Sweet Nathalie Dahlias - Great Silence, Milena Fleur And Other Dahlias - October 2026

In what is probably the final week of my dahlia blooms, I have one plant that is (finally) producing its initial blooms:  Sweet Nathalie.  

Last year, I saw my first Sweet Nathalie bloom in early September and talked about how it is a 'slow to bloom'.  This year, the blooms came in mid-October.  Five or six weeks later than 2025.  

But, what do they look like?  They're pretty great:

Sweet Nathalie Decorative Dahlia Bloom - Blush Pink

Sweet Nathalie is billed as a dahlia that compares with one of the dahlias that everyone loves:  Cafe au Lait.  Here's what Longfield says about Sweet Nathalie:

If you love the colors of Cafe au Lait, this dahlia is a must-have. Sweet Nathalie walks a similar line between buff and blush pink, but its flowers are about half the size of Cafe au Lait and the shape and color are more consistent.

What's interesting about that (for me) is that Sweet Nathalie is my second slowest-to-bloom dahlia.  The one that is the furthest behind?  Cafe au Lait.  Which...hasn't produced actual, open blooms for me YET.  YET!!  The season is basically over.  

Here, below, are a couple of other photos showing what else I snipped-off:  Great Silence Ivanetti, Milena Fleur, Blue Wish.  The usuals:

I put them all in a jar and put them on the counter for my latest arrangement:

If you look at the photo below, you can see another Peaches n Cream bloom (on a pretty short stem), too: