Timeline

2020

The History of the National Dahlia Society

History of the National Dahlia Society
1995

Six Species Added

Jen P.Hjerting, Paul Sørensen & Dayle Saar jointly travel through Mexico collecting species Dahlias and add six more species to..Read More
1969

“Revision of the Genus Dahlia Asteraceae: Heliantheae-Coreopsidinae” Published

Paul D Sørensen, published in Rhodora, “Revision of the Genus Dahlia Asteraceae: Heliantheae-Coreopsidinae”.
1874

Dahlia juarezii Named

Van der Berg catalogued a new dahlia for sale, calling it Dahlia juarezii to honor Mexican President Benito Pablo Juarez,..Read More
1818

First Exhibition in Scotland

First recorded exhibiting of dahlias in Scotland, receiving Silver Medal.
1808

Cultivation Methods are Documented

Richard Salisbury writes for the Horticultural Society (Later the Royal Horticultural Society) on the different species of Dahlia and the..Read More
1806

John Wedgewood grows Dahlia plants for the first time.

Richard Salisbury (1761 – 1829) receives Dahlia seed from Lady Holland’s garden. John Wedgewood (1766 – 1844) founder of the..Read More
1805

Richard Salisbury grows Dahlia plants for the first time.

Lady Holland ‘s Librarian raises two seedlings from Lady Holland’s Dahlia pinnata purpurea No 1. Alexander Humboldt sends to Wildenow..Read More
1804

Abbe Cavanilles dies

Abbe Cavanilles dies in May 1804. Alexander Humboldt & Bonpland return home to France, from their voyage of exploration of..Read More
1803

First Garden Dahlia Grown in Britain

John Frasier introduces Dahlia coccinea from France, John Woodford grows what is claimed to be Dahlia rosea from France which..Read More