Common names:
Dahlia
Formal Decorative Dahlia

Also sold as:
  • Jersey Beauty

Data specific to Dahlias (Edit)
Form: Water Lily
Color: Bronze
Size: Giant: over 10 inches in diameter
Ball: over 3.5 inches in diameter

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 9b -3.9 °C (25 °F) to -1.1 °C (30 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 10a
Flowers: Fragrant
Resistances: Rabbit Resistant
Propagation: Seeds: Provide darkness: nh/c1i 4
Depth to plant seed
Suitable for wintersowing
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Root: eyopcdttouak aeengrtonmosraibgsgP wniegfy ts telh
Layering
Corms
Containers: Preferred depth
Conservation status: Extinct in the Wild (EW)

illustration from Robert Wayman's 1936 catalog, Bayside, New York

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