Dahlia: Baby Tiger (2023 Apollo Farm release)

Micro collarette with high contrast almost black pinnate leaves. Forms small tubers, suitable for pots, front of the border or the rockery. Tolerant of both drought and damp soils. Very floriferous with lots of compact deep red flowers with vermillion collars around a gold halo around a chocolate center. Deadhead often for repeated blooms for the for bees. Flowers from November to May here in Auckland. (Joshua Hall, 2019, NZ)