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Creme de Cassis Dahlia

  • Creme de Cassis Dahlias have two tone petals, and this lavender flower is filling the frame of this image. The center petals still curled show the wine colored underneath side of the petals.
  • The water lily Creme de Cassis is oriented with the bloom up.
  • From a bit of a distance, an un opened bud and a fully in bloom flower are center of the image with green foliage surrounding the bloom.
  • Side view of the flower showing dual tones. Here the dark wine underneath petal is prominent and only a few petals at the bottom of the image show the softer upper petal color.
  • Two blooms, one facing left so the two tone petals can be seen, the other is angled towards the camera. In full sun, the top petals look almost pink.
  • A close up shot of the Creme de Cassis where the petals fall off frame. The two tone colors are easy to identify in this picture.
  • In full sun, this flower fills the frame left to right, with dark wine center and lavender side petals.
  • Only the center of the flower is visible in this image so dark wine colored bottom petals can be seen as they are curled over the center and the lavender upper petals are also seen.

Two toned Creme de Cassis Dahlias are a lavender petal on the top and wine colored petal on the bottom. The blooms are about 4 inches. If you look close, the wine color from the bottom petal almost outlines the petal on the top side. We’ve noticed the center of the flower has a darker lavender than the outer petals. The tubers are smaller sized, but that hasn’t impacted the growth of the plant and the leaves are a nice deep green. Our garden seemed like it needed more purples and we saw this flower advertised on Facebook from a farm in the mid-west that is now defunct. Unlike many customers that lost their money, we got this tuber and two other substitutions.

While we count our blessings that tubers arrived, we are treating them with suspicion in case they came with diseases. We are still getting to know this tuber and see how it grows. We will be watching it over the next couple of years and getting to know it better so we can provide more information like how tall the plant averages in a growing season and how many blooms are produced. As a last note, this flower is very similar to the variety called Lauren Michele.

Attributes of Creme de Cassis Dahlias

Height – 3 feet?

Color – Two tone lavender and wine

Bloom Size – 4″

Bloom Style – Waterlily

Bloom Time – ~90 days

This bloom has such a soft lavender in the center, it is almost white. The bloom fills the image with greenery surrounding it.
Like Creme De Cassis, Frank Holmes has a similar lavender tone.