DAHLIA MYSTIC FANTASY

SPRING 2017 & 2018 

DAHLIA IS A GENUS OF BUSHY, TUBEROUS, HERBACEOUS PERENNIAL PLANTS NATIVE TO MEXICO. A MEMBER OF THE ASTERACEAE, DICOTYLEDONOUS PLANTS, RELATED SPECIES INCLUDE THE SUNFLOWER, DAISY, CHRYSANTHEMUM, AND ZINNIA. THE DAHLIA IS NAMED AFTER THE SWEDISH 18TH CENTURY BOTANIST ANDERS DAHL, WHO ORIGINALLY DECLARED THE FLOWER A VEGETABLE, AS THE TUBERS ARE EDIBLE. THIS IS MY FAVORITE DAHLIA OF ALL TIME, SAME BULB,  2 DIFFERENT SETS OF BLOOMS 1 YEAR APART. THE BULB CAUGHT SOME KIND OF KOOTEES AND DIED LAST YEAR.

KINGOM: PLANTAE

ORDER: ASTERALES

FAMILY: ASTERACEAE