Purple Colour Splash Dahlia Collection
- Good for Cutting
The amethyst and plummy purple and magenta dahlias are some of my long-standing favourites, their intensity is unrivalled in the border
A heady mix of spiky architectural shapes and single pollinator favourites, ideal for growing alongside dark leafy veg like castor oil (Ricinus) and elder, as we do in the Oast garden.
This collection contains 1 or 2 tubers each of:- Dahlia 'Thomas A. Edison'
- Dahlia 'Blue Bayou'
- Dahlia 'Ripples'
- Dahlia 'Purple Haze'
All dahlia flowers are edible, scatter their petals on salads for flavour, texture and colour.
- Good for Cutting
Product details
- Type
- Tender Perennial
- Position
- Cutting Garden
- Soil
- Broad Tolerance
- Flowers
- July - November
- Height
- 90cm (36in)
- Common name
- Dahlia
- Moisture
- Moist but Well-drained
- Aspect
- Full Sun
- 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