Redemption
a Restoring Eden original dahlia
releasing in 2026
Redemption Stats
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A classic Formal Decorative profile: evenly layered petals, crisp symmetry, and a refined finish that looks intentional from every angle—ideal for bridal, editorial, gardens, and market bouquets.
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At the tight stage, Redemption reads as velvet oxblood/black-cherry with a raspberry-and true red spots around the petals edge. As petals relax, the face shifts toward garnet-crimson, and by mid-season the true-red edging lights up the outer petals while the undersides hold a wine-rich tone.
In shade/indoor lighting it looks almost claret; in direct sun it breaks cardinal red with a faint magenta cast around the eye. Darkest when tight; progressively brighter as it opens.
ADS Color Classification: (DR) Dark Red
(DR-12), (DR-5), and (DR-3), seasonally.
Designers Note: For the deepest, moodiest tone, cut at 50% open. For a brighter red read, wait to 80–100% when the outer petals show that true-red edge. -
Consistent 4" blooms—substantial enough to anchor a stem cluster, compact enough to mix generously without overpowering companions, perfect for romantical, moody, or autumnal inspired arrangements.
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Approximately 4', with sturdy, cut-worthy stems and a productive habit that keeps buckets—and beds—richly colored.
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Coty Sloan
Restoring Eden, Michigan
The Story
Some varieties arrive as color; Redemption arrived as a conviction.
So this bloom carries layered meaning for me. At first glance it is dark scarlet and crimson, a heart-deep red with a raspberry undertone and a true red edge that flashes as the season matures. When blooms are tight, the color is at its darkest, almost wine-rich; as petals unfurl, the red brightens, like light breaking through. But, to me, personally, it means much more.
My journey in the garden—and in everything I’ve set my hand to—has been guided by a longing to know God. I see the redemption of the Father, Son, and Spirit at work in creation, in others, and in me: not perfection, but transformation unto completion. I can’t unsee it. Without Jesus’ redemption over my life, I would be more lost, depleted, and deformed, and yet I know He would not relent in His pursuit of me. He gives identity, fills the emptiest places, and forms me more into love.
There’s an “Easter-egg” in the name, too: RE for Restoring Eden, RED for the deep hue, and REDEMPTION for the most profound truth behind the bloom.
Some have encouraged me to stop attaching meaning to flowers. But to do so would deny the way I was made—and the way I experience the world. The garden, the hybridizing, the blooms, the tuber: all of it is for sowing more beauty, more meaning, and more life into the earth with the hope it becomes something more. Shouldn't that be what all of this does—move us to our core, bring joy where sadness dwells, hope where despair has lingered, healing balm where grief aches?
Redemption is my homage to that work—both outside in our gardens and within; the most active, yet often discarded or forgotten, garden —the human heart.
