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
1–1.5 metres

Time to ultimate height
2–5 mature

Ultimate spread
0.5–1 metres

Moisture
Moist but well–drained

pH
Acid, Alkaline, Neutral

StemFlowerFoliageFruit
Spring Immature
Summer Red Green
Autumn Red Green
Winter
Aspect

South–facing eat West–facing or East–facing

Exposure
Sheltered

Hardiness
H3

Botanical 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