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Spartacus Mammoth Dahlia
Old Price $34.99 Price $14.99
Packed 2 per package
Availability: Out of Stock
sku # 81392
sku # 81392
Out Of Season
We ship this item in Spring at the proper planting time for your hardiness zone.
This red is sure to win blue ribbons
Enjoy an incredible display of gorgeous and enormous fully double blooms that lasts for months. These orb-shaped flowers, which can reach up to an incredible 25 cm across, are rich crimson-red in colour and accented with flecks of yellow. We challenge you to find a showier dahlia than Spartacus! With a bushy habit that grows 50 cm tall, it's ideal for adding appeal at the rear of a sunny border. It's beauty and longevity make it an excellent cut flower. We recommend removing spent flower heads to keep blooms coming continuously.
- Zone 3-9
- Light Requirements Full Sun
- Height 125 - 135 cm
- Size #1 Rhizome
- Good In Pots
- Bloom Time Midsummer to first frost
- Deer Resistant
Plant Hardiness Zone
Plant hardiness is very important to growing success. Check the map below to determine which hardiness zone you live in. You'll find zone designations at the end of many of the plant descriptions on this site and in the print catalog.
Product Details
- FormClump/Tuber
- Flower Form25 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 TypeMid green, pinnate 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!
- PruningRemove spent flower heads to encourage more blooms and maintain a neat appearance.
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Breck's times its shipments from Holland so that bulbs arrive at the proper planting time (depending on climatic conditions) for each area of Canada.
We take advance reservations, and then just as soon as the crops are harvested, our staff of Dutch Bulb Experts makes an on-the-spot selection of the finest bulbs available to fill those reservations.
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2022 Spring Shipping Schedule Zones Bareroot Perennials & Bulbs 3AB - 9AB 4/11/22 - 6/3/22 Last Order Date 5/30/2022
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