Description
Dahlia ‘Wine Eyed Jill’
Dahlia ‘Wine Eyed Jill’ grows vigorously giving plenty of neat and ball shaped flowers on long, slender stems ideal for bouquets.
I plant it just behind Dahlia ‘Wizard of Oz’ which is slightly shorter with thick foliage, the two look lovely together!
Dahlia ‘Wine Eyed’ is a colour change flower. Blooms open creamy pink depending on the weather, however as they open a deep plum centre spreads a wine colour across the petals like a spilled bottle of wine, hence the name ‘Wine Eyed Jill’, making the flowers much more pink.
A fabulous plant!
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Details:
Flower type: Ball
Height: 90cm (Tall)
Flower Size: 9cm
Position: Full Sun
Plant spacing: 60cm (min)
Pinch: when plants are 30cm tall
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.
