Dahlia

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Flowers in every color. Dahlias come in almost every hue you can imagine, from bright reds and purples to soft pinks, yellows, and even white. Gardeners love them because they're like a paint palette of petals.

Grow from tubers. Instead of growing from regular seeds, dahlias grow from bumpy, potato-like underground parts called tubers. You can dig them up after winter and replant them the next spring.

From Mexico and Central America. These beautiful flowers are native to warm parts of Mexico and Central America, where they originally grew wild. Today, people grow them in gardens all over the world.

Huge plant family. Dahlias belong to the same family as sunflowers, daisies, chrysanthemums, and zinnias. There are 49 different species of dahlia, plus thousands of colorful hybrids that people have created by mixing them together.