Coseytown Dexter
The heart of the hybridization program at Coseytown Flowers is firmly rooted in developing the best possible dahlias for profitable cut flower production. Our hybridization priorities have been shaped by our own experiences as a cut flower farm in search of the best varieties to bring maximum impact to our operation and bottom line - and our enjoyment as dahlia enthusiasts too!
We're Here for the Workhorses
To earn the distinction Coseytown-Certified Cut Flower a new cultivar must demonstrate its ability to consistently meet or exceed expectations for the following nine key traits for maximum profitability:
∙ Tuber Productivity
∙ Tuber Storability
∙ Plant Growth Habit
∙ Stem Length
∙ Stem Strength
∙ Bloom Productivity
∙ Blossom Orientation
∙ Blossom Attachment
∙ Vase Life
To learn more be sure to:
∙ Sign up for the Coseytown mailing list
∙ Check out this interview about making the cut at Coseytown
∙ Check out this talk about our commitment to healthy dahlias
Meet Coseytown Dexter! This one's a mid-tone yellow bloom that's slightly spattered with red. He's a powerhouse of a plant that gives you bloom after bloom, week after week, all season long. And even if you don't harvest blooms weekly, the plant will remain attractive all summer. Dexter's stems are strong with solid blossom attachment. He makes oodles of tubers that store easily.
Coseytown Dexter has been known to shift his colors and change his stripes. While my favorite color sport is the apricot version, and it also sports solid red and, very rarely, blooms with a high variegation, tubers from plants exhibiting these traits are NOT included in this sale.
Be sure to view the video included for a close up! (sound on)
Thank you for your interest in Coseytown dahlias! Our Tuber Sales are held during the first quarter of the year. Sale dates and details are announced to our mailing list as sale season approaches, so be sure to get signed up here!
The Details
Coseytown Dexter
Coseytown-Certified Cut Flower
Bloom Form:
Formal Decorative
Bloom Color:
Yellow variegated
Bloom Size:
3 in
Plant Height:
5 ft
2022 Intro
Learn About Coseytown
Here at Coseytown Flowers we specialize in the creation, cultivation and sale of new dahlia varieties, with leading plant traits in health, growth and vigor, for the cut-flower and enthusiast markets.
Leading the charge is LeeAnn Huber - the dahlia hybridizer, educator, flower farmer and entrepreneur behind it all. Prioritizing continual growth in knowledge and practice is our guiding star, and LeeAnn's passion for lifelong learning and applying evidenced based approaches in an agricultural context is embodied in her daily mantra ‘Every day is a school day!’ LeeAnn has amassed a sizable and engaged following among fellow cut flower farmers and gardening enthusiasts, where she is known for taking topics head on in a thoughtful and engaging way while sharing her expertise on all things dahlias.
Coseytown Flowers strives to offer only the highest quality single-division dahlia tubers and premium dahlia seed. All dahlia tubers are guaranteed true to variety, and I will never sell anything I would not personally be satisfied to receive myself ...but don't just take our word for it, check out what our flower friends are sharing.
All our tubers are individually labeled, and all orders are individually inspected for quality and accuracy prior to shipment. Additionally, international tuber orders (currently Canada) are individually inspected by the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture. Coseytown Flowers dahlia fields and storage facilities are inspected annually by the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture and we possess all needed inspections and licensing to sell dahlia tubers and seed. Every dahlia tuber and seed sold have been grown right here in Greencastle, PA.
At the heart of our mission is the Coseytown commitment to transparency with continual growth in our core values of healthy plants, happy pollinators and responsible production. We take the health of our plants and tubers seriously by testing for and providing our dahlia plants with the proper conditions, nutrition and proactive management for optimal plant and pollinator health. We also proactively test for the following major DNA and RNA viruses: Dahlia mosaic virus (DMV), Dahlia common mosaic virus (DCMV), Impatiens necrotic spot virus (INSV), Tobacco streak virus (TSV) and Tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV). To learn more directly from LeeAnn about the Coseytown Commitment to Healthy Dahlias, including our proactive 3-pronged approach to address virus in dahlias, please click here.