10 Windhaven Mac

Growing 3 to 5 feet tall, Windhaven Mac exhibits wide 6-inch blooms that look like yellow, pink and orange fuzz balls straight out of The Muppets. It is a heavyflowering dahlia with strong stems, and it stands up nicely to heat.

Why we love it: Even surrounded by other dahlias, it won’t look like anything else in the garden.

Luke Miller likes to save a buck, which is why he always does his best to overwinter dahlia tubers.