The love of dahlias began in 2018 with the plan to become a stockist of quality tubers to justify growing my collection.
Madame Bonaparte is named after Josephine Bonaparte wife of Napoleon who first made this flower fashionable. Like most dahlia enthusiasts my flowers quickly outgrew my garden. A garden full of Cafe au lait plus many more varieties in Hayes Paddock, Hamilton East had to be moved to Raglan Regenerative Farms planted between the avocados. Our offering is inspired by tulip mania and the rise of popularity of this flower in the 1950’s. We provide a quality service for those with dahlia mania and a mutual love of these flowers.
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Dahlia
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/ˈdeɪliə/ noun
A tuberous-rooted Mexican plant of the daisy family, which is cultivated for its brightly coloured single or double flowers.
How we choose dahlia varieties
Our selection of dahlia tubers has been carefully considered and curated to choose varieties for florists favouring cut flowers in the ball shaped and dark cultivars.
Dahlia show awards
We also have show varieties and have entered into both the Hamilton shows and the National show in 2025 winning some awards. In 2026 at the Hamilton dahlia late show our dahlias won three premiere awards selected by Dr Keith Hammett and the Novice Champion vase ribbon.
Tubers
The tubers are grown at Raglan Regenerative farms the home of Raglan Avocados, a regenerative farm at Nau Mai Road, just minutes out of Raglan town.
They are selected for quality and carefully grown to monitor for diseases. They are only sprayed with organic natural sprays and so they are safe to handle and bring into your home or garden.
