Cerise
ADS: No
Height: 4’
Bloom: 4-5”, Formal Decorative
Notes: I was gifted this full chroma cultivar from a friend, who inherited it in her garden, but didn’t know its name. After years of research, comparing blooms, and scouring the internet, I am still no closer to its real name, but it is a BEAUTY! I am calling it Cerise because it has the most lovely, cherry reddish-pink blooms. It flowers ABUNDANTLY, produces fantastic tubers, and closely resembles “Diva” but is less purple with softer lines. It’s has great vase life, is a knockout in bouquets, and will happily overwinter in the ground here in zone 8 as long as it has good drainage. If you happen to recognize it, please send me an email. No filters are used in any of my photographs - colour variation is due to temperature fluctuations throughout the growing season.
ADS: No
Height: 4’
Bloom: 4-5”, Formal Decorative
Notes: I was gifted this full chroma cultivar from a friend, who inherited it in her garden, but didn’t know its name. After years of research, comparing blooms, and scouring the internet, I am still no closer to its real name, but it is a BEAUTY! I am calling it Cerise because it has the most lovely, cherry reddish-pink blooms. It flowers ABUNDANTLY, produces fantastic tubers, and closely resembles “Diva” but is less purple with softer lines. It’s has great vase life, is a knockout in bouquets, and will happily overwinter in the ground here in zone 8 as long as it has good drainage. If you happen to recognize it, please send me an email. No filters are used in any of my photographs - colour variation is due to temperature fluctuations throughout the growing season.
ADS: No
Height: 4’
Bloom: 4-5”, Formal Decorative
Notes: I was gifted this full chroma cultivar from a friend, who inherited it in her garden, but didn’t know its name. After years of research, comparing blooms, and scouring the internet, I am still no closer to its real name, but it is a BEAUTY! I am calling it Cerise because it has the most lovely, cherry reddish-pink blooms. It flowers ABUNDANTLY, produces fantastic tubers, and closely resembles “Diva” but is less purple with softer lines. It’s has great vase life, is a knockout in bouquets, and will happily overwinter in the ground here in zone 8 as long as it has good drainage. If you happen to recognize it, please send me an email. No filters are used in any of my photographs - colour variation is due to temperature fluctuations throughout the growing season.
For best results, grow your dahlias in a sunny spot, with fertile, well-drained soil. Stake flowers for support and deadhead/ harvest blooms regularly. This will encourage the plant to keep producing flowers. Lift tubers after the first frost and store them in a cool, dry place where they won’t freeze. In March, they can be potted up and kept in a temperate greenhouse before planting out, or tubers can be planted directly into the garden after the risk of frost has passed. We plant directly into prepared beds, with a handful of organic fertilizer into each hole. Once planted, the tubers do not need water until shoots have emerged from the soil, as it can cause them to rot. Once they get growing, they will need regular watering, approximately every three days or more if the weather is hot.