Dahlia ‘Red Empire’
Dahlia 'Red Empire' has magnificent, 8 inch wide, dinner plate flowers of cherry-red with ivory white tips.
Dahlia ‘Red Empire’ has magnificent dinner plate flowers of cherry-red with ivory white tips up to 8″ wide on 30-36 inch stems. It provides stunning colour in the border, as a container plant, and in the vase with blooms from from mid summer to frost. 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
Family: Asteraceae (The Asteraceae Family)
Zone Hardiness: 8-11
Light: Full Sun
Height: 2-4'
Width: 12-24"
Primary Bloom Colour: Red
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:
Deer Resistant: No
BC Native: No
Native Habitat:
Award:
Geographical Origin: North America, Central and South America, Garden Origin
