Data specific to Dahlias (Edit)
Form: Single (S)
Color: Dark Pink (DP

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Plant Height: 40 inches (1 m)
Plant Spread: 20 inches (0.5 m)
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Pink
Other: Magenta
Flower Time: Summer
Late summer or early fall
Fall
Underground structures: Tuber
Uses: Cut Flower
Suitable as Annual
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Other Beneficial Insects
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Other: Propagate by taking cuttings of newly emerged shoots
Pollinators: Moths and Butterflies
Bumblebees
Bees
Various insects
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger

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Common names
  • Dahlia
  • Dwarf bedding or Patio Dahlia

Photo Gallery
Location: Newby Hall, Yorkshire UK
Date: 2018-09-01
Location: The garden at Sanabria
Date: 2014-08-08
It really is cerise. I post one with a bee for scale. The next ph
Location: Halls of Heddon, Northumberland
Date: 2017-10-05
Location: Newby Hall, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2017-08-20

Photo courtesy of Longfield Gardens
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Location: The garden at Sanabria
Date: 2014-08-08
Without the bee, will attach another one when the pollen lights u
Location: The garden at Sanabria
Date: 2014-08-08
Not many flowers, but this is a first year tuber, planted late in

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