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Plant Care Guide > Garden dahlia

How to Grow and Care for Garden dahlia

Garden dahlia, also known as Pinnate dahlia, Dahlia

Garden dahlia is generally considered an easy-care plant that delights gardeners with its vibrant flowers. Special care points for garden dahlia involve ensuring well-drained soil to prevent root rot and deadheading spent flowers to encourage continuous blooming throughout the growing season. Staking may be necessary for taller varieties to provide support against wind and heavy rain.

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Watering schedule: Every 1-2 weeks

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Sunlight Requirements: Full sun

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Planting and Growing Garden dahlia

Garden dahlia
Garden dahlia
Garden dahlia
ToughnessHigh
Care LevelMedium
Care DifficultyEasy
LifespanPerennial
Watering ScheduleEvery 1-2 weeks
Sunlight RequirementsFull sun
Soil pH6-7.5
Planting TimeSpring
Hardiness Zones
7-11
ToxicityToxic to Pets
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Varieties of Garden dahlia
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Garden dahlia 'Contraste'

Garden dahlia 'Contraste' is a double-formed cultivar that was developed for the purpose of becoming a cut flower. Developed by Chevalier in 1950, its parentage is unknown. The French cultivar is named Dahlia 'Contraste' for the contrast between its red petals and white tips. Gardeners may plant the garden dahlia 'Contraste' as a decorative dahlia for showing purposes.

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Garden dahlia 'Purple Flame'

As opposed to other dahlias, the garden dahlia 'Purple Flame' blooms early and grows taller. With its vibrant purple heads, its hybridizer Leijten named the cultivar with its color in mind. Due to its versatility, many gardeners use the garden dahlia 'Purple Flame' in bouquets or as a border plant.

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Garden dahlia 'Break Out'

With its large flower heads, the garden dahlia 'Break Out' is a popular decorative cultivar. It is especially floriferous, providing many blooms from summer until frost, and is a prominent decorative dahlia. The garden dahlia 'Break Out' has quickly become popular not only in gardens but also as a bridal cut flower option for bouquets.

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Garden dahlia 'Ace Summer Emotions'

Garden dahlia 'Ace Summer Emotions' is a semi-cactus style dahlia often placed in cutting gardens to be used in arrangements. The pale purple blooms are medium-sized and stand up very straight on the stems without needing to be staked. It will do well in all soil types and acidities, and while it prefers full sun, it is quite cold-hardy. It is attractive to birds, bees, and other pollinators. As the name suggests, garden dahlia 'Ace Summer Emotions' blooms mainly in summer.

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Garden dahlia 'Inca Ice'

The garden dahlia 'Inca Ice' was bred for color and hardiness. It delivers on both with an apricot color and brown flecks, which inspire its cultivar name. It delivers flowers from summer to frost. Low maintenance and disease-free, gardeners may plant the garden dahlia 'Inca Ice' as a border or container plant, and they are popular as cut flowers.

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