Fairway Pilot Dahlia

My favorite new dahlia I grew in 2025  so big, so beautiful, such green healthy foliage, strong stems on top of huge flowers!  Just wow!

Variety name: Fairway Pilot 

Hybridizer:  Peter Cleaver from Great Britain in 1979 

Form: Formal Decorative 

Color: a soft salmon-blush melody

Size of Bloom: 10”

Height:3.5-4.5

Cut Flower: great for wedding bouquets/archway work 

Tuber producer: very good  

Growers Notes:  This giant of the garden is a stocky grower, producing immense flowers. A spectacular choice for event work. Space 18” Pinch is a must to produce branching. Disbud side shoots. Stake appropriately for a large heavy plant. 

• Listing is for 1 tuber.
• All tubers are shipped in April.
• If there is stock loss, we will refund your order. We do not send substitutions.
• Once you place an order, we are unable to change that order. If you want additional tubers, you will need to submit a new order.
• We are only able to ship within the USA
• We guarantee a viable tuber with an intact eye, unbroken neck and sound body that is true to variety ordered. Please examine your order immediately on arrival and contact me within 10 days—with clear photos—if you have a problem. Once the 10 days has elapsed the buyer accepts full responsibility for the tuber.
• We are not responsible for tubers that are being forced for cuttings.
• We are not responsible for tuber starts. Tubers must be planted.
• We are not responsible for weather events once the tuber is in your possession.