- Trust Taylors Bulbs to find the most beautiful combination of dahlias that you can grow together to complement one another to perfection. Their Beautiful Gardens Dahlia Marble Chocolate selection contains two exquisite varieties that look simply outstanding together
- Dahlia Verrone's Obsidian and Dahlia Twyning's White Chocolate certainly have exotic sounding names, and planted together give a highly unusual appearance that should shake off any misapprehensions about dahlias being old-fashioned. Nothing could be further from the truth
- Dahlia Verrone's Obsidian is a star-shaped dahlia, with a single row of deepest red (near black) velvety petals which curve inwards and surround a sunburst-like eye
- The shape of the flower and its centre make it a real favourite with bees
- Dahlia Twyning's White Chocolate is a collarette type dahlia with a simplicity that contrasts beautifully with the exotic appearance of Verrone's Obsidian
- A beautiful clean white dahlia, with a yellow centre, again it is highly attractive to bees and other pollinating insects
- Dahlias are great border plants which are easy to grow and provide months of flowers in the late summer and autumn
- If you keep picking them they'll give you flowers until the first frosts arrive, and they are also invaluable as cut flowers
What you need to know:
- 1 x Beautiful Gardens Dahlia Marble Chocolate - 3 Bulbs
- Contains Dahlia Verrone's Obsidian and Dahlia Twyning's White Chocolate
- Herbaceous perennial
- Height: 70 - 80cm
- Position: Prefers full sun or partial shade
- Planting time: plant when winter is completely over, when there are no signs of late night frosts. A good time to plant dahlias is between late April and mid-May
- Flowering period: July - October/ November
- In mild areas with free-draining soil, Dahlia tubers can be left to overwinter in the ground or pots, but in colder areas lift and store to protect them from the worst winter weather. Do this as soon as the first frosts have burnt the leaves back. Then cut back the top-growth to 15cm (6in) and lift the plants from the ground. As much soil as possible is cleaned off, before trimming any straggly, fine roots. Store them in boxes of dry compost to overwinter them in the garage, although any cool but frost-free place would do. The tubers are replanted in the spring once the danger of frosts has passed
- Ensure Dahlias are watered daily during dry spells. Do not water over winter
- From Taylors Bulbs
