Your garden's storefront
The marketplace platform the dahlia community needed.
Dahlia Market is here to bridge the gap between large-scale operations and the backyard grower. Most dahlia buying and selling happens in Facebook groups, where payment is a leap of faith and the only recourse after a scam is a warning post. We built Dahlia Market to be the opposite of that — the storefront you want, with zero website maintenance or annual fees. Anyone can list their stock, anyone can purchase.
Our promise to buyers
Your money is handled by Stripe — never Venmo
Every purchase runs through secure Stripe checkout. No Venmo, no Cash App, no paying a stranger and hoping. Payment information is never exposed to the seller.
What's described is what ships
Sellers must list the correct variety, form, and condition. Misrepresenting a tuber — wrong variety, hidden rot, or disease — is a violation, not an oops.
Reputation that actually follows the seller
Reviews and ratings are tied to a real account, not a disposable group post. A seller's history is visible before you buy.
A real way to report a problem
Every listing has a report button. If something's wrong, you tell us, we look into it, and we act. You're not on your own in a comment thread.
What every seller agrees to
Listing on Dahlia Market means agreeing to a basic standard of honesty and ethics. These aren't suggestions — they're the terms of selling here.
- ✓List the correct variety, form (cut tuber, clump, or rooted cutting), and honest condition.
- ✓Only ship viable stock — a firm tuber with an intact neck and at least one eye.
- ✓Never knowingly sell diseased material. Gall, in particular, is an automatic no.
- ✓Use your own photos, or none. Don't post images you don't have the right to use.
- ✓Honor your stated shipping window and pack tubers so they arrive in good shape.
- ✓Communicate. Answer buyers, and make it right when something goes wrong.
- ✓Rooted cuttings must be bloom-confirmed before listing, with visible roots and active growth above the rooting medium. They take thoughtful packaging — sellers are responsible for getting the plant to the buyer alive.
Not sure how to price postage? See the shipping guide for suggested rates by quantity.
Selling in good faith
We want you to succeed — as a buyer and as a seller. Most problems are honest mistakes, and we treat them that way. The expectation is simple: sell good stock to the best of your knowledge, describe it honestly, and make it right if something arrives wrong.
Repeat offenders — sellers who misrepresent stock or take payment without shipping — get flagged, and serious or repeated cases are removed. That's what keeps an open market trustworthy for everyone.
And because checkout runs through Stripe rather than a stranger's payment app, we can help resolve a dispute fairly — the way a Facebook comment thread never could.
What counts as viable stock
To grow, a tuber needs three things — a firm body, an intact neck, and a crown with at least one eye. Sellers here are expected to know this and only ship stock that has it.
- ✓Body — the energy store. Size doesn't matter; a tuber the size of a AA battery is plenty.
- ✓Neck — must be solid. A snapped or cricked neck means it won't grow.
- ✓Crown + eye — the only place an eye forms. At least one viable eye is required.
- ✓Walk away from: a soft, black, or smelly crown (rot), and any warty or cauliflower-like growth (gall).
- ✓Visible white roots growing through the plug.
- ✓Healthy, active top growth above the rooting medium.
Prohibited items
- ✕Invasive or noxious plant species prohibited by federal, state, or local law.
- ✕Items misrepresented as a different variety than what is being sold.
- ✕Any item whose sale is prohibited by applicable law.
- ✕Any dahlia plant material known to be infected with TSWV/TWV, Leafy Gall, or Crown Gall.
A note on dahlia virus
Our mission is to be part of the solution, not part of the problem.
As home growers and cutting-sellers multiply, so does the spread of TSWV and TSV — at unprecedented rates. We believe knowledge is the best defense. Dahlia Market is here to help you recognize the signs, know when it's time to cull, and feel confident in what you buy and sell here. We're all still learning — so this is a place to raise the standard together, hold each other accountable, and protect the future of the dahlia community. Let's be part of the solution.
See something off?
Use the report button on any listing, or reach us directly. We read every report.