New dahlia varieties for the season ahead
New dahlias
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New dahlias
A new dahlia can change the direction of a summer border. This collection brings together new dahlia varieties selected for the coming season, from refined decorative forms and compact pompons to cactus, anemone-flowered and dinnerplate types. The colours may be new, the flower shapes more unusual or the habit better suited to a particular part of the garden, but each new variety has been chosen for the part it can play once summer planting begins to fill out.
Plant new dahlia tubers in spring after the risk of frost has passed, choosing a sunny position in fertile, well-drained soil. As growth develops, taller types benefit from support while regular deadheading or cutting encourages further buds to form. Mixing new dahlia varieties with familiar favourites is often the best way to see what they bring, whether that is a softer tone among stronger colours, a different flower shape through grasses or a variety worth giving more room in the cutting garden.
The first season is part of the pleasure. You learn how each new dahlia grows, where its colour sits best and how the flowers change from bud to full bloom. Some will become instant regulars, others may earn a place in a completely different planting scheme the following year. Lift and store the dahlia tubers frost free over winter in colder UK gardens, then bring the strongest performers back when spring returns.
