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The first plant was called Dahlia pinnata after its pinnate foliage; the second, Dahlia rosea for its rose-purple color. In 1796, from the parts sent by Cervantes, Cavanilles flowered a third plant, which he named Dahlia coccinea for its scarlet color. In 1798, Cavanilles sent D. pinnata seeds to Parma, Italy.
Dahlia 'Babylon Bronze' is a branching, tuberous tender perennial cultivar with fully double orange blossoms. The flowers are as large as 8-10 in. wide (20–25 cm). This Dahlia belongs to the Decorative Dahlia classification and was introduced in the Netherlands by Fa Van Slageren in 1995.
There are 42 accepted species of flowering plants in the genus Dahlia, according to The Plant List. [1] The sectional classification of Dahlia sensu Sørensen (1969) [ 2 ] as updated by Saar et al. (2003) [ 3 ] and Hansen (2004) [ 4 ] and (2008) [ 5 ] is as follows (excluding infraspecific taxa);
'Moonfire' (VanDusen Botanical Garden, Stan Shebs)The following is a list of dahlia cultivars which have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.They are tuberous perennials, originally from South America, with showy daisy-like composite flowerheads in all shades and combinations of white, yellow, orange, pink and red, flowering in late summer and autumn (fall).
Dahlia pinnata is a perennial herbaceous plant with a rhizome and tuberous roots, reaching a height of 70 to 120 centimetres (28 to 47 inches), rarely 160 cm.The stem is erect, and branched only in the inflorescence.
After some Dahlia species were brought from Mexico to Europe in the 16th century, D. imperialis was first described in 1863 by Benedikt Roezl (1823–1885), the great Czech orchid collector and traveller who, ten years later (in 1872–73), embarked on a plant odyssey through the Americas.
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