Roy Stier, a 40-year member of the San Leandro Dahlia Society and founding member of the John Stowell Dahlia Society passed away on Wednesday, January 8th at the age of 94. Roy was preceded in death by his wife Bettie, who died in April 2024. They were married for 72 years at the time of her death … See entire post.
Finally, it is time to get tubers and plants for the garden!
Local society sales are a great place to get tubers and plants appropriate for your climate/area – and you’ll probably meet some new friends too!
Here are the sales that have been reported to the ADS. If your society is not represented, please contact your ADS Representative.… See entire post.
Kristine Albrecht, ADS member (Chairwoman Genome Project), dahlia breeder at Santa Cruz Dahlias, author of DAHLIAS: Seed to Bloom, and past president of the Monterey Bay Dahlia Society is a consultant to the stars! She was recently featured as an expert to marthastewart.com. See the article here.… See entire post.
Central States Dahlia Society will host the 2025 National Show at the Chicago Botanic Garden,1000 Lake Cook Road, Glencoe, IL on September 18 – 22 (open to the public Saturday and Sunday).
Learn more here and to subscribe for show updates visit this link.… See entire post.
The Fab 50 and Cream of the Crop lists for the 2024 Show Year are now available.
See the Fab 50 for the 2024 Show Year.
See the Cream of the Crop for the 2024 Show Year.
The Best of 2024 (released in 2025, previously known as New Introductions) presentations are now available. Look under the main menu item KNOW>New Intros, Cream…, to find the pdf presentation, available for public view, and the pdf and video, available for members only.… See entire post.
Another successful Trial Garden year is completed. See pictures and results starting here.… See entire post.
Each year ADS solicits show results from the local societies. The local societies have pretty much latitude as to how they format their results and may add pictures to their reports. The local reports are then combined into this document.
Awarded to the cultivar that has the highest average trial garden score in the accredited trial gardens located across the United States and Canada during the previous year as an AA/A; B; BB; M; Ball/Miniature Ball/Pompon; ST/NX; and Waterlily. The highest three scores shall be used to determine such highest average. In case of ties, … See entire post.