Alloway Candy

There’s a reason Alloway Candy has been winning hearts since 1970: this sweet stellar dahlia captures everything romantic about summer flowers in one perfect bloom. Those gorgeous 4-6 inch star-shaped flowers create the most enchanting ombre effect, starting with creamy ivory centers that gradually melt into soft baby pink and deepen to mid-pink at the petal tips. It’s like watching a sunset happen in slow motion, except it’s happening in your cutting garden.

What makes Alloway Candy truly special is how those pointed, star-shaped petals add such graceful contrast to the usual ball and decorative forms in arrangements. Wedding florists have made this vintage New Zealand variety their go-to for good reason: that soft pink palette works magic in bridal bouquets, baby showers, and any celebration that calls for something genuinely sweet and romantic.

At 3-4 feet tall, Alloway Candy is one of the first dahlias to start blooming each season, and it just keeps producing throughout summer and fall. Those long, firm stems are perfect for cutting, while the prolific nature of this variety means you’ll have armloads of flowers all season long. One grower calls it “the sweetest stellar-form dahlia” they’ve ever grown, and another says it “invites compliments from everyone who walks by it in the garden.”