Hi Calik8,

I don't know what color, etc. you were looking at, but my consistently giant bloomer is "Kelvin Floodlight". Most of my blooms are about 8-10" in diameter, but I did have one that was 12"! Quite stunning. It is a nice yellow color.

Judy

Hi Calik8,
Boy I sure would like to find some Dahlias like that!!! WOW If you do find the name and/or a place to purchase them e-mail me I'm very interested. Thanks for the time Richgin NY

Calik8 and richg, I bought my tubers at Home Depot I think. It seems to be very hardy and a prolific bloomer too!

Juju

Dahlia's are classified by size, for instance AA has a bloom size of 10" or larger, A is 8"-10". Kelvin Floodlight is an AA. So when you are checking out dahlia's and you want something that has a very large bloom, make sure it is an AA.

There are many sites on the web that sell dahlia's and all suppliers list their dahlias by size, AA,A ,B ,BB, and so on. Here's a link that list dahlia's by size and will give some names and their pictures for you to look at and help you decide what you would like.
Hope this helps.

Here is a link that might be useful: http://www.dahlias.net/bgbysize.htm

Thanks for that great info, can you also tell me what the other letters mean? I think the last letters are the color, but what about the middle?
eg:
AA-FD-Y
AA-ID-W
AA-SC-OR
AA-IC-W

Calik8, The first are the size of the dahlia, the second is form, and the third is color. Check out this site and it will tell you what they mean. Check the rest of site for more information that should help.
Good Luck!
Willow

Here is a link that might be useful: http://www.dahlia.org/guide/form.html

We had a Wanda's Moonlight a couple of years ago that was 17" across & 15" deep. It was in the running for biggest in the New Garden with an Inca Trident of equal proportions! They were great. This year we have some huge ones, too but my computer & my digital camera aren't speaking this month so I haven't been able to get them into our albums yet. Will let you know when I do.