Dahlia Bishop’s Children Seeds – Heirloom Dark Foliage Specialty Favorite
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- Ontario Grown
$2.20
SKU: GS-7678-DAH-DT
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- Organicly grown
- Non GMO
Description
Dahlia Bishop’s Children (Dahlia pinnata) is an extraordinary, award-winning seed-grown heirloom strain derived from the iconic 'Bishop of Llandaff'. Renowned for its stunning dramatic contrast, it produces bushy, 30- to 36-inch plants with deep mahogany-to-black dissected foliage that creates a striking backdrop for large single and semi-double blooms (3 to 4 inches across). The flowers emerge in a rich, warm spectrum of vibrant scarlet, crimson, magenta, plum, orange, yellow, and peach, centered with golden-yellow disks. Extremely heat-tolerant and long-blooming, it adds rich dramatic color to sunny borders and produces tubers that can be lifted and stored for years of enjoyment.
Specifications
- Plant Name: Dahlia Bishop’s Children (Dahlia pinnata)
- Cultivar Type: Heirloom Strain, Open-Pollinated
- Plant Class: Warm-Season Tender Perennial (Grown as Annual, Zone 6b)
- Color: Warm multi-color flower mix (scarlet, crimson, plum, orange, apricot, yellow) over dramatic dark mahogany-black foliage
- Plant Characteristics: Bushy branching habit (30–36 inches / 75–90 cm), single to semi-double open-centered blooms (3–4 inches), dark purple-black foliage, tuberous root system
- Suitable Space: Landscape borders, cutting gardens, focal flower beds, pollinator gardens, large sunny patio containers
- Season: Warm Season (Late Spring through Late Autumn)
- Best Time for Sowing (Zone 6b): Start indoors late March to early April in cell trays 6 to 8 weeks before the last spring frost; transplant outdoors late May once soil has thoroughly warmed
- all frost danger has passed.: all frost danger has passed.
- Sunlight: Full Sun (6+ hours direct sunlight daily for darkest leaf coloration)
- Watering Needs: Moderate (requires steady, even moisture
- rich, well-draining soil; avoid soggy conditions around tubers): rich, well-draining soil; avoid soggy conditions around tubers)
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