First Bell's Palermo Dahlia Bloom - Late August 2026

Just a few days ago, I posted about the pair of Peaches-n-Cream dahlia plants that I've been growing in the IB2DWs bed(s) and how their bi-color blooms were starting to shine.  Both in terms of colors, but also shape/texture.  Like Peaches-n-Cream, today's post is about a dahlia tuber that I bought from Bonny Blooms.  This one is a first-bloom-of-the-season for a new (to me) dahlia:  Bell's Palermo.

If you look at this post from November, you'll see that in my Bonny Blooms order, I ordered pairs of tubers for all varieties but one:  Bell's Palermo.  

That's because it was double the price of the rest of the tubers.  

But, now in Late August, the plant has put on some size and we're seeing the first bloom.  On a really short stem.  But...still a bloom.  

It is, well, interesting.  And large.  And, not what I was thinking it was going to look like.  Here, below are a few photos of the very same bloom.  Interesting to see how the sunlight changes the color.  

It looks ORANGE to me (in real life), but that only sort-of comes through in one of the photos.  The other ones are read pink and salmon-y.  

I went to look up the product listing and Bonny Blooms seems to have taken it down.  Here's the link from when I ordered:  https://bonnyblooms.com/products/bell-s-palermo.  Now a 404 page. 

But...from back in November, I wrote about my order.  And, I took some screenshots and included the description.  Here's that post.  And, here is what they billed Bell's Palermo as when I bought it:

And, here is how they described Bell's Palermo:

A stunning coral to dusty rose gold formal decorative that gradually unfurls around a beautiful green eye. The colors remind me of hazy summer evenings in the Sicilian city of Palermo. Breathtaking at dusk and during late summer sunsets. The plant is strong and productive while the blooms are angled perfectly for design work or simply to be adored on the garden.

Hmmm...not quite what I'm seeing in our garden. 

I recognize that dahlias change.  They change color.  And take on new forms/shapes.  

But, is this actually Bell's Palermo?  Or something else?  

The fact that the product page has been taken down has my Spidey-Sense tingling.  Have other folks experienced the same thing this year?  

I emailed Bonny Blooms and hope to find out.