Soon It Will Be Dahlia Tuber Time - November 2025

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Last week, I received an email from Longfield Gardens with this subject line: Get Ready...Dahlia Pre-Orders Coming Soon!

There's nothing quite like FOMO to make a dahlia gardener snap-to.  I haven't even dug out the tubers from our garden this season and we're already talking about pre-orders for next year.  Eek.  I need a plan.

Some people have Black Friday.  Others live for 'Cyber Monday'.  But, then...there are dahlia growers who read this email (pasted below) and think:  Here we go.


Where do we start?  I think the first place is to think about what worked and what didn't this year.

What worked?  Melina Fluer.  Wizard of Oz.  Ivanetti.  Pooh.  

What was 'mid' (as the kids say)?  Mystery Fox.  Some Melina Fleurs.    The Pablo Gallery border dahlias (slugs!)

What didn't work?  Sweet Nathalie.

Also...I need to think about how much MORE room I have for dahlias.  I figure...I'll always 'make room', right?  

Knowing that....what have I been thinking about tuber-wise for 2026?

I have been bookmarking various flower farmers who have posted their 'end-of-season ratings' of their various dahlias.  Like this TikTok from Sarah Showerman of Flock & Fleur Farm in Jackson, Michigan.  I've embedded it below, but here is the link. 

Her list includes these highly rated (by her) dahlias:

Ivanetti.  Have these. 

Isabel.  Eden Brothers is selling the tubers.  

Valley Tawney.

Coralie.

Jowey Winnie.

Clearview Peachy.

Peaches & Cream.

Shipley Moonglow.

Hy Suntan.

KA's Cinder Rose.

While I was tool'ing around the Eden Brothers site, I found these, too:

Rhubarb Custard Collarette Dahlias.

Brown Sugar Decorative Dahlias. 

Elsewhere on the Web, I bookmarked posts by Bethany Bey (@ChicagoGardener) who talked about how she was turned on to the Nicholas Dahlia by (of course) Erin the Impatient Gardener.  

Then, over on Instagram, Erin Benzakein of Floret posted this photo that made me sit-up in my desk chair.  


What in the world are those?  Sandia Tulip Dahalis?  Never heard of 'em.  But, a quick detour to the Triple Wren Farms website and I discover oh-so-much.  


Miss Peachy Waterlily Dahlia.  Wow.  

The aforementioned Nicholas Dahlia.  

Rose Toscano.  

Peaches-n-Cream. 

Lindas Baby.  

Hy Suntan.  short.  

Moor Place. 

KA's Mocha Joe.


Triple Wren Farms has an email list that they use to announce their tuber sale.  

And, finally...we return where this post started.  With....Longfield Gardens.  This is where I've bought ALL of my tubers in the past.  

They offer a variety of tubers, but my research is focused on five varieties (Ball, Pompon, Collarette, Decorative and Waterlily).

Ball Dahlias:
Jowey Winnie.
Cornel Bronze.
Sandra.

Pompon Dahlias:
Burlesca. 2" flowers.
Franz Kafka. 2" flowers.

Collarette Dahlias:
Wrote this post earlier this Summer. Kelsey Annie Joy. Kelsey Sunshine. Impression Fantastico.

Decorative Dahlias:
Great Silence. 36" tall.
Maxime. 36" tall.
Diva. 36" tall.
Sweet Love. 40" tall.
Karma Prospero. 48" tall.

Waterlily Dahlias:
Creme de Cognac.
Crème de Cassis.
Onesta. 

I can't grow all of them.  But, I will grow *some* of them.  Have to go figure out which ones. 

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