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Dahlia 'Souvenir d'Ete'

Sunset coloured pompoms - unforgettable!

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Hereford

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Dahlia 'Souvenir d'Ete' Perennial Bedding
Dahlia 'Souvenir d'Ete' Perennial Bedding

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The highlights

  • Perfect pompoms in warm orange and yellow tones
  • Blooms all summer long
  • Perfect for cutting - plant mid to rear border
  • Suitable for growing in pots

Description

  • A fabulous, fully double pompom dahlia in sunset tones of orange, yellow and red to warm up your borders all summer long, Souvenir d'Ete flowers grow to around 7-9cm wide
  • Flowers from June to the first frosts
  • Plant mid or back border and cut as many as you like - the more you cut, the more they grow!
  • Grows up to 90cm tall
  • Pompom dahlias have flowers that are perfect spheres, with inward-curving petals

See how our premium 3L pots compare to 1L:

1l vs 3l pots

What To Expect

Supplied as:

3L pot
3L poly-pot. This plant is supplied in a 3L poly-pot, which is approx 19 x 13cm

Height on arrival:

Eventual height:

90cm

Eventual spread:

60cm
Reaches a spread of 60cm
60cm
Reaches a spread of 60cm

Time to first crop:

Flower colour:

Orange
Pompom shaped flowers with orange and yellow tones
Orange
Pompom shaped flowers with orange and yellow tones

Habit:

Upright/Mound-forming
Flowers rise on upright stems from mounds of contrasting foliage
Upright/Mound-forming
Flowers rise on upright stems from mounds of contrasting foliage

Hardiness:

Somewhat hardy
H3 - hardy in coastal and relatively mild parts of the UK (-5 to 1) Plant out after the last frost and the plant should be fine until winter.
Somewhat hardy
H3 - hardy in coastal and relatively mild parts of the UK (-5 to 1) Plant out after the last frost and the plant should be fine until winter.

Rootstock:

Spacing:

45-60cm
Plant at 45-60cm intervals to allow for spreading

How To Grow

Good pest and disease resistance

Dahlias can have issues with slugs, aphids, capsid bugs, earwigs and powdery mildew. To defend against moulds and mildews, space the plants out adequately to allow for good air circulation. For slugs and snails, it is important to keep the area around the plant debris free and as dry as possible, especially at night as slugs and snails love damp conditions. You can use barriers such as egg shells or copper wire around the plant to prevent them reaching the leaves. For aphids, check the leaves regularly for any possible infestation, then pick the bugs off and spray the infected area with soapy water. You can also plant a companion plant nearby, eg: marigolds, which will attract predatory insects such as ladybirds that will eat the aphids.

Water often

Water well especially when newly planted and during hot and dry periods. It is best to water dahlias once a week. However, if the plant looks distressed during prolonged hot periods this should be increased.

Full sun

Dahlias should be planted somewhere where they receive around 6-8 hours of direct sunlight every day.

Any moist, well-drained soil

Mix in plenty of organic matter such as garden compost into the soil before planting and more every spring. If your soil is particularly clay-heavy and easily becomes waterlogged, add some perlite into the soil to improve drainage.

Feed regularly

Apply a general purpose feed at planting time. Then, from July to September each year, feed every two weeks with a high-potash liquid feed such as tomato feed.

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