


Chalkĭahlia Gallery INDEX link to Tuber Description Pageįlowering Months with Link to Flower Colour Comparison Page in that month Bulb Preferred Soil 5 pages of Soil preferred by Bulb. Mass Planting, Groundcover, Grow in Patio Pot and Use in Coastal Conditions. Stars and 7 pages of Natural Arrangements Drumstick.

Bulb Flower Shape - 7 pages of Number of Petals. I wonder if any mail-order nursery in the world would donate the use of photos of the flower, flowers, foliage, form, seed/fruit and in flower beds of their plants for my use only on this website? Please transport donations to me using the address on my contact details page.īesides the above Bulb Flower Colour Comparison Pages, you also have the following Comparison Pages:. The respective flower thumbnail, months of flowering, height and width, foliage thumbnail, form thumbnail use and comments are in the relevant index page below:- (o): A (o): B (o): C (o): D (o): E (o): F (o): G (o): H (o): I. Website Structure Explanation and User Guidelinesħ Flower Colours per Month in Colour Wheel below in BULB, CORM, RHIZOME and TUBER GALLERY.Ĭlick on Black or White box in Colour of Month.īULB, CORM, RHIZOME AND TUBER INDEX - There are over 700 bulbs in the bulb galleries. NDS CLASSIFICATION GROUP (o)1 Single-flowered (o)2 Anemone-flowered (o)3 Collarette (o)4 Waterlily (o)5 Decorative (o)6 Ball (o)7 Pompon (o)8 Cactus (o)9 Semi-Cactus (o)10 Miscellaneous 11 Fimbriated 12 Single Orchid/Star 13 Double OrchidĪDS CLASSIFICATION GROUP (o)1 Formal Decorative 2 Informal Decorative (o)3 Semi-Cactus (o)4 Straight Cactus (o)5 Incurved Cactus 6 Laciniated 7 Ball 8 Miniature Ball 9 Pompon 10 Stellar (o)11 Waterlily (o)12 Peony-flowering 13 Anemone-flowered 14 Collarette 15 Single 16 Mignon Single 17 Orchid-flowering 18 Novelty Open 19 Novelty Fully Double Roger, The National Dahlia Collection and Gardening ExpressĭAHLIA TUBER GALLERY PAGES Site Map of pages with content (o) Introduction FLOWER COLOUR (o)Bicolour Blue Green (o)Orange (o)Pink (o)Purple (o)Red (o)Unusual Colours (o)White (o)YellowįORM and USE (o)Clump-forming (o)Use in Pots (o)Use for Cut-Flower (o)Use in Bedding Instructions with photos for planting dahlias in a pot or tub from the International Flower Bulb Centre in Holland and from Growing Dahlias in Containers written by Barbara Jenke between 1995-2000.Īvailable from R. The Culture and Care page from Verwer Dalias BV of The Netherlands who breed and grow Dahlias provides more growing information. As dahlia buds do not open in water, cut the flowers only when completely developed. Cutting flowers is best done early in the morning or late in the afternoon. Recut the hollow stem ends under water to avoid airlocks. For best flowers, disbud by removing two of the three blooms at the end of each branch. Support with a stout stick and tie in every fortnight. Plant 6 inches (15 cms) deep and 36 inches (90 cms) apart between March and June. " An attractive bright orange variety with White tips. Bloom size is 8-10 inches (20-25 cms) across. Height x Spread in inches (cms) (1 inch = 2.5 cms, 12" = 1 foot = 30 cms, 3 feet = 1 yard, 40 inches = 1 metre)Ĥ0 inches x 24 inches (100 x 60) (leave 36 inches (90 cms) between these dahlia plants)īright Orange with White tips in July-November. Well-drained Chalk and Sand with plenty of humus (after lifting the tuber, mulch with 2 inch (5 cms) depth of mown autumn leaves in the autumn to create this humus during the winter, for use by the replanted-in-the-spring-Dahlia during the Summer-Autumn) Introduced in 1963 by Bruidegom from Netherlands. (NDS) is National Dahlia Society classified directory and (ADS) is American Dahlia Society current classification and handbook of dahliasĬolour Spectacle in Group Semi-Cactus is in The World Dahlia Directory of over 57,000 dahlias. Its first introduction to Britain was in 1798. The Dahlia was brought to Spain from its native Mexico in the late 1780s. Named for Dr Andreas Dahl, an 18th century Swedish botanist. Click on photo from The National Dahlia Collection with its White tipsĭahlia 'Colour Spectacle' in NDS Group 9(b)
