Volunteers Maintaining the Largest Public Dahlia Display Garden on the East Coast | Based at the Bayard Cutting Arboretum in Great River, NY

What is a Dahlia?

dahl•ia
'dalyə,'däl-/
noun
1. a tuberous-rooted Mexican plant of the daisy family, cultivated for its brightly colored single or double flowers.

A dahlia is a bushy, flowering plant with tuberous roots that is a native flower of Mexico, Central America & Columbia where it grows wild in the mountainous regions. These flowers are known for their showy, rayed, brightly colored flowers.

Dahlia Drawing