Dahlia 'Café au Lait Rosé'
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You can expect your order in February/March 2025
Orders placed 1 March - 15 April 2025
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Orders placed 16 April - 15 May 2025
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Description
If you desire a real talking point in your garden, then Dahlia 'Café au Lait Rosé' is just what you need. A giant decorative dahlia, its flowers are up to 20-25cm across, and in shades of beautiful deep rose-pink. They appear in a constant stream from mid-summer to autumn. A tuberous-rooted perennial, Dahlia 'Café au Lait Rosé' will reach a height of 100-120cm. Its fleshy, glossy foliage is dark green.
The outstanding Dahlia 'Café au Lait Rosé' will add beauty, and a rich colour to seasonal borders or mixed garden beds. It is equally useful on an allotment or in a cutting garden—as these dahlia flowers are exceptionally good for the vase. Just make sure, wherever you grow this dahlia, that it has room to spread and show off its huge flowers to best advantage. Dahlia 'Café au Lait Rosé' is the pink sister to the long-established and fashionable pinkish cream and tan Dahlia 'Café au Lait'—we expect 'Rosé' to be equally sought after!
In 1776, French botanist Nicolas-Joseph Thiéry de Menonville was sent to Mexico to search for botanicals used in the treatment of gout. His notes tell of the strangely beautiful flowers he had seen growing in a garden in Oaxaca: dahlias.
Key features
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Good for cutting
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Comes back every year
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Packed in paper bags
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Low maintenance
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May need winter cover
Specs & details
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Botanical name
Dahlia 'Café au Lait Rosé'
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Flower colour
Pink
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Tuber size
1
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Established height
70cm-1m
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Established spread
30-50cm
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Plant spacing
5 tubers per m2
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Leaf colour
Green
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Habit
Upright
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Life cycle
Perennial
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Hardiness
Half hardy
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Years to establish
1st year
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Sunlight
Full sun, Partial shade
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Position
Sheltered
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Suitable for
Borders
Coastal gardens
Cottage gardens
Cut flower gardens
Gravel gardens
Large containers
Low maintenance gardens -
Soil acidity
Any
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Soil moisture
Free draining
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Soil type
Loam
Loam-based compost
Multipurpose compost
Sandy -
Growing skill
Easy to grow
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Scented
No
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Pollinator-friendly
No
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Mouse resistant
No
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Rabbit resistant
No
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Deer resistant
No
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Toxicity
No report
Plant calendar
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | June | July | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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- Planting
- Flowering
Useful information
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Dahlia 'Café au Lait Rosé' is half hardy, which means that it should be kept frost free over winter and during spring.
For best results, start your dahlia tubers in temporary pots in a
greenhouse in March or April to grow on to transplant outside later in the season—this will give them a head start.Alternatively, you can plant the Dahlia 'Café au Lait Rosé' tubers directly outside in May.
Plant with the stump of last year's stem facing upwards. The tuber should be fully submerged but with the stump just below the soil surface.
Plant one tuber per 8-10" pot if growing on during spring. When
planting outside, space the tubers around 30-50cm apart from each other. Compact varieties don’t need so much space.Water-in thoroughly after planting and continue to water regularly once in full growth, but only when the soil appears to be nearly dry.
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Orders placed before 1 March 2025
You can expect your order in Feb/March 2025Orders placed 1 March - 15 April 2025
You can expect your order in April 2025Orders placed 16 April - 15 May 2025
You can expect your order within 10 business days
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