Best Dahlias for Wedding Designs
Photo by Michelle Ann Photography // Dahlia wedding arbor at Kin Loch Farmstead in Cambria, NY
Updated February 18, 2026
We grow 1,000+ dahlias on our 1-acre cut flower farm in Burt, NY. As a wedding florist and a cut flower supplier to other florists in Buffalo, we harvest thousands of dahlia stems every week during peak growing season. From the countless number varieties available to plant, how does one decide which dahlia varieties to grow for weddings!?
Criteria for selecting dahlias for wedding floral design
There are a few criteria we take into consideration when choosing a dahlia variety to grow in our field.
COLOR is the most important factor when choosing dahlias to grow for wedding floral design.
The most popular colors for weddings (the colors that seem to never go out of trend) are: white, champagne, blush, light pinks, peaches, bronze and burgundies.
PRODUCTIVE BLOOM is the second most important criteria for us when choosing dahlias to grow for our wedding design business. We want plants that will produce tons of blooms throughout the season, rather than less productive varieties that will take up space and require more maintenance than is worth the lesser amount of blooms.
VARIETY OF BLOOM SIZES AND SHAPES is also important to plan out your dahlia patch when designing for weddings. You’ll want a variety of ball dahlias, decorative dahlias and dinnerplate dahlias to fulfill different design requirements (ie. ball dahlias work fabulously in bouquets while dinnerplate dahlias bring the wow-factor to large statement pieces and arbors).
Related: 10 Ways to Make Your Wedding Meaningful & Unforgettable
side note: our dahlia-growing manifesto
I recently wrote a 216-page book all about growing dahlias called Growing Gorgeous Dahlias: The Regenerative Grower’s Guide to Abundant Dahlias from Garden to Flower Farm. Everything we know about growing dahlias is found within these pages! For both beginner and experienced growers, I recommend getting yourself a copy or asking your library to purchase one for you to borrow!
Best White Dahlias & Best Neutral Dahlias for Weddings
The Queen of the field! Cafe Au Lait is the most requested dahlia we grow on our farm. She is absolutely exquisite. You MUST grow her if you haven’t before.
Camano Zoe offers the softest blush coloring, and depending on the season, will grow in with hints of Ivory and buttercream.
Ginormous dinner plate dahlias with pure white petals are literally perfection! The most delicious, fluffy blooms in the field are amazing for large floral installations and brighten up the back of the garden.
Brookside Snowball is a stunner on extremely strong stems with pure white, perfect ball blooms. Adorable centers open to reveal rich yellow pollen.
A buttercream ball dahlia with the sweetest light yellow-ivory coloring. Amazing for design work, especially weddings.
Blizzard is one of our favorite pure white dahlias. Blizzard is highly productive and a floral designer favorite!
Ryecroft Jan is a beautiful pure white ball dahlia — a reliable, all-purpose variety perfect for bouquets with its long, strong stems.
Best Peach Dahlias & Best Bronze Dahlias for Weddings
Miss Amara is a show-stopping creamy peach dahlia with pink undertones. Her elegant form takes every bouquet to the next level.
Peaches ‘n Cream is one of those unbelievable triumphs of nature. The striping effect of pinks, peaches and whites on this one will knock you over.
An unsuspecting two-toned dahlia that is striking in every way. Tangerine Dream frequently produces 4 blooms on one stem!
Cornel Bronze dahlias deliver a gorgeous, deep, moody terracotta color and are one of the most reliable blooms in the field (which is why everyone grows them!)
Jomanda is one of the most productive dahlias in the field, shooting up perfect red-orange balls all season long!
Giant puffy, fluffy deep coral blooms open to the most magnificent display in the garden.
The most underrated dahlia, in our opinion. Huge, waterlily-like blooms on strong, sturdy plants. They’re absolutely perfect.
Linda’s Baby is a gorgeous pinky-coral ball dahlia and designer’s favorite. A middle-stature plant, this one blends wonderfully in the garden.
Copper Boy is a gorgeous, deep bronze — so, so perfect for fall color palettes.
Best Blush Dahlias & Best Medium Pink Dahlias for Weddings
The most perfect muddy blush dahlia, reminiscent of Cafe Au Lait but in a more compact, decorative form.
Strawberry Cream is an instant new favorite in our field… highly prolific plants with the sweetest, petite striped pink & white blooms. We love her!
Koko Puff is an adorable tiny pompon dahlia with the most perfect muddy rose coloring. Amazing for wedding bouquets, corsages and boutonnieres.
Castle Drive has the most elegant decorative form with large heads in a gorgeous blend of buttercream and soft rosy pink. We can’t do without this one for our weddings!
Jowey Winnie is an extra-large ball with raspberry peachy petals and purple undertones toward the center of the bloom. One of our favorites for wedding work!
Caitlin’s Joy dahlias are a crowd favorite — the perfect mauvey-pink petals kissed with purple on the edges. Truly remarkable to see in person!
Wizard of Oz dahlias produce adorable, perfectly round bubblegum-colored flowers. We love this one for her abundance of cheery lollipop blooms. Fades to a soft blush late in season.
Salmon Runner produces endless coral blooms on gorgeous DARK stems! She’s a gorgeous garden specimen and highly productive plant for cut flowers.
Natalie G is a beautiful deep apricot bouquet-sized ball dahlia. We love her for her ability to marry pink and peach together in a color palette.
Omega is a giant pink-coral dinnerplate dahlia with unbelievable shaggy cactus petals. Bees sleep in this one. Amazing in the garden.
Cafe Au Lait Royal is a stunning darker pink version of Cafe Au Lait.
Sweet Love is a unique pink dahlia with lavender tones — it reads as a light purple pinky bloom! Sharp edges with petal edges that fade to ivory make this dahlia stand out among the others.
Best Burgundy Dahlias for Weddings
There are many other dahlias we love to incorporate into wedding designs in our Dahlia Tuber Shop — check them out here!
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