The Bishop of Llandaff, one of the earliest garden dahlias. The single red flowers look magnicent against its purple foliage

A yellow decorative dahlia

Doris Day, a small red cacti, floriferous anbd very useful for cut flowers

The b-colour fimbriated dahlias with their fringed petals look magnificent in the garden

Grenadier Pastelle, a large semi-cactus

A pink decorative dahlia