream is a showstopper of a dahlia and one of the most sought after varieties available. Soft, creamy pinks and peach highlights are the things that dahlia dreams are made of. Although this is technically a formal decorative bloom, she takes on a wild look as she blooms out, particularly at the back. She blooms early and churns out jaw dropping blooms all season long.

Creamy pinks, peach highlights, indeed.

I'm going to top-dress these with some compost in the next few days and then I'll think about doing more this Fall.  In an attempt to continue to improve the soil quality IB2DWs.