Admiral Rawlings Catalogue No: 291 Description: Large Decorative Short Description: Large Decorative Very big heights given online range from 6ft to 9ft! A very vigorous Decorative dahlia, the velvetpurple equivalent to the crimson-black, 'Rip City'. It is one of the tallest, with lovely, fresh bright green foliage and long-stemmed flowers, ideal for picking. Handsome, but tricky to find as a tuber. Ambition Catalogue No: 3502 Classification: Semi Cactus Description: Small Semi Cactus - Flower size Short Description: Small Semi Cactus - Flower size between 203 mm/8 inches and 152mm/6 inches plant 30cm deep 75 cm apart. A fantastic, bright purple dahlia with Semi Cactus flowers with their classic spiky shape, which makes an excellent, long-lasting and invaluable cut flower. Arabian Night Catalogue No: 0618 Description: Small Decorative - Flower size. Short Description: Small Decorative - Flower size. 1.2m h 2 tubers 2 Tubers [check something else may have been misdelivered in place of one of these] Autumn Lustre Catalogue No: 0621 Colour: Orange & Red Blends Description: Small Decorative - Flower size. Short Description: Small Decorative - Flower size. 1. One of the best-ever orange dahlias in the Decorative group, which I first saw in the famous hot-coloured cottage garden at Sissinghurst. It has neat, compact, beautiful flowers on tall, wiry stems. Currently almost impossible to find as tubers
Bednall Beauty Catalogue No: 3828 Short 'Bednall Beauty' is a dwarf bedding dahlia 50-60cm in height, with deep bronze-purple foliage and dark red double flowers in late summer and autumn Bishop of Auckland Catalogue No: 8013 90cm h Plant 30 cm deep 75 cm apart The almost-perfect dahlia in the Bishop Group which has in my view superseded the more commonly available bright scarlet 'Bishop of Llandaff'. It has delicious velvety, crimson single flowers and characteristic dark leaves. Bishop of Canterbury Catalogue No: 3889 Short 75 cm h plant 30cm deep 75 cm apart Black Fire Catalogue No: 0652 Description: Small Decorative - Flower size. Short Description: Small Decorative - Flower size. 0 The perfect dahlia for cutting, a small Decorative, with 3-4in rich, dark crimson flowers and an unusually long vase-life. Arrange it with Dahlia 'Raffles' and the deep purple Gladiolus 'Purple Flora'.
Variety 'Blanc y Verde' (Decorative) Type: Deciduous Soil Type: Fertile soil, with moisture and good drainage. Site: Full sun Height: 90cm (36in) Spacing: Plant 30cm deep, 75cm apart. Hardiness: Hardy Care tips: Support with a stout stick, tie in every couple of weeks. In the south you can mulch deeply and overwinter them in the ground. Flowers: July November 1 tuber Blue Bayou Catalogue No: 8100 Colour: Lilac & Lilac New Arrivals Description: Anemone, lilac Plant 30cm deep 75 cm apart Chat Noir Black Cat Catalogue No: 3079 Classification: Semi Cactus Description: Medium Semi Cactus - Flower size between 152mm/8 inches and 203mm/8 inches Short Description: Medium Semi Cactus - Flower size between 152mm/8 inches and 203mm/8 inches Plant 30 cm deep 75 cm apart A Semi Cactus with long flower stems and wonderful spiky crimson-black flowers, some with a contrasting green eye. This has a superb vase life an old favourite. Clair de Lune Catalogue No: 2353 Colour: Yellow & Yellow Classification: Collerette Description: Collerette Short Description: Collerette
D. Coccinea (Great Dixter) Catalogue No: 3879 Colour: Red Short Probably tall but airy A beautiful and long-flowering species dahlia, which is quite variable in form, from carmine to deep orange. Not one of the strongest growers, but I have it in groups lining my veg garden path and they've now been in and survived (unlifted) for five years. Con Amore Plant 30cm deep 75 cm apart This is a new-found favourite Decorative dahlia which I admired in the garden and picked more than any other in 2008. It's like one of the best deep reds, with a flush of magenta invaluable for that extra flash of brightness to lift the darkness of the rest. Creme de Cassis Catalogue No: 1069 Colour: Lilac & Purple New Arrivals Description: Small decorative, purple and lilac Short Description: Small decorative, purple and lilac 'Downham Royal' (Ball Group) Type: Deciduous Soil Type: Fertile soil, with moisture and good drainage Site: Full sun Height: 110cm (43in) Spacing: Plant 30cm deep, 30cm apart. Hardiness: Hardy Care tips: Support with a stout stick, tie in every couple of weeks. In the south you can mulch deeply and overwinter them in the ground. Flowers: July - November 2 Tubers
'Furka' (Cactus group) Type: Deciduous Soil Type: Fertile soil, with moisture and good drainage. Site: Full sun Height: 110cm (43in) Spacing: Plant 30cm deep, 75cm apart. Hardiness: Hardy Care tips: Support with a stout stick, tie in every couple of weeks. In the south you can mulch deeply and overwinter them in the ground. Flowers: July - November 1 tuber Glorie Van Heemstede Catalogue No: 1627 Colour: Yellow Classification: Waterlily Description: Small Waterlily - Flower size Short Description: Small Waterlily - Flower size 1.5m h On wishlist Highgate Torch Catalogue No: 3143 Colour: Flame Classification: Semi Cactus Description: Medium Semi Cactus - Flower size between 152mm/8 inches and 203mm/8 inches Short Description: Medium Semi Cactus - Flower size between 152mm/8 inches and 203mm/8 inches Hillcrest Royal Catalogue No: 2522 Classification: Cactus Description: Cactus - purple Short Description: Cactus - purple 1.2m h plant 30cm deep 75 cm apart A classic and splendid Cactus dahlia, prominent in Christopher Lloyd's garden at Great Dixter. Spiky thin petals and lots of them in brilliant magenta-pink-purple. 2 Tubers 3 tubers [but I think something else was misdelivered]
Jescot Julie 75cm h Plant 30cm deep 75 cm apart. A really unusual orchid-flowered dahlia with burnt orange petals and a contrasting plum reverse. Another old favourite I'd be bereft without. Jowey Mirella (Ball group) Type: Deciduous Soil Type: Fertile soil, with moisture and good drainage. Site: Full sun Height: 75cm (30in) Spacing: Plant 30cm deep, 75cm apart. Hardiness: Hardy Care tips: Support with a stout stick, tie in every couple of weeks. In the south you can mulch deeply and overwinter them in the ground. Flowers: July - November Juliet 90cm h Plant 30cm deep 75 cm apart Dahlia Juliet has large, pretty, single flowers, good enough on their own, but fantastic in contrast to the fine black leaves. A truly lovely brand new dahlia, which like Rosamunda is excellent for planting in a mixed border with shrubs and herbaceous perennials. - See more at: http://www.sarahraven.com/shop/dahliajuliet.html#sthash.2jw6gezd.dpuf Genus: Dahlia Variety Karma Choc (Karma Group) Type: Deciduous Soil Type: Fertile soil, with moisture and good drainage. Site: Full sun Height: 70-80cm (27-31in) Spacing: Plant 30cm deep, 75cm apart. Hardiness: Hardy Care tips: Support with a stout stick, tie in every couple of weeks. In the south you can mulch deeply and overwinter them in the ground. Flowers: July - November 1 tuber
Karma Fuchiana Catalogue No: 1012 Colour: Dark Pink & Orange Blends Description: Small Decorative - Flower size between 102mm/4 inches and 152mm/6 inches in. Short Description: Small Decorative - Flower size between 102mm/4 inches and 152mm/6 inches in. 60-90cm H plant 30cm deep 75 cm apart The brightest dahlia among these with coralorange-magenta flowers and fantastic for that. I've been looking for a dahlia like this for zappy contrast in my dahlia borders and arrangements. New Baby Catalogue No: 2018 Colour: Orange Classification: Ball Description: Ball Minature Ball Orange Short Description: Ball Minature Ball Orange 75cm h plant 30cm deep 75 cm apart This opens tangerine, deepening to vermilion, perfect for small arrangements and hand-tied bunches. You may think '''oh no, too neat for me'', but I promise, it's fantastic. 3 Tubers Patricia 1.2m h 2 Tubers Rip City Catalogue No: 3663 Classification: Semi Cactus Description: Small Semi Cactus - Flower size Short Description: Small Semi Cactus - Flower size plant 30cm deep 75 cm apart. I first came across this Semi Cactus dahlia 15 years ago in Monet's garden in Giverny, and have loved it since. There are many other fantastic varieties, but this is still the best a strong
grower, healthy and truly beautiful. If you don't grow it, you should. Sam Hopkins 1. plant 30cm deep 75 cm apart. This is famous as the blackest dahlia you can grow (Decorative group) and it's true in bud, its petals could be cut from black velvet and even fully open, it hardly fades. Not quite such a strong grower as 'Rip City', but still all-round marvellous. St. Croix Catalogue No: 285 Colour: Bronze Description: Large Decorative - Flower size between 203mm/8 inches and 254mm/10 inches in. Short Description: Large Decorative - Flower size between 203mm/8 inches and 254mm/10 inches in. Sue Mountjoy Catalogue No: 6361 & Dark Red/White Classification: Collerette Description: Collerette Short Description: Collerette Up to 2m h Classic Swanlake Catalogue No: 3887 Colour: Yellow Blends Short 90cm h plant 30 cm deep 75 cm apart
Thomas A Edison Catalogue No: 0447 Description: Medium Decorative - Flower size between 152mm/6 inches and 203mm/8 inches in. Short Description: Medium Decorative - Flower size between 152mm/6 inches and 203mm/8 inches in. plant 30cm deep 75 cm apart. I fell in love with this dahlia this year, planted with 'Pontiac' and 'New Baby' lining the veg garden path. It's a Decorative variety, showy, colourful and lovely in the garden and in an abundant bunch in a vase. Twyning's After Eight Catalogue No: 3883 Colour: White Short 8 Tubers [ordered 6 tubers but are delivering 18 cuttings] Genus: Dahlia Variety Urchin (Cactus Group) Type: Deciduous Soil Type: Fertile soil, with moisture and good drainage. Site: Full sun Height: 70-80cm (28-32in) Spacing: Plant 30cm deep, 75cm apart. Hardiness: Hardy Care tips: Support with a stout stick, tie in every couple of weeks. In the south you can mulch deeply and overwinter them in the ground. Flowers: July - November 3 Tubers