Ivydene Horticultural Services If you know the name of the plant you wish to see, you can ask Google and get information; otherwise for the public this website may help you choose your plants using foliage, shape and seed/fruit as well as flower photos before you buy them mailorder directly from the nursery / seed company that has donated the use of their photos! With free advertising of their plants, I am asking for photos from the public / nurseries / seed companies / suppliers in the UK, or any other country in the European Union, who would supply plants / seeds mailorder direct to the public in the UK and/or the rest of the world. This also applies to American nurseries for America, Chinese Nurseries for China, etc since the plants from most other countries in the world can also be grown in the UK as well as their own country; providing the appropriate growing conditions are stated.

The Growing World of Dahlias lists all the varieties known to be available commercially in the UK and parts of Europe.

List of Nurseries in Europe selling Dahlias

The National Dahlia Collection at Verfell Farm, near Penzance in Cornwall contains over 1500 species and cultivars. They sell rooted cuttings in the late spring of each year.

The Big List - A North American Dahlia Variety Locator -contains 10990 variety-to-supplier line items and over 2700 different varieties.

Jan's Country Garden in the USA has more than 500 varieties of Dahlia for sale.

If you want to read some light relief material about plants visit Plants are the Strangest People

Ivydene Gardens Dahlia Tuber (bulbs despatched between February and May) Gallery:
Site Map

Note - the Bulb Gallery names of Spring Bulb,
Late Summer Bulb,
Autumn Bulb and Winter Bulb refer to when the bulbs are delivered to you, by R.V. Roger not when they flower.

Container Dahlias.com "in America specializes in low growing, border and container suited dahlias.
A word about these dahlias... The "Gallery" and “Melody series of dahlias are the result of 15 years of crossings between common border-dahlias and botanical, genetically low growing dahlias. They are much branching, start blooming in early summer and produce an abundance of flowers during months and months. These varieties with fully double flowers are very effective in the front of borders. They are also well adapted for container growing.

When danger of damage by frost is gone you can plant them in your garden or in containers in the patio, on your deck, balcony or doorsteps. Finally, we are field-testing other low growing dahlias for future offering. These will include "dark" foliage low growing dahlias and other fully double dahlias."
They also have "Growing Dahlias in Containers" DVD video.

See Introduction Page for Gallery Dahlias for the UK

The Royal Horticultural Society Dahlia Group Classification System is explained in the Introduction. The Tuber Description Pages are set out in ascending order of that Group number and within each group by descending size of flower in the Site Map list below.

You can select 1 from the 46 TUBERS in this gallery from the other 57,000 Dahlia Tubers (unfortunately mail-order nurseries in the European Union or America, or their Dahlia enthusiasts have not yet donated their flower, foliage or overall plant photos of the other 56,954 to this website for the other members of the public to be able to make a further choice through image comparison and cultivation details before they purchase from those mail-order nurseries) by clicking on the Thumbnail to see its Plant Description alongside from the:-

• Bulb Flower Colour
• Bulb Foliage Colour
• Bulb Form
• Bulb Seed Colour
• Bulb in Flower Bed Pictures Comparison Pages in the menu on the right or
• Flower Colour per Month Comparison Page

or clicking on the Botanical Name link from one of the:-

• All Flowers Colour Wheel ,
  All Flowers per Month Colour Wheel ,
  Foliage Colour Wheel or
  Rock Garden Plant Colour Wheel Pages
  or the
• Index D of Bulb, Corm, Rhizome and Tuber Page

or you can select one from their Spring Bulb Catalogue (that are despatched by R.V. Roger Ltd between February and May for planting by you in your garden in that time period) by clicking on its:-

• Tuber Description Page in the list below

Site Map for Dahlia Tubers

Dahlia 'Summertime' - Group 1(b) Dahlia 'Purpinka' - Group 2 Dahlia 'Toto' - Group 2 Dahlia 'Alstergruss' - Group 3(a) Dahlia 'Glory of Heemstede' - Group 4(a) Dahlia 'Gerrie Hoek' - Group 4(b) Dahlia 'Twilight Time' - Group 4(b) Dahlia 'Edinburgh' - Group 5(a) Dahlia 'Fleur' - Group 5(a) Dahlia 'Kelvin Floodlight' - Group 5(a) Dahlia 'White Perfection' - Group 5(a) Dahlia 'Red/White Fubuki' - Group 5(b) Dahlia 'Duet' - Group 5(c) Dahlia 'Funny Face' - Group 5(c) Dahlia 'Golden Emblem' - Group 5(c) Dahlia 'Lilac Time' - Group 5(c) Dahlia 'Rosella' - Group 5(c) Dahlia 'Smokey' - Group 5(c) Dahlia 'Snow Country' - Group 5(c) Dahlia 'Abba' - Group 5(d) Dahlia 'Arabian Night' - Group 5(d) Dahlia 'Arnhem' - Group 5(d) Dahlia 'Canary Fubuki' - Group 5(d) Dahlia 'Christine' - Group 5(d) Dahlia 'Claudette' - Group 5(d) Dahlia 'Cobra' - Group 5(d) Dahlia 'El Paso' - Group 5(d) Dahlia 'Gallery Vincent' - Group 5(d) Dahlia 'Sisa' - Group 5(d) Dahlia 'Wittem' - Group 5(d) Dahlia 'Gallery Cezanne' - Group 5(e) Dahlia 'Little Tiger' - Group 5(e) Dahlia 'Orange Nugget' - Group 6(b) Dahlia 'Stolze von Berlin' - Group 6(b) Dahlia 'Golden Sceptre' - Group 7 Dahlia 'Garden Princess' - Group 8(c) Dahlia 'Nuit d'Ete' Group 8(c) Dahlia 'Orfeo' - Group 8(c) Dahlia 'Playa Blanca' Group 8(d) Dahlia 'Colour Spectacle' - Group 9(b) Dahlia 'Extase' - Group 9(d) Dahlia 'Hayley Jane' - Group 9(d) Dahlia 'Ludwig Helfert' Group 9(d) Dahlia 'Autumn Fairy' - Group 9(e) Dahlia 'Munchen' Group 9(e) Dahlia 'Bishop of Llandaff' Group 10PE(c) Dahlia Bulb Gallery Introduction Dahlia Bulb Site Map

Coblands Nurseries:-
Coblands Nurseries were founded in 1963 growing a wide range of shrubs, herbaceous, grasses, ferns and trees in the ‘coblands’ of Kent. The production nursery extends to over 120 acres on a number of sites in and around Tonbridge, growing approximately a million plants at any one time.
www.best4plants.co.uk now brings this wealth of knowledge and expertise to the general public as well as the trade.

R. V. Roger Ltd, The Nurseries, Malton Road (A169), Pickering, North Yorkshire, YO18 7JW - Tel:(01751)472226 - Fax:(01751)476749 is a traditional third-generation family-run nursery, with the emphasis on plant quality and first-class customer service. The range of field-grown fruit trees grown is one of the best in the country, including many traditional varieties, which are becoming quite rare. They also grow over 40,000 roses in nearly 300 varieties. The rose field is usually in flower from the middle of July until the autumn, when you are welcome to visit and walk through the field. Besides shrubs and ornamental trees, R. V. Roger also produce four bulb catalogues throughout the year, offering choice for a plant or plants by mail order direct from the 280 acre nursery.