Photographed at Swan Island Dahlias near Canby, Oregon.

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Dahlia 'Dad’s Favorite' 23W34 dahlia BX- (SWI 2009) Lavender dahlia, Mature plant size: 4ft., BB-AN-PR, USDA Hardiness Zone 8, Michigan Bloom Week ISO WW29, In Garden Bed BX for 90 DAYS (Swan). Planted in 2023.

Swan Island: Unusual and fun! These 5" blooms have a single row of lavender petals, topped off with a puff center of purple tipped in gold. Plant is 4' and has dark stems which is a very nice contrast with the blooms.

Photo by F.D.Richards, SE Michigan. Link to additional photos of this plant from 2023:

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Dahlia 'Dad’s Favorite' 23W34 dahlia BX- (SWI 2009) Lavender dahlia, Mature plant size: 4ft., BB-AN-PR, USDA Hardiness Zone 8, Michigan Bloom Week ISO WW29, In Garden Bed BX for 90 DAYS (Swan). Planted in 2023.

Swan Island: Unusual and fun! These 5" blooms have a single row of lavender petals, topped off with a puff center of purple tipped in gold. Plant is 4' and has dark stems which is a very nice contrast with the blooms.

Photo by F.D.Richards, SE Michigan. Link to additional photos of this plant from 2023:

www.flickr.com/search/?user_id=50697352%40N00&sort=da...

#Michigan, #49236, #usdaZone6, #DAD, #Perennial, #tuber, #tender, #DadsFavorite, #Dahlia, #A2023, #23W34

Sincerely seeing fotos.

Cape Cod '07

Photograph Taken: 08/09/2014

Minnesota Landscape Arboretum

Dahlia: Dad's Favorite

This does not look much like a dahlia but it is. It is a dandy from Swan Island.

Dad's Lillies. Thought they froze out this spring however about a week ago here they came and bloomed perfectly.

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One of Dad's roses