✂ Cut Flower🏆 Exhibition
Cafe au Lait
The variety wedding florists grow before anyone else catches on.
Also known as: Cafe Au Lait, Café au Lait
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Cut one stem and put it in a vase. The room notices. Blush, cream, and dusty peach shift together as the season cools, so no two weeks of blooms look quite the same. Wedding florists have made it the most-requested dahlia in the world, and it still earns that spot every year.
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Be the first to sell itSpecifications
Physical
- Form
- Informal Decorative
- Bloom class
- A8–10"
- Bloom size
- 8–10"(20.3–25.4 cm)
- Plant height
- 36–48"
Color
- Color
- Light Blend
- Tags
- blushpeachcreamcafelattedusty rose
Growing context
- Flowering season
- Mid season
- Cut flower
- ✓ Yes
- Exhibition
- ✓ Yes
- Stem length
- 24"
Provenance
- 1966
- Netherlands
- Breeder
- Snuif
How to Grow It
Stake at planting. Pinch early for more stems. Benefits from afternoon shade in hot climates to preserve color.