Dahlia ‘Optic Illusion’
Dahlia 'Optic Illusion' has 4-6 inch wide blooms in amazing patterns of white, lavender, purple, pink, and magenta!
Dahlia ‘Optic Illusion’ is a tall cultivar reaching four feet tall with 4-6 inch wide blooms in amazing patterns of white, lavender, purple, pink, and magenta! Dahlias are hardy to the winter temperatures of coastal BC but not to the winter wet. Grow outside in locations that are dry in winter or lift and store in a cool, dry location indoors like everyone else does.
Common Name: Dahlia
Family: Asteraceae (The Asteraceae Family)
Zone Hardiness: 8-11
Light: Full Sun
Height: 2-4'
Width: 12-24"
Primary Bloom Colour: Purple
Secondary Bloom Colour: White/Cream
Bloom Time: Summer - Fall
Foliage Colour: Green
Class: Deciduous
Type: Perennial
Soil Moisture: Average
Stem Colour:
Fragrance: No
Berries:
Benefits: Bees, Butterflies
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.
Award:
Geographical Origin: North America, Garden Origin
