Erin Benzakein - Floret

Meet Dahlia ‘Sandia Tulip’ one of the most unique varieties I’ve ever seen. Plants are vigorous, about chest…

We visited @triplewrenfarms earlier this week and I was stopped dead in my tracks by Dahlia ‘Sandia Tulip’.…

We let the phone cameras run while working on last weeks wedding and it’s sure fun to see all of the work…

A few photos from last weekends epic wedding. We’ve been talking about doing the flowers for @trilliumfinch…

This past weekend we had the privilege of making wedding flowers for our good friend @trilliumfinch daughter…

We are now accepting scholarship applications for the upcoming Floret Flower Farming Workshop. Each…

What a week! It has been a very busy, very flower filled week here on the farm and I have so many photos and…

Next week (September 22-29) we will be opening up applications for our scholarship program for our Flower…

Dahlia G54, one of the prettiest and longest lasting beauties in the dahlia breeding patch. When she goes…

This week we’re doing a big wedding and ordered in a bunch of gorgeous roses from @peterkortroses down in…

Twins. There are two exceptional collarette dahlias in the breeding patch that are nearly identical in every…

This past week I’ve been swimming through the jungle of dahlias in the breeding patch. I’m a few weeks later…

Today I wanted to show you a little timeline/progress report for one of our breeding zinnias, ‘Little Flower…

Erin Benzakein of Floret Flower Farm needs little introduction to most garden-minded listeners. She has been…

I love anemone flowered dahlias. There’s something so charming about their fluffy domed centers and reflexed…

We’re on the homestretch documenting the breeding dahlias so I’ve got lots of pictures to share. This beauty…

One of the prettiest dahlias in the breeding patch. This beauty came from seed I collected from a variety…

There have been a lot of full circle moments taking place lately. As if a chapter is ending and all of the…

Every time I walk past the dahlia patch I whisper, “hang on guys, I’m coming!” I had every intention of…

Yesterday I shared a little tour of a few of the zinnias we’re working on in the breeding program and the…

I wanted to give you a little tour of some of the breeding zinnias that are in the works and will hopefully…

A rainbow of collarette dahlias from the breeding patch 💫

The dahlias are having their moment and the amount of beauty out in the breeding patch is completely…

These two. I’ve grown more than 60,000 dahlia seedlings over the years, so I’ve seen a lot of babies. And…