Adopt - A - Dahlia

Adopt & name your very own dahlia from Fields Edge Sk breeding program! Reminiscent of my childhood Pound Puppies & Cabbage Patch dolls but Dahlias for our grown up collections😉

 As I work to hybridize my own dahlias, a very small percentage each year meet the criteria I am looking for. So what do I do with those that don’t? Well, I would typically throw them out. I know! But unfortunately I don’t have the space to keep them and I don’t want to risk dahlias with undesirable traits pollinating with my hard work.  

 BUT there are often dahlias that bloom with many excellent qualities that are just not quite right for me, and I’d hate to see them lost. Each dahlia seed produces a brand new variety never seen before. So I’ve opted to create an adoption program. Rather than toss those dahlias as they bloom, I’ll grow them out for the season, removing the blooms for better tuber production and to avoid cross pollination (typically once they bloom, I cut them down to the ground if they won’t be kept). In the fall, I’ll dig those clumps and list them for sale here for a nominal fee (to cover the labor and water to care for them throughout the season as well as digging & cleaning them for shipping. 

 My dahlia adoption sale will be early fall 2026, I’ll list each variety with as much info as I gathered that season. At checkout, you’ll have the opportunity to name your dahlia! Anything you want, a beautiful way to memorialize a loved one. And you’ll have the option to receive the whole clump or have me divide it for you for an additional small fee. Your tubers will ship to you immediately and you’ll receive an adoption certificate along with it. Why name it at checkout? Because I’d like to keep a little family tree on my website showing adopted dahlias, their new names and where they moved to. A fun little genealogy for adopted dahlias!

Why the fall instead of a regular winter or spring sale? The only way I can keep the cost low for you is to ship them out for you to store overwinter. My own dahlias take up a lot of storage space and I don’t have any extra to spare. If I were to store and sell them in the spring, I would have to account for the storage space and winter care in their final cost as well. 


so, stay tuned and follow along on Instagram to see if any of the class of 2026 might call your name💛

 

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