Container Dahlias | Why Sarah Loves These
Sarah discusses her current favourite dahlias for pots, and how to grow and care for them for the most floriferous container displays.
1 tuber 229213-1 | £3.95 |
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3 tubers 229213-3 | £7.95 |
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Or buy this as part of our Arthur's Doorstep Dahlia Collection and Dahlias for Pots Collection.
A wonderful crimson-black with an extra ruffle of petals at its heart. Keeps looking good even into December. Also splendid in a large pot.
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Genus | Dahlia |
Group/Species |
Anemone Group Centre compromises of dense elongated tubes rather than a disc. The outer parts have one or more rings of flattened petals. Click here for more information about dahlia groups. |
Variety | Soulman |
Type | Tender Perennial Tuber |
Common Name | Dahlia |
Border Position | Back, Middle |
Bulb Size | I |
Soil Type | Acid, Chalky, Fertile, Neutral |
Scent | Unscented |
Site | Full Sun, Part Shade |
Moisture | Moist but Well-drained |
Height | 1m (3ft 3in) |
Spacing | Plant just under the soil surface, 75cm (30in) apart. |
Sowing, Seeds, Planting | Pot them up undercover March or early April in a generous pot (at least 2 litre) filled with multi-purpose potting compost. Place them in a light, frost-free place and keep the compost moist. Pinch out their growing tips when they have reached about 8" tall. They will have formed bushy plants by the time the frosts have ended and will be in flower by the beginning of July. If you don’t have anywhere to grow the potted tubers, you can put them straight into the ground when the frosts are nearly over, mulching them or protecting with a cloche or protective horticultural fleece if the foliage appears before the frosts are over, but this will delay flowering. |
Care Tips | Support with a stout stick, tie in every couple of weeks. In the south you can mulch deeply and overwinter them in the ground, alternatively, lift and overwinter your dahlias frost free undercover. |
Flowering | July - November |
Vase Life | Only pick dahlias in full flower. Recut the hollow stem ends under water to avoid airlocks. |
Cooking Notes | All dahlia flowers are edible. I use the petals scattered over salad and to decorate a range of puddings. |
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Sarah discusses her current favourite dahlias for pots, and how to grow and care for them for the most floriferous container displays.
Bulb Delivery - When in stock, please allow 3-4 working days for despatch.
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