Adding Dahlias to your cut flower garden is always a good idea, you will be rewarded with beautiful blooms all summer long. Dahlias come is a vast array of different colours, shapes and sizes, they truly are a remarkable bloom with something for everyone, capturing hearts all over the world, you to will fall in love with this easy to grow and beautiful bloom.

The varieties sold here are ones we grow on our farm for cut flowers but are also beautiful as a garden flower. Dahlia’s love lots of sun and good drainage, be sure to plant in full sun with a good dose of compost. A slightly raised bed is ideal if your site gets a little soggy, we plant our tubers above ground, in raised mounds, to maintain good tuber health and prevent rot

Your tubers will be shipped in August/September which is closer to the ideal time to plant them. This gives the tubers time to lay dormant and prepare ‘eyes’ for new growth. You will receive your tubers is a brown paper bag with wood shavings and can either be planted straight away, if your conditions are mild like what we have in “winterless” Northland, or you can plant them in a pot and leave them in a sheltered location until they are ready to plant out, or continue to store them in the paper bag in a dry place.