Description

Dahlia ‘Seniors Hope’

At 80 cm tall, Dahlia ‘Seniors Hope’ is perfect for pots and the smaller garden!

My post popular patio pot Dahlia, it sells out quickly!

Its hard to put your finger on the extract colour of dusky pink-purple, it has with swirls lighter colours, a flower arrangers dream.

Dahlia ‘Seniors Hope’ has rich deep green foliage making it a handsome garden plant.

I love to underplant it with Phlox for flowers until the frosts

You can find all the information you need for growing Dahlia’s here on our Video Hub!

Details:

Details:
Flower type: Small Flowered Decorative
Height: 80 cm (Tall)
Flower Size: 12 cm
Position: Full Sun
Plant spacing: 60cm (min)
Pinch: when plants are 30cm tall (Pinching is covered in detail on the Dahlia Video Hub)

Cutting /Vase Life:
Dahlias do not continue to open once cut so pick when blooms are ¾ of the way open. Check the back of the flower head to check all the petals are perfect. The petals turn papery, drop and lose colour once they start to go over. Deadhead flowers to give plants back the energy to ripen the next flower rather than work on producing seed.

Place flowers straight into ready buckets of water, we rest our blooms for a few hours in water, this is called conditioning.