Roger, The National Dahlia Collection and Gardening ExpressĭAHLIA TUBER GALLERY PAGES Site Map of pages with content (o) Introduction FLOWER COLOUR (o)Bicolour Blue Green (o)Orange (o)Pink (o)Purple (o)Red (o)Unusual Colours (o)White (o)YellowįORM and USE (o)Clump-forming (o)Use in Pots (o)Use for Cut-Flower (o)Use in Bedding Instructions with photos for planting dahlias in a pot or tub from the International Flower Bulb Centre in Holland and from Growing Dahlias in Containers written by Barbara Jenke between 1995-2000.Īvailable from R. The Culture and Care page from Verwer Dalias BV of The Netherlands who breed and grow Dahlias provides more growing information. As dahlia buds do not open in water, cut the flowers only when completely developed. Cutting flowers is best done early in the morning or late in the afternoon. Recut the hollow stem ends under water to avoid airlocks. For best flowers, disbud by removing two of the three blooms at the end of each branch. Support with a stout stick and tie in every fortnight. Plant 6 inches (15 cms) deep and 36 inches (90 cms) apart between March and June. " An attractive bright orange variety with White tips. Bloom size is 8-10 inches (20-25 cms) across. Height x Spread in inches (cms) (1 inch = 2.5 cms, 12" = 1 foot = 30 cms, 3 feet = 1 yard, 40 inches = 1 metre)Ĥ0 inches x 24 inches (100 x 60) (leave 36 inches (90 cms) between these dahlia plants)īright Orange with White tips in July-November. Well-drained Chalk and Sand with plenty of humus (after lifting the tuber, mulch with 2 inch (5 cms) depth of mown autumn leaves in the autumn to create this humus during the winter, for use by the replanted-in-the-spring-Dahlia during the Summer-Autumn) Introduced in 1963 by Bruidegom from Netherlands. (NDS) is National Dahlia Society classified directory and (ADS) is American Dahlia Society current classification and handbook of dahliasĬolour Spectacle in Group Semi-Cactus is in The World Dahlia Directory of over 57,000 dahlias. Its first introduction to Britain was in 1798. The Dahlia was brought to Spain from its native Mexico in the late 1780s.
Named for Dr Andreas Dahl, an 18th century Swedish botanist. Click on photo from The National Dahlia Collection with its White tipsĭahlia 'Colour Spectacle' in NDS Group 9(b) One of the factors that I noticed the most was that, in the dahlias grown in pots (even large ones), they are not as vigorous or produce flowers of the same quality as the same varieties grown in the flower bed.Flower. It is very annoying to define a color palette for a border to find later that the scheme is compromised by a “bad dahlia”. Not to mention wrongly cataloged varieties. The conditions of the soil, its pH, the level of organic matter, the temperatures of the season, the sun exposure, just to name a few… several factors can make the flowers not grow with the expected aspect. There are several factors for differences and variations between expectation and reality. Some were quite accurate when compared to the photo, others less so. That is, expectation vs reality.Īlmost always, we make our purchase decision based on that photo, especially when we are buying a certain variety for the first time. In this article I gathered several comparative photos between the presentation picture of several dahlias and how they actually produced in my garden.
When we choose flowers, be they bulbs, tubers, seeds or others, we are always attracted by the beautiful presentation photos in the packages.
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