Plants mostly 90-150 cm tall. Blooms double, without a central disk, the petals flat or curled inwards, ray florets sometimes twisted and/or cut at the tip.
The Decorative Dahlias are divided into the following groupings:
Dark red.
This is a Giant Decorative Dahlia.
F. Rossack, 1969.
Lavender pink.
This is a Giant Decorative Dahlia
F. Rossack.
Bronze.
This is a Giant Decorative Dahlia
Davis, 1983.
Red.
This is a Small Decorative Dahlia
B. Hulls, 1992.
Pink/mauve.
This is s Miniature Decorative Dahlia.
N. Naumann, 1991.
Yellow.
This is a Small Decorative Dahlia.
N. Naumann, 1988.
Pale purple.
This is a Miniature Decorative Dahlia.
N. Naumann, 1992.
Purple.
This is a Small Decorative Dahlia.
N. Naumann, 1992.
Mauve/white.
This is a Miniature Decorative Dahlia.
N. Brooker, 1991.
Bronze.
This is a Giant Decorative Dahlia.
H.K. Brand, 1968.
Purple to mauve.
This is a Miniature Decorative Dahlia.
C. Smith, 1971.
Red.
This is a Medium Decorative Dahlia.
C. Smith, 1988.
Purple.
This is a Giant Decorative Dahlia.
H. Baynes, 1961.
Red.
This is a Medium Decorative Dahlia.
G. Harding.
Purple.
This is a Small Decorative Dahlia.
G. Harding.
White.
This is a Giant Decorative Dahlia.
G. Harding, 1981.
Gold.
This is a Giant Decorative Dahlia.
G. Harding, 1984.
Lavender.
This is a Medium Decorative Dahlia.
G. Harding, 1975.
White.
This is a Medium Decorative Dahlia.
G. Harding.
Purple.
This is a Small Decorative Dahlia.
G. Harding, 1982 .
Yellow.
This is a Medium Decorative Dahlia.
G. Harding, 1981.
Bronze.
This is a Medium Decorative Dahlia.
F. Rossack, 1960.
Pale bronze.
This is a Medium Decorative Dahlia.
E. Bailey, 1993.
Pale orange.
This is a Miniature Decorative Dahlia.
V. Charlton, 1995.
Mauve.
This is a Small Decorative Dahlia.
N. Edge.
White.
This is a Medium Decorative Dahlia.
N. Edge.
Bronze.
This is a Small Decorative Dahlia.
E. Brown.
White.
This is a Miniature Decorative Dahlia.
Originator and date unknown.
White.
This is a Miniature Decorative Dahlia.
C. McLaughlin, 1983.
White/pink.
This is a Medium Decorative Dahlia.
H.T. Blanks, 1982.
Bronze.
This is a Small Decorative Dahlia.
L. Llewellyn.
Purple.
This is a Miniature Decorative Dahlia.
C. McLaughlin.
Lilac/white.
This is a Small Decorative Dahlia.
F. Rossack, 1977.
Dark red.
This is a Giant Decorative Dahlia.
R. Sellick.
Red.
This is a Small Decorative Dahlia.
R. Sellick.
White.
This is a Giant Decorative Dahlia.
E. Griffin.
Pale bronze.
This is a Medium Decorative Dahlia.
N. Towns, 1995.
Red.
This is a Giant Decorative Dahlia.
J. Menzel, 1993.
