Paula's Doris Jane

Limited Edition.  Paula's Doris Jane is a pink formal decorative dahlia.   The bloom size is 4.25 inches across at maturity with a great bloom angle.  If you do not disbud, the bloom size will be smaller.  In my garden, she grows at 3 feet tall.  I cut the first blooms as soon as I can to encourage more blooms and longer stems throughout the growing season.  She blooms all summer tolerating our humid summers in North Carolina with great form and a closed center.  I cut blooms until our frost in late October.  I like to cut my blooms when they are 3/4 open as I love the deeper color in the center and the longer vase life.  My friend Andrea in Woburn, Massachusetts grew Paula's Doris Jane in 2025, and Doris Jane grew to at least 4 feet tall and was very floriferous.   Andrea did have some blooms almost 5 inches across after disbudding.  Andrea said that Doris Jane had a long vase life and that her local florist loved the dahlia.  Paula's Doris Jane produced a large tuber clump so Andrea will have plenty of plants to enjoy the following growing season.  Paula's Doris Jane probably loved the cooler weather up in Massachusetts!  I named this dahlia after my mother.  My mom passed away many years ago so she did not know that I started a dahlia farm in North Carolina.  My mom loved to grow flowers and would sprinkle flower seeds in her gardens each fall, and we would have beautiful blooms to enjoy the next spring and summer.  I know my Mom would have loved this pink, formal decorative dahlia.  I have been growing this dahlia since 2021.  The seed parent was Brookside Snowball.   ADS#3004, BB FD PK.

All tubers are sold as a single tuber with a visible eye.  Tuber orders do not ship until April depending on the weather.  If you live in southern Florida, southern Alabama, and southern Texas, I will try to ship tubers in March depending on the weather.  They are shipped USPS.  I only sell and ship in the U.S.  I do have a checkout & shipping policy on my website.

Remember it can take 1 to 2 seasons for your new dahlia tuber to adapt to its new environment with different daylight hours, climate, and soil conditions.  Be patient as your dahlia becomes established and adjusts to its new home. 

I am not restricting the resale of my dahlia cultivars through trademarks/royalties or other means.  I do ask that you always use the full name of my dahlia.  For example, when referring to Paula's Doris Jane, please use the full name and include Paula's at the beginning of the name.  I appreciate it.