Award-winning dahlia collection for pots
dahlia collection
This vibrant dahlia collection dazzles with artistic shades of peach, pink and orange, from soft sunset hues to bold tricolour bursts. Compact, fully double blooms sit atop dark, dramatic foliage, creating a striking contrast that enhances borders, pots or floral arrangements.
Perfect for late summer through to the first frosts, each dahlia offers long-lasting colour and sculptural form for garden or vase.
Perfect for late summer through to the first frosts, each dahlia offers long-lasting colour and sculptural form for garden or vase.
How to care for Award-winning dahlia collection for pots:
Dahlia tubers can be planted outside after frost, or started off in pots under glass in late winter to early spring. Plant them horizontally approximately 12cm (5in) deep, making sure the ‘eyes’ are uppermost. Allow enough room between each tuber so the plants can grow and spread to their full size without being overcrowded.
While in growth, provide a high-nitrogen liquid feed each week in June, then a high-potash fertiliser each week from July to September. Stake with canes or brushwood if it becomes necessary. In mild areas, leave them in situ over winter, but protect the crown with a generous layer of dry mulch.
In colder areas, carefully lift and clean the tubers once the first frosts have blackened the foliage and allow them to dry naturally indoors. Then place the dry tubers in a shallow tray, just covered with slightly moist potting compost, sand or vermiculite and store in a frost-free place until planting out again.
While in growth, provide a high-nitrogen liquid feed each week in June, then a high-potash fertiliser each week from July to September. Stake with canes or brushwood if it becomes necessary. In mild areas, leave them in situ over winter, but protect the crown with a generous layer of dry mulch.
In colder areas, carefully lift and clean the tubers once the first frosts have blackened the foliage and allow them to dry naturally indoors. Then place the dry tubers in a shallow tray, just covered with slightly moist potting compost, sand or vermiculite and store in a frost-free place until planting out again.
What's included:
In each collection you will receive one tuber of each of the following:
Dahlia 'Gallery Art Deco' (Gallery Series): Dahlia ‘Gallery Art Deco’, part of the celebrated Gallery series, is a compact, decorative dahlia with fully double blooms, around 10 cm (4in) across, in painterly shades of peach, orange and pink, with a hidden twist – the reverse each petal is brushed with brown-red. Open for viewing between July and October, this delightful award-winning dahlia works well as a vase subject as a cut flower, in borders or pots or as part of a composition in the border. Grows to 1m.
Dahlia 'Waltzing Mathilda': The colouring of this gorgeous dahlia is hard to describe. The flowers are a peachy-orange with a red flush - like a really spectacular sunset, and the foliage is dark and brooding, so creates an impressive backdrop. A late summer treat for the herbaceous border, or a good-sized pot. Grows to 1.4m.
Dahlia Dahlegria Tricolore ('Dahlgr85') (PBR) (Dahlegria Series): Bred for pots yet equally striking in garden beds, the petite stature and vivid blooms of Dahlia 'Dahlegria Tricolore' provide eye-catching flair through the late season wherever grown. This tuberous rooted perennial reaches just 60cm tall with dramatic dark purple-flushed foliage, and starting in mid-summer and continuing until the first frosts, abundant petite blooms 7cm (3in) across emerge, showcasing a tricolour blend of pink, peach, and bold red. Grows to 60cm.
Position:
Full sun
Rate of growth:
Fast-growing
Soil:
Moderately fertile, moist, well-drained soil
Hardiness:
Borderline hardy (will need protection in winter in colder areas)
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This bulb dies back after flowering each year and enters a period of rest ahead of regrowth the following season.
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Humans/Pets: Ornamental bulbs - not to be eaten
1 × collection | 3 tubers
was £17.75
now £12.41
£4.14 each
available to order from winter
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