Flower : Dahlia - Blue Bayou
Sale £16.99
5 tubers @ £9.99
Catalogue Code: 36948
Despatch: April 2010
10 tubers @ £29.98
Catalogue Code: 36950
Despatch: April 2010
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Half-hardy Perennial
Ideal For:
Border, Cottage Garden, Cut Flower
Flowers:
June, July, August, September, October
Showy lavender outer petals with deep purple pin cushion centres are held on tall dark stems. Dahlia Blue Bayou boasts large 10cm flowers that are simply breathtaking when cut for a vase or bouquet. Store the tubers over winter and enjoy their opulence year after year. A striking addition to sunny borders!
Height: 90-100cm (36-40 inches). Size one tubers supplied.
How to Grow
Dahlia - Blue Bayou
Plant dahlia tubers outdoors in April after all risk of frost has passed. Choose a sunny position in moist well drained soil.
Prepare the soil by digging in plenty of well rotted manure or compost.
Plant tubers at a depth of 15cm (6”) and water well.
Alternatively, start tubers into growth in pots of compost in a frost free greenhouse. Transplant them into their final positions outdoors in June.
Aftercare
Feed and water 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, remove tubers 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 tubers of Dahlia Blue Bayou the following spring for another spectacular display!
