Dahlia Duet

Can a summer garden have too many gorgeous dahlias that bloom with wild vigour? This dahlia will delight you with attractive bicoloured flowers. The flowers, or rather the inflorescences, are red with white petal tips. Whenever you walk through the garden, you will stop by this beautiful dahlia. "How pretty she is!" you will whisper to yourself.

This variety belongs to the group of ornamental dahlias (group 5). Like all dahlias, it is ideal for beginners. It will also make a fine addition to any flower arrangement bouquet. The large, 20 centimetre-long flowers will appear at the top of the strong stems from July until frost. They will brighten up even the dullest places in the garden and are suitable for creating summer bouquets. It looks good in a duo with pink ground roses, Casa Blanca fragrant lily and white phlox. The plant is 80-90 cm tall. The flowering period is from midsummer to frost.

Dahlia Duet should be planted in a sunny or semi-shaded location. In addition, the planting location should be well ventilated. Begin planting the germinated tubers outdoors in May/early June, once the threat of a return frost has passed. The soil should be loose and fertile, with a slightly acidic or neutral reaction. Soil types include sandy soil and loam. This dahlia is suitable for creating a flower hedge (for this purpose the tubers are planted closer to each other than usual), as well as for planting in beds and in containers. The planting depth is 15 cm. The planting distance should be 50 cm apart.

If you remove the blooms in good time, you will prolong flowering. Dahlias are heat-loving plants. Therefore dig out their tubers for the winter and store them in slightly damp peat, in a dark and cool place. Do this at the end of September.