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Cooper Blaine Dahlia

  • Red tones of the flower with hints of yellow in the center.
  • Cooper Baine in all its bright red glory.
  • Dew on a Cooper Blaine Dahlia
  • The flower fills the frame with dark green foliage in the back ground making the flower look on fire.
  • This bloom fills the frame, and is angled up and to the right in an attempt to catch the tone of the center of the bloom.
  • Centered, this image of the bloom taken in fall shows the fiery red, but the color tone of the red with the camera's attempt to pick up color obscures the yellow flames to the center of the flower.

We love sunsets and Cooper Blaine Dahlias provides all those tones in its flowers. A larger bloom provides a focal point to the garden. It also works well in bouquets. The stems are strong, but can be short. The plant is a healthy producer of foliage and blooms that start mid season. Depending on the light, flowers present as all red, or with a blush of yellow in the center that remind us of looking into the flames of a fire. This plant does make shorter stems, so pinching side buds can help promote a better stem. In the fall you can expect solid tuber production and they may be quite large. Our plant over the years has made tubers nearly 6 inches long and three inches wide. This variety tends towards larger tubers.

This is one of the original 30 dahlias we started with on the farm. The colors were an instant hit and later it became more meaningful to our farm when our son started playing baseball with a friend named Cooper. We always plant at least one tuber, but if we can swing 2-3 tubers, even better.

Attributes of Cooper Blaine Dahlias

Height – 4 to 4.5 feet

Color – Red with a blush of central yellow

Bloom Size – 6″

Bloom Style – Informal Decorative

Bloom Time – ~90 days

Hot pink and yellow Dragonberry bloom.
If you like the loud and proud Cooper Blaine, the colors and texture of Dragonberry may be up your ally.