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Dahlia 'Star Sister Red and Yellow'

Half-hardy Perennial

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Compact and bursting with flowers, Dahlia 'Star Sister Red and Yellow' is a collarette dahlia with vibrant red outer petals and contrasting cream inner florets. Compact and bushy, these dwarf dahlias are great for patio pots, window boxes or the front of beds and borders where they will flower non-stop from summer through to mid autumn. The open centred blooms are also highly attractive to bees and other pollinating insects. Height and spread: 30cm (12"). Supplied as plug plants.

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How to grow Dahlias

Culinary information: All dahlia flowers and tubers are edible. The flavours and textures can vary greatly depending on the soil and conditions in which they were grown. Flavours range from water chestnut through to a spicy apple or even carrot. For more details about edible flowers click here.

Plant Size Height Up to 30cm (12in)
Spread Up to 30cm (12in)

Hardiness & Longevity Half-hardy Perennial

Ideal For cut flower gardenexotic gardenpatio

Position In full sun

Flowering Months

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Codes
10 Plug Plants (V52769)
5 Plug Plants (V52768)

Pot up dahlia plug plants and grow them on in warm frost-free conditions until large enough to plant outdoors. Prior to planting, prepare the soil by digging in plenty of well rotted manure or compost. After all risk of frost has passed, acclimatise dahlia plants to outdoor conditions over 7 to 10 days before planting into their final positions on fertile, moist, well drained soil in full sun.

Feed and water dahlia plants regularly throughout the growing season. Pinch out the growing tip of each young stem to encourage bushier growth and more flowers. Taller varieties may require staking with garden canes to support their tall stems. Deadhead faded dahlia flowers to encourage more blooms to be produced. With the first autumn frosts, lift the plants from their positions and trim away old stems to 5cm above the tuber. Clean any remaining soil from the tubers and store over winter in peat or sand, in a cool but frost free position. Replant dahlia tubers the following spring for another spectacular display!

Seeds and garden supplies will normally be delivered within the time period stated against each product as detailed above. Plants, bulbs, corms, tubers, shrubs, trees, potatoes, etc. are delivered at the appropriate time for planting or potting on. Delivery times will be stated on the product page above, or in your order acknowledgement page and email.

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Van Meuwen strives to ensure that all its plants are delivered to you in the perfect condition for planting. While the majority of our nursery plants cope well with slight delays in intransit, sadly, the time it takes to deliver to certain locations in the UK means that we can't guarantee this for some of our smaller plug products and tender bedding and vegetable lines, which do not respond well to the extra journey time. So regretfully while we offer the majority of our live plant offering nationwide, we are unable to ship plugs, begging plants and tender vegetable plants to the following areas: HS, IV41-IV49, IV51, IV55-56, KW15-KW17, PA34, PA41-48, PA60-PA78, PA80, PH40-PH44, TR21-TR24, ZE1-ZE3.