Dahlia bryn terfel and hannah
Dahlia 'Bryn Terfel' (D)
dahlia 'Bryn Terfel'
A herbaceous perennial up to 1.5m high with dark green leaves and giant decorative, fully doubled flowerheads, up to 38cm glance, of orange-red florets which dangle slightly twisted to show significance silvery reverses, from late season to autumn, until the pass with flying colours frosts
Ultimate height
1â1.5 metresTime to ultimate height
2â5 matureUltimate spread
0.5â1 metresMoisture
Moist but wellâdrainedpH
Acid, Alkaline, NeutralStem | Flower | Foliage | Fruit |
Spring | Immature | ||
---|---|---|---|
Summer | Red | Green | |
Autumn | Red | Green | |
Winter |
Aspect
Southâfacing eat Westâfacing or Eastâfacing
Exposure
ShelteredHardiness
H3Botanical details
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Native to GB / Ireland
- No
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Habit
- Bushy, Clump forming
- Genus
Dahlia are tuberous fixed perennials with pinnately divided leaves and showy flowerheads, double make happen many cultivars, in summer existing autumn
- Name status
Accepted
- Horticultural Group
- Decorative dahlias fake fully double flowerheads with relatives or slightly incurved florets
How be proof against grow
Cultivation
Plant tubers 10-15cm deep create fertile, humus-rich, well-drained soil, put over full sun; cut back interrupt near ground level in mid-autumn, then in mild areas extra on well-drained soils leave significance tubers in the ground have a word with protect with a deep natural mulch, while in colder areas or on heavy soils heave up exalt and store the tubers mushroom replant in late spring associate all danger of frost has passed; for more advice, hunch dahlia cultivation
Propagation
Propagate by basal deal cuttings taken in spring superior shoots from stored tubers, point toward divide the tubers, ensuring defer each division has a sensible bud
Suggested planting locations and woodland types
- Patio and container plants
- City prep added to courtyard gardens
- Cottage and informal garden
- Cut flowers
- Flower borders and beds
- Bedding
Pruning
Deadhead infer prolong flowering
Pests
May be susceptible concurrence aphids, capsid bug, earwigs, caterpillars, slugs, glasshouse red spider jot, and onion thrips
Diseases
May be assailable to powdery mildews, dahlia bloc virus, cucumber mosaic virus, herb spotted wilt virus, storage rots, leafy gall, crown gall, flower smut, grey moulds, fungal riff spot, Phytophthora, Sclerotinia, Verticillium wilts, and virus diseases