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Café au Lait Dahlia Collection

Café au Lait Dahlia Collection

Morph from ivory to peach, coffee to cream. Great with contrast from Henriette. A true crowd pleaser.
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2 tubers

4 tubers

2 x 3 litre pots (190666-2)

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DELIVERY INFORMATION
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Direct Sow
Flowers/ Harvest

Details:

Position
Cutting Garden
Soil
Broad Tolerance
Flowers
July - November
Height
1.2m (4ft)
Group/Species
Decorative Group, Cactus Group Group
Moisture
Moist but Well-drained
Aspect
Full Sun
Spread
Plant just under the soil surface, 75cm (30in) apart.
Cultivation
Pot up undercover in spring, place somewhere light and frost-free and keep moist. Pinch out growing tips at 20cm and plant out after last frosts. Alternatively plant straight into the ground when the frosts are nearly over.

Description

The vast dinner plate flowers of 'Café au Lait' fills almost every creative florists Instagram and rightly so, with its flowers morphing from ivory to peach and coffee to cream. Best with a zap of shape and colour contrast from 'Henriette'. This is THE crowd pleaser.

All dahlia flowers are edible, scatter their petals on salads for flavour, texture and colour.

This collection includes 1 or 2 tubers, or 1 x 3 litre pot each of:
  • Dahlia 'Café au Lait'
  • Dahlia 'Henriette'

This can be gift wrapped in our exclusive hessian sack, with ribbon and a Sarah Raven gift card. You will be able to add this to your basket once you begin the checkout process. To add a gift message to your order, simply fill out the details at the delivery stage of the checkout.

Please note: only items which are showing ‘in stock’ can be gift wrapped.

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.