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Terracotta and Orange Dahlia Collection

Terracotta and Orange Dahlia Collection

I love to grow flowers in this range of orange tones, from bright to muted, the perfect contrast to my favourite blue and purple late season flowerers.
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5 tubers

10 tubers

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DELIVERY INFORMATION
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Direct Sow/ Plant Out
Flowers/ Harvest

Details:

Position
Cutting Garden
Soil
Broad Tolerance
Flowers
May - November
Height
1.2m (4ft)
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.

Description

From high summer through the autumn, orange is the Perch Hill garden’s best friend. I love to grow flowers in this range of orange tones, from bright to muted, the perfect contrast to my favourite blue and purple late season flowerers (such as Salvia ‘Amistad’ and Phlox ‘Blue Paradise') as well as with crimsons and pinks as you see here.

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

This collection contains 1 or 2 tubers each of:

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.