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800-644-5505Beach Ball Dahlia Mixture
Old Price $99.99 Price $39.99
Packed 5 per package
Availability: In Stock
sku # 89366
sku # 89366
Giant, ball-shaped blooms dot summer borders and beds.
Your visitors will be incredulous when they see the enormous, round flowers produced by this assortment of colourful varieties! With their petals that fold back to the stem, these 20-25 cm blooms take on the appearance of kaleidoscopic soccer balls. Wonderful in sunny borders, large containers and fresh-cut arrangements.
- Zone 3-9
Lift in Fall zones 3-9 - Light Requirements Full Sun
- Height 90–120 cm
- Size #1 clump
- Bloom Time Midsummer to Frost
- Deer Resistant
Product Details
- Botanical NameDahlia decorative
- FormTuber
- Flower Form20-25 cm fully double, ball-shaped flowers. When the side buds are not pinched, flowers grow a bit smaller.
- Hardiness Zone3-9
- Lift in Fall3-9
- Foliage TypePinnate leaves with ovate leaflets
- Growth RateFast
- Spread60 cm
- Planting Instructions5 cm deep and 60 cm apart
- Soil RequirementsWell drained
- Spacing 60 cm
- Will TolerateAcidic Soil, Clay Soil, Loamy Soil, Sandy Soil
- Watering DescriptionAverage water needs. Water regularly, do not overwater
- Winter careDahlias are not hardy. Dig the tubers in fall and store in dry peatmoss in a cool, dry and frost free location. Dry tubers for a few days (preferably outside) before storing!
- PruningPinching of the secondary bud will lead to larger flowers, but less of them.
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