GOOD DAY

So sad, the dahlia I received was not a good day dahlia. Sadly it's just a red dahlia... The bad rating is not a reflection of the dahlia it's self but due to it not being the correct dahlia, I thought you all should know

I bought Good Day a few years back as part of the cut-flower collection, and it was the only one in the set that I wasn't excited about. I don't particularly like orange and pink together and I don't gravitate toward the more "messy" looking dahlias. However, I ended really enjoying it and have continued to for the next 3-4 years. My blooms look quite a bit different than the pictures and when I visited Swan Island's farm it appeared to me that some of their Good Day plants look like the pictures posted, with the petals more twisted this way and that, and some looked more like mine, which is more cactus-looking than these pictures (actually they added more pictures and currently the 5th pic looks quite a bit like the shape of my blooms, though mine are more red and a bit more cactus-y). I would describe the prominent color as rust-red, but with pinkish/purplish hues at times. Later in the season it becomes more orange. It has been consistently productive each year, with long, strong stems, great for bouquets. It hasn't had an off-year yet, despite some difficult weather conditions that affected many other dahlias.

In the heat of this summer (or perhaps it is the longer daylight hours) this dahlia is straight red for me--zone 6A in Pennsylvania. Not as pretty as the orange version I get later in the season (very similar to pictures here), but still beautiful. And a very floriferous plant. Lots of tubers, too. Really loved Good Day this year!

I had to come back and revise my review from last year. This is a great dahlia to grow! Those who don't like the informal style of blooms might not appreciate Good Day but it's my favorite. Twirly orange red petals with purple one the reverse...stunning!
This is my second year growing this one and it gave me lots of tubers.

I had great success with Good Day! I'm in Zone 9b and these grew beautifully. Lots of large blooms, tall stems and wasn't susceptible to bugs. I was able to get a solid three months worth of blooms (that's pretty long for me). My flowers looked fairly similar to the photos shown here!

I like this one for it's subtle coloring. Starts out orange red then the colors fade and I can see purple on the back sides of the petals. I agree with another reviewer, a yellow center shows up very soon after the bud opens but that doesn't bother me.

I would like to start this review by saying that this summer has been very hot and I know that a lot of growers are having difficulty this year. I am zone 8b. So keep that in mind regarding this review.

Tall, healthy plant with moderate blooming. First flowers cut in mid July. Good cut flower for vases. My flower color is more tropical pink than orange but it is still beautiful!

I love my Good Day. Large, showy blooms with great stems for cutting. VERT prolific in zone 5b Vermont.

This dahlia will keep your vases filled with flowers. Despite a summer from hell (long heat waves in June, an abnormally cool, cloudy, rainy July, and 20 inches of rain between June 1 and early September), Good Day bloomed early and abundantly and kept going strong into mid October with decent stems. It has many layers of color in the petals, making it a chameleon which can be pinky coral one day and tomato red the next and shades of orange and salmon the day after. Never looked quite like the pictures but was always interesting. The stems are exceptionally long and strong. Its flowers sometimes showed the yellow center as they opened, but this didn't compromise the grace or beauty of the flower, in my view. The flower is solid with better than average vase life. The plant is extremely robust and, despite topping, grew to 6 feet by mid-October in my garden.

Good Day was incredible, I have terrible soil full of rocks in Connecticut and the dahlias still come through phenomenally. The plant was full and gave me over 120 blooms in 2019. I had endless vases in the house full of fabulous dahlias.

I have had this one for 2 years and it has grown up to 5'ft tall however the flower is not like the picture shows on their web page. The plant/flowers grow very healthy but when the flowers start to bloom it's center immediately shows its disc. So far I don't have any of the plant 'Good Day' without showing the disc (center) within one day. I'm very disappointed.

Great dahlia, lots of blooms and lots of tubers.

Sturdy, tall, and prolific with gorgeous semi-cactus petals in beautiful shades of coral and gold. Stems are long; great cutting flower!

This is the most prolific, beautiful species I have grown. Every couple days I cut 4 insanely long stemmed flower from this 7' tall plant. The color starts an intense coral and fades to a more gold color.