PInk-flowered dahlias - Dahlia 'Magenta Star'

Pink-flowered dahlias

BBC Gardeners' World Magazine

Published: Saturday, 13 July 2019 at 11:59 am

Browse our choice of pink-flowered dahlias, including single- and double-flowered varieties.

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Dahlias are the perfect summer flower. Blooming their socks off for months on end, they look as wonderful in the border as they do in the vase. Plus, the more you cut them, the more they flower - what's not to like?

Dahlias come in a huge variety of shapes and sizes, arranged into types such as pompon, cactus, decorative, ball and collarette. Flower colours vary enormously, too, ranging from yellows and oranges to pinks, purples and reds. And, with single-flowered varieties, you can provide pollen and nectar for insects. There's a dahlia for every garden.

Discover our pick of pink-flowered dahlias, below.

Dahlia 'Mary's Jomanda'

Dahlia 'Mary's Jomanda'

Dahlia 'Mary's Jomanda' is a miniature ball dahlia, bearing small heads of deep, cerise-pink flowers. It's a great all-purpose dahlia, which works well with a variety of other plants, including maroon and lighter-pink flowered dahlias. It makes an excellent cut flower and has been awarded the RHS Award of Garden Merit. Bear in mind its mass of petals act as a barrier to pollinating insects.

Height x spread: 150cm x 50cm

Dahlia 'Ellie Taylor'

Dahlia 'Ellie Taylor'

'Ellie Taylor' is a miniature collarette dahlia, bearing semi-double pink flowers with a large central eye. It makes the perfect landing pad for bees and other pollinators, and is an easy companion in the border and vase.

H x S: 120cm x 60cm

Dahlia 'Reputation'

Dahlia 'Reputation'

'Reputation' is a large-flowered cactus dahlia, bearing bright magenta-pink flowers measuring up to 17cm across. It's perfect for growing in a mixed herbaceous border, and makes an excellent cut flower.

H x S: 120cm x 40cm

Dahlia 'Magenta Star'

Dahlia 'Magenta Star'

'Magenta Star' is a beautiful single dahlia, flowering in deep magenta pink, which contrasts beautifully with dark green foliage. Its central disc makes its pollen and nectar accessible to pollinators. The RHS has awarded it its prestigious Award of Garden Merit.

H x S: 150cm x 40cm

Fimbriation is found in most of the dahlia groups but is most common in the cactus and semi-cactus varieties.

Dahlia 'Nene Kazi'

Dahlia 'Nene Kazi'

Fimbriated dahlias have fully double flowerheads, with each petal split at the ends. Fimbriation is found in most of the dahlia groups but is most common in the cactus and semi-cactus varieties. Dahlia 'Nenekazi' is a dramatic looking dahlia, bearing delicate pink florets fading to cream yellow at the centre. It works well in a variety of planting schemes and makes an excellent cut flower.

H x S: 120cm x 40cm

Dahlia 'Gretchen Hein'

Dahlia 'Gretchen Heine'

Dahlia 'Gretchen Hein'

'Gretchen Hein' is a vintage decorative dahlia, bearing fully double flowers with crimson-tipped pink petals and a delicate yellow centre.

H x S: 100cm x 40cm

Dahlia 'Ken's Rarity'

Dahlia 'Kens Rarity'

Dahlia 'Ken's Rarity'

Dahlia 'Ken's Rarity' is a medium-flowered waterlily dahlia, with pretty bi-colored flowers in pink and yellow. It's well-suited to growing at the back of a mixed herbaceous border, and makes an excellent cut flower.

H x S: 120cm x 40cm

Dahlia 'Lambada'

Dahlia 'Lambada'

Dahlia 'Lambada' is an anemone dahlia, bearing informal, pink-white flowers with a yellow centre, above dark green foliage. It's well suited to growing in a mixed, herbaceous border, where its flowers will complement a range of other colours.

H x S: 60cm x 30cm

Dahlia 'Topmix Pink'

Dahlia 'Topmix Pink'

Topmix dahlias are all low-growing, single-flowered floriferous and bushy plants. Due to their low-growing habit, Topmix dahlias are ideal for growing in pots on the patio, and at the front of the border. They don't need staking. Dahlia 'Topmix Pink' bears pretty, single pink flowers with yellow centres, in contrast with dark green foliage. Its pollinator-friendly flowers last throughout summer and well into autumn.

H x S: 30cm x 30cm

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