Zundert Mystery Fox Dahlia - Early Bloomer - July 2025
Planted in our backyard, in the new pizza oven bed is a dahlia that is new (to me): Mystery Fox . It is a Ball Dahlia and it is moving ahead of most of the other dahlias in our garden with the first few blooms opened up and more on their way. Below is a look at the blooms in stages - closer to being cut vs just opening up. The bottom photo shows the full plant - staked and filled with yellow-ish buds. These were part of the Winter order this past off-season and this is the first time I'm growing them. I've planted two sets of tubers - one in front and one in back. The 'early blooming' is a (nice) surprise to me, but it shouldn't have been. The description of these dahlias lays it out : Each plant produces blossoms in a range of hues, from terracotta to coral and dusky rose. The 3 to 4" ball-style flowers are incredibly long lasting on the plant as well as in a vase. Zundert Mystery Fox starts blooming early in the season and ...