This beautiful dahlia turned up in September in a flower garden in west Greene County, Missouri. The variety is 'HS Date', HS referring to the "Happy Single" series of dahlias developed by Verwer-Dahlias BV. It features delicate peach petals with a claret-color "zone" and a darker center.It grows to 28 inches tall and like others in the HS series has decorative dark foliage, is striking in the garden or in containers, and attracts butterflies.