Dahlia LaBella 'Grande Red'

Labella 'Grande Red' Dahlia

Dahlia LaBella 'Grande Red'
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One of about 57,000 dahlia cultivars worldwide, this dahlia features gorgeous glowing red blooms on compact plants. Perfect for beds, borders or containers, plants require 6-8 hours of direct sunlight per day, plentiful water, mulch, and fertilizing once a month to mid-August. Dahlias are annual bulbs and thus can be dug and saved over the winter: remove them after the first frost, wash away excess soil, clip away the foliage then cover in sawdust. They are actually tubers: the Aztecs ate them! The hollow stems can be used as straws for water, as the Aztecs did, but that means plants benefit from staking as well.

Plant details
Category
Annual
Exposure
SunnyPartial ShadeShade
Rusticity
Zone7
Height
25 - 30 cm
Staggering
25 - 30 cm
Flowering

One of about 57,000 dahlia cultivars worldwide, this dahlia features gorgeous glowing red blooms on compact plants. Perfect for beds, borders or containers, plants require 6-8 hours of direct sunlight per day, plentiful water, mulch, and fertilizing once a month to mid-August. Dahlias are annual bulbs and thus can be dug and saved over the winter: remove them after the first frost, wash away excess soil, clip away the foliage then cover in sawdust. They are actually tubers: the Aztecs ate them! The hollow stems can be used as straws for water, as the Aztecs did, but that means plants benefit from staking as well.

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