Dahlia 'Café au Lait Twist'
Orders placed until 29 February 2025
You can expect your order in February/March 2025
Orders placed 1 March - 15 April 2025
You can expect your order in March/April 2025
Orders placed 16 April - 15 May 2025
You can expect your order within 10 business days
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UK orders under £50
£4.99
Northern Ireland orders under £50
£5.99
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Description
Dash a cheeky splash of pink into your creamy-coffee combos with Dahlia 'Café au Lait Twist'. Bountiful blooms formed of satisfyingly curvy petals make this the latest café-themed dinnerplate to go giddy over. If you love Dahlia 'Café au Lait' but crave a little extra colour, blend a few of these pink-streaked beauties into your borders and you'll not only have coffee, but also cake with a cherry on top!
Dinnerplate dahlias like Dahlia 'Café au Lait Twist' are an absolute gem to have in the garden. Their long flowering season, which lasts right up until the first frosts, is incredibly generous and provides a bucket-load of eye candy whether you prefer to let them spend their days outdoors or cut them for making indoor arrangements.
Of course, they make amazing cut flowers—they're huge, effortlessly beautiful and impressively long lasting in a vase. Once the season is in full swing, Dahlia 'Café au Lait Twist' will produce bloom after bloom, each one with its own unique pink twist.
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 Twist'
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Flower colour
Pink, cream
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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 -
Position
Sheltered
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Suitable for
Large containers
Borders
Gravel gardens
Coastal gardens
Cottage gardens
Low maintenance gardens
Cut flower gardens -
Soil acidity
Any
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Soil moisture
Free draining
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Soil type
Loam
Sandy
Multipurpose compost
Loam-based compost -
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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Orders placed until 29 February 2025
You can expect your order in February/March 2025Orders placed 1 March - 15 April 2025
You can expect your order in March/April 2025Orders placed 16 April - 15 May 2025
You can expect your order within 10 business days
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