'Cafe Au Lait' Dahlia | Creekside Champions™
Features
Characteristics
Plant Needs
About Creekside Champions™
Each Creekside Champion plant is hand-selected for its exceptional beauty, resilience, and proven garden performance. Grown with care by our family and backed by generations of expertise, these plants embody trust, quality, and the joy of cultivating something truly special. Confident, dependable, and naturally stunning — Creekside Champions™ are made to thrive. Family Grown. Proven Performance.
Dahlia ‘Café Au Lait’
Dahlia Cut hybrida ‘Café Au Lait’
Beloved by floral designers and home gardeners alike, ‘Café Au Lait’ is one of the most iconic dahlias ever grown. Its enormous, ruffled “dinnerplate” blooms shift in color with the season—opening in soft shades of ivory, blush, creamy beige, and sometimes the faintest hint of ballet-slipper pink. No two flowers are ever exactly the same, and each one is breathtaking.
This warm-region perennial (grown as an annual in cooler climates) produces an abundance of large, luxurious flowers from midsummer until frost. Strong stems make it excellent for cutting, while its elegant presence brings a romantic feel to garden beds and borders. Give it full sun, rich soil, and consistent moisture for the best bloom production.
Details:
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Bloom Color: Ivory to Blush Pink (color shifts with temperature)
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Foliage Color: Green
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Height: 24–48"
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Spread: 18–24"
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Spacing: 18–24"
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Exposure: Full Sun
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Hardiness Zones: 9a–11a (treat as annual in cooler zones)
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Bloom Time: Late Summer to Frost
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Characteristics: Attracts Bees, Butterflies & Pollinators; Easy to Grow; Fast Growing; Excellent Cut Flower
Photo(s) courtesy of Syngenta® Flowers
Characteristics
Plant Needs
About Creekside Champions™
Each Creekside Champion plant is hand-selected for its exceptional beauty, resilience, and proven garden performance. Grown with care by our family and backed by generations of expertise, these plants embody trust, quality, and the joy of cultivating something truly special. Confident, dependable, and naturally stunning — Creekside Champions™ are made to thrive. Family Grown. Proven Performance.
Dahlia ‘Café Au Lait’
Dahlia Cut hybrida ‘Café Au Lait’
Beloved by floral designers and home gardeners alike, ‘Café Au Lait’ is one of the most iconic dahlias ever grown. Its enormous, ruffled “dinnerplate” blooms shift in color with the season—opening in soft shades of ivory, blush, creamy beige, and sometimes the faintest hint of ballet-slipper pink. No two flowers are ever exactly the same, and each one is breathtaking.
This warm-region perennial (grown as an annual in cooler climates) produces an abundance of large, luxurious flowers from midsummer until frost. Strong stems make it excellent for cutting, while its elegant presence brings a romantic feel to garden beds and borders. Give it full sun, rich soil, and consistent moisture for the best bloom production.
Details:
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Bloom Color: Ivory to Blush Pink (color shifts with temperature)
-
Foliage Color: Green
-
Height: 24–48"
-
Spread: 18–24"
-
Spacing: 18–24"
-
Exposure: Full Sun
-
Hardiness Zones: 9a–11a (treat as annual in cooler zones)
-
Bloom Time: Late Summer to Frost
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Characteristics: Attracts Bees, Butterflies & Pollinators; Easy to Grow; Fast Growing; Excellent Cut Flower
Photo(s) courtesy of Syngenta® Flowers
