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Dahlia 'Rhubarb and Custard' (Sweet Candy Series)
- Good for Cutting
- Loved by Pollinators
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Stand out performer
Easy to grow
Strong green foliage bearing salmon pink flowers with a red eye and a two-tone matching collarette
All dahlia flowers are edible, scatter their petals on salads for flavour, texture and colour.
- Good for Cutting
- Loved by Pollinators
Product details
- Type
- Tender Perennial
- Position
- Cutting Garden
- Soil
- Broad Tolerance
- Flowers
- July - November
- Height
- 90cm (36in)
- Group/Species
- Collarette Group
- Common name
- Dahlia
- Moisture
- Moist but Well-drained
- Aspect
- Full Sun
- Spread
- 60cm (24in)
- 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
