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Dahlia variabilis 'Bishop's Children'
- Good for Cutting
- Loved by Pollinators
- Perfect for Pots
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Tried & tested by Sarah
Super productive variety
Easy to grow
Brilliant, richly coloured flowers in deep pink, burnt orange, plum purple and blood red, all set against dark crimson foliage
It is a brilliant companion plant for the veg garden, drawing in lots of pollinators to up production of your insect-pollinated veg.
All dahlia flowers are edible, scatter their petals on salads for flavour, texture and colour.
- Good for Cutting
- Loved by Pollinators
- Perfect for Pots
Product details
- Type
- Tender Perennial
- Position
- Cutting Garden
- Soil
- Broad Tolerance
- Flowers
- July - October, 16 weeks from sowing
- Height
- 90cm (36in)
- Common name
- Dahlia
- Moisture
- Moist but Well-drained
- Aspect
- Full Sun
- Spread
- 75cm (30in)
- 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.
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 Time
July - October, 16 weeks from sowing
