Details
- Supplied As
- Tubers
- Bulb Size
- Top Size
- Dahlia Flower Diameter
- 11 cm
- Flowering Height
- 80 cm
- Colour
- Reds & Burgundy
- Flowering Time
- July
- August
- September
- October
- Planting Time
- March
- April
- May
- Growing
- Lift After Flowering Season
- Perfect For
- Cutting
Waterlily Dahlia Blue Bird
D4294
Description
'Blue Bird' is a striking Waterlily Dahlia with luxurious dark red blooms adding drama and intensity to garden flower borders. Slightly curved layered petals, an airy elegance reminiscent of floating waterlilies.
Flowering throughout the summer and into autumn, Waterlily Dahlia 'Blue Bird', is also excellent for cut flower arrangements. Grows to a height of 80 cm.
de Jager's top size, top quality dahlia tubers are supplied polythene bags, in which they may be safely kept until planting time, stored in a cool place.
Care Guide
To grow Dahlias, select a sunny spot with well-drained soil, and dig a 30cm deep hole. Plant the tuber 10cm below the soil surface, spacing multiple tubers 45cm apart, or 90cm for taller varieties. Water consistently, maintaining moist but not saturated soil and protect new shoots from slug damage with eco-friendly methods. Feed plants during the blooming period with liquid plant food. Provide support for stems which will reach 60-90cm tall depending on variety. Enjoy spectacular blooms from late summer until first frosts. Cut or deadhead the flowers regularly for a continually flourishing display. Once blooming has finished, cut back foliage before lifting, drying and storing the tubers in peat-free substitute, in a frost-free place until the following spring.
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Honka Red
D4494
Dahlia ‘Honka Red’ is an unusual orchid flowered dahlia, sweetly scented and attractive to bees, butterflies and pollinators. Blooming from July to October, the striking flowers look quite unlike most dahlias, in that they are exceptionally delicate and airy in appearance. A starburst of slender, red velvet petals surrounds the bright yellow centre, forming simple, stylish blooms.
Cut the flowers as soon as they are open as the petals will drop soon after pollination. Dahlia ‘Honka Red’ looks wonderful planted next to almost-black ‘Verrone’s Obsidian’ for a dramatic and complimentary display which will flower all summer and autumn long. Grows to a height of 80 cm.
de Jager's top size, top quaility dahlia tubers are supplied polythene bags, in which they may be safely kept until planting time, stored in a cool place.
- Delivery
Orders for Summer Flowering Bulbs & Plants will be sent from mid March to late April.
We use Whistl for deliveries and our ordering process allows you to provide special instructions such as leaving in a safe place should you happen to be out when your bulbs are delivered or if you require a different delivery date.
Should you have any other order requirements other than those listed please contact us on 01622 840229 before placing an order.
Current charges per order are as below and include VAT.
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