Dahlia 'Black Jack'
- Good for Cutting
I went to the Dutch dahlia trial fields last autumn, briefed to choose no more black dahlias, but my-oh-my you just can't say no to this one
All dahlia flowers are edible, scatter their petals on salads for flavour, texture and colour.
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- Good for Cutting
Product details
- Type
- Tender Perennial
- Position
- Cutting Garden
- Soil
- Broad Tolerance
- Flowers
- July - November
- Height
- 1.5m (5ft)
- Group/Species
- Decorative Group
- 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 - November
