Looks like a variety of Dahlia, they grow from tubers.

Any idea what variety it might be if it is a Dahlia?

I can't for the life of me find a match for this flower..

Garden variety border dahlia.

My father used to grow a lot of them but I'm out of the climatic zone where they'll grow. Most Dahlias you see around the place are the "cactus type" as in the centre being full of petals. I don't know what they call the ones with the flowers open in the centre. See if you can search for Dahlia catalogues, there should be companies who specialise in them. Don't bother looking up the "cactus" types.

"Garden variety border dahlia" can't find anything that looks like it, they all have too many petals.

Do you have a picture of what you think it is?

I'm wondering if I've stumbled across a new variety.

No...dahlias are just variable.

So show me this variable....?

Every plant has variables. I have 8 or more different types of strawberries... 2 types of blueberries, 5 types of tomatoes, 2 types of coriander.. I could go on about the varieties just in my garden.

So which variable is it dbarron?

Show me a picture of what you think it is, if you're so confident about it.

I'm not here to fight with you. If you want to think it's a blue quanderbilt, go right ahead.

Im just asking for a photo of said variety

I dont know what to think it is.

I'm a horticulturist, I've asked others, and we can't identify it.

So I'm looking for help to identify it. I need a picture... otherwise it's just words you know

Bambino does look like it might be it! Thanks a lot for That!

Dwarf bedding dahlias are often seed strains where individual colors do not have their own names.

Plant is sitting up too high in pot, tuberous roots should be completely covered.

Oh yes that was done on purpose, I placed a rock underneath so as to expose the tubers for observation purposes.

Thanks a lot for the input!

I think this is as close as you're going to get: No doubt it's a dahlia, the leaves in this picture are identical to the ones in your picture, and the flower is very similar. It seems to me it's of the 'Fimbriated' form of dahlia. Though I guess you've found this at this late stage of your post.

• Hybrid

• Group 11 – Fimbriated dahlias (Fim) — ray florets evenly split or notched into two or more divisions, uniformly throughout the bloom, creating a fimbriated(fringed) effect. The petals may be flat, involute, revolute, straight, incurving or twisted.