Dahlia Dinner Plate ‘Lady Darlene’
Dahlia 'Lady Darlene' has large, double, dinner plate blooms of buttery yellow and red reaching up to 10 inches wide.
Dahlia ‘Lady Darlene’ offers spectacular dinner plate, fully double, 10 inch wide flowers of wavy buttery yellow petals torched and streaked in fiery reds. Supported on strong stems rising up to 3 feet tall, this dahlia will provide an amazing focal point in any garden. Blooms from summer to frost. Awesome in the border and in the vase. Dahlia are hardy to coastal BC’s winter temperatures but not to winter wet. Protect from rain in free-draining soils, plant in pots that can be moved and protected, or lift and store in a cool, dry, frost free location. They are moderately deer resistant.
Common Name: Dahlia - [Summer B&B Pre-Order]
Family: Asteraceae (The Aster/Daisy Family)
Zone Hardiness: 8-11
Light: Full Sun
Height: 2-4'
Width: 12-24"
Primary Bloom Colour: Yellow
Secondary Bloom Colour: Red
Class: Deciduous
Type: Perennial
Bloom Time: Summer - Fall
Soil Moisture: Average
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Fragrance: No
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Deer Resistant: Unknown
BC Native: No
Native Habitat: Native to Mexico, where they grow in sharply draining uplands and mountains characterized as "pine-oak woodland" that does not experience frost.
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