# List of Award of Garden Merit dahlias

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). Much work has been done on the development of a range of flower shapes and sizes. They may be sold as dry tubers in Spring, and started off in heat before being planted out after all danger of frost has passed. Alternatively they can be purchased later in the season, in pots ready to flower. Dwarf bedding types are usually cultivated as annuals and discarded after flowering. In mild areas without penetrating frosts, mature plants can be overwintered in the garden; otherwise, they are lifted and stored in a frost free place. They are easily propagated from cuttings in Spring.
Flower shapes can be divided into 14 main groups:-
* single: less than 10 cm (4 in) - open centred, with a single or double row of ray florets
* waterlily: miniature, small or medium sized blooms - double, with a small number of flattened, rounded ray florets
* collerette: 10–15 cm (4–6 in) - single row of flat ray florets surrounding an inner collar of shorter florets and a central disc
* anemone-flowered: 10–15 cm (4–6 in) - upward-pointing, tubular florets, surrounded by one or more rows of flattened ray florets
* pompon: 10 cm (4 in) - tightly spherical small blooms with florets in a scale-like arrangement
* ball: similar to pompon but larger in size
* semi-cactus: double flowers in a range of sizes; many pointed, recurved ray florets
* cactus: double flowers in a range of sizes; many pointed, recurved ray florets that are narrower than semi-cactus flowers
* decorative: fully double flowers with the central disc completely hidden; the broad florets may be pointed and twisted
* miscellaneous: including peony-flowered, orchid-flowered, chrysanthemum-flowered, dwarf bedding
As of 2015, 124 cultivars are listed. Maximum dimensions of plants are shown in centimetres.
| Name | Type | Colour | Height (cm) | Spread (cm) |
| Allan Sparkes | waterlily | pink | 150 | 100 |
| Almand's Climax | decorative | pink | 100 | 100 |
| Alva's Doris | semi-cactus | red | 120 | 60 |
| Alva's Supreme | decorative | yellow (pale) | 120 | 60 |
| Ann Breckenfelder | collerette | red/yellow | 170 | 100 |
| April Heather | collerette | yellow/pink | 125 | 50 |
| Asahi Chohje | anemone | red/white | 150 | 100 |
| Bednall Beauty | dwarf bedding | red | 50 | 50 |
| Bishop of Llandaff | peony | red | 110 | 45 |
| Blyton Softer Gleam | decorative | yellow/orange | 135 | 100 |
| Bridge View Aloha | semi-cactus | yellow/red | 150 | 100 |
| Brookfield Delight | single | orange | 50 | 50 |
| Charlie Dimmock | waterlily | orange/yellow | 185 | 150 |
| Chat Noir | semi-cactus | red/purple | 170 | 100 |
| Clair de Lune | collerette | cream | 110 | 60 |
| Cream Alva's | decorative | cream | 150 | 100 |
| David Howard | decorative | yellow (bronze) | 100 | 50 |
| Don Hill | collerette | red/yellow | 150 | 100 |
| Dovegrove | single | red | 100 | 50 |
| Edwin's Sunset | waterlily | red | 120 | 50 |
| Ellen Huston | dwarf bedding | orange (scarlet) | 50 | 50 |
| Exotic Dwarf | single lilliput | pink/purple/yellow | 40 | 40 |
| Fascination | peony | pink | 60 | 45 |
| Figurine | waterlily | pink (pale) | 100 | 50 |
| Finchcocks | waterlily | orange | 120 | 60 |
| Freya's Paso Doble | anemone | white/yellow | 110 | 60 |
| Fusion | decorative | white/pale pink | 100 | 50 |
| Gallery Art Deco | decorative | orange/red | 100 | 50 |
| Gallery Art Fair | decorative | white | 50 | 50 |
| Gallery Art Nouveau | decorative | pink (raspberry) | 100 | 50 |
| Gallery La Tour | decorative | pink | 50 | 50 |
| Gallery Leonardo | decorative | pink | 50 | 50 |
| Gallery Pablo | decorative | pink/yellow | 50 | 50 |
| Gallery Rembrandt | decorative | pink (bright) | 100 | 50 |
| Gallery Renoir | decorative | pink (rose) | 50 | 50 |
| Gallery Vincent | decorative | yellow/orange | 50 | 50 |
| Geoffrey Kent | decorative | red | 100 | 50 |
| Glorie van Heemstede | decorative | yellow | 130 | 60 |
| Grenadier | decorative | red | 100 | 100 |
| Hamari Accord | semi-cactus | yellow (pale) | 120 | 60 |
| Hamari Bride | semi-cactus | white | 120 | 60 |
| Hamari Gold | decorative | yellow | 120 | 60 |
| Hamari Rosé | ball | pink/yellow | 120 | 60 |
| Hamilton Lillian | decorative | orange | 120 | 60 |
| Happy Days Purple='Hdpu165' | single | purple | 40 | 40 |
| Happy Single Flame | single | red/yellow | 80 | 50 |
| Happy Single Princess | single | pink/white | 80 | 50 |
| Happy Single Wink | single | purple-pink/red | 60 | 50 |
| Harvest Samantha | single lilliput | pink (deep) | 70 | 50 |
| Hillcrest Candy | semi-cactus | pink/white | 150 | 50 |
| Hillcrest Desire | cactus | orange | 120 | 60 |
| Hillcrest Regal | collerette | red (deep) | 120 | 60 |
| Hillcrest Royal | cactus | purple | 120 | 60 |
| Honka | single orchid | yellow | 100 | 50 |
| Jodie Wilkinson | ball | peach/lemon | 120 | 50 |
| Jomanda | ball | orange | 110 | 60 |
| Josie Gott | ball | white/purple | 100 | 50 |
| Karenglen | decorative | orange | 110 | 60 |
| Kenora Sunset | semi-cactus | yellow/orange | 120 | 60 |
| Kenora Valentine | decorative | red | 120 | 60 |
| Kidd's Climax | decorative | red | 110 | 60 |
| Kilburn Rose | waterlily | pink/peach | 100 | 50 |
| Knockout | single | yellow/orange | 100 | 100 |
| Lakeland Sunset | cactus | yellow | 100 | 100 |
| Le Castel | waterlily | white | 100 | 100 |
| Lemon Elegans | semi-cactus | yellow (lemon) | 130 | 100 |
| Lilac Marston | decorative | lila/purple | 150 | 100 |
| Lilac Taratahi | cactus | pink | 150 | 100 |
| Lismore Willie | waterlily | yellow (bronze) | 120 | 60 |
| Magenta Star | single | pink (magenta) | 130 | 100 |
| Maiko Girl | double orchid | pink | 100 | 50 |
| Marie Schnugg | single orchid | red/yellow | 50 | 50 |
| Mary's Jomanda | ball | pink/purple | 150 | 100 |
| Mayan Pearl | double orchid | pink | 65 | 50 |
| Melody Harmony | decorative | pink/white | 80 | 50 |
| Moonfire | dwarf bedding | yellow/red | 75 | 45 |
| My-nute Blend | misc | orange/yellow | 50 | 50 |
| Oakwood Naranga | decorative | orange | 100 | 50 |
| Ocean Bird | decorative | pink | 100 | 50 |
| Omo | single lily | white/yellow | 40 | 40 |
| Otto's Thrill | decorative | pink (soft) | 110 | 50 |
| Pearl of Heemstede | decorative | pink (silvery) | 100 | 45 |
| Pink Giraffe | double orchid | pink | 135 | 50 |
| Pink Pastelle | semi-cactus | pink | 120 | 60 |
| Pooh - Swan Island | collerette | orange/yellow | 100 | 50 |
| Preston Park | dwarf bedding | red (scarlet) | 45 | 45 |
| Pretty Woman='Vdtg43' | single | pink/purple | 40 | 40 |
| Rhonda Suzanne | pompon | purple (pale) | 150 | 50 |
| Ruby Murray | decorative | pink (deep) | 75 | 50 |
| Ryecroft Jan | ball | white | 165 | 100 |
| Ryecroft Marge | anemone | pink/yellow | 150 | 100 |
| Shep's Memory | waterlily | peach | 180 | 100 |
| Small World | pompon | white | 110 | 60 |
| So Dainty | semi-cactus | orange (pale) | 110 | 60 |
| Tally Ho | miscellaneous | orange (pale) | 60 | 45 |
| Taratahi Ruby | waterlily | red | 150 | 100 |
| Trelyn Crimson | collerette | red | 120 | 50 |
| Trelyn Daisy | collerette | white/yellow | 140 | 140 |
| Trelyn Kiwi | semi-cactus | pink/white | 100 | 50 |
| Trelyn Rhiannon | cactus | pink/yellow | 180 | 100 |
| Twyning's After Eight | single | white | 100 | 100 |
| Twyning's Revel | single | pink (deep) | 120 | 100 |
| Waltzing Mathilda | misc. | orange/pink | 70 | 50 |
| Westerton Folly | ball | pink (deep) | 120 | 50 |
| Weston Pirate | cactus | red (ruby) | 150 | 100 |
| Weston Spanish Dancer | cactus | yellow/red | 150 | 100 |
| Weston Stardust | cactus | pink/yellow | 100 | 50 |
| White Alva's | decorative | white | 120 | 60 |
| White Ballet | decorative | white | 90 | 60 |
| Witteman's Superba | semi-cactus | red (crimson) | 150 | 100 |
| Wootton Cupid | ball | pink/yellow | 110 | 60 |
| Wootton Impact | semi-cactus | yellow (bronze) | 110 | 60 |
| Yellow Hammer | dwarf bedding | yellow (pale) | 60 | 45 |
| Zorro | decorative | red (crimson) | 120 | 60 |