'Rebecca's World' Dahlia (Cactus) - The Red & White Color Combinations that the flowers will show vary greatly. Here are two examples and there cna be dozens of others. The first picture is stunning and this is what many dahlia lovers are going for. It could take all summer to get a bloom like this but the journey is worth it! It is show stopping. If you could get this flower to become stable like the first picture, you'd have folks knocking down your door.
We grow all of the dahlias we offer on our farm in Cashton, Wisconsin.
Cactus dahlias are wonderful plants that provide structure and color to any garden with minimal effort. They do rather well in the middle to back of your beds or even in stand-alone rows. They reward gardeners with an abundance of blooms starting in mid to late summer through frost. Typically they are not bothered by diseases and have attractive foliage until frost.
Characteristics
- 30-50” tall (Many people pinch back to encourage a bushier, shorter plant)
- Blooms are 3-4” wide
- USDA Zones 8-10 (Hardy in these zones, lift and store in winter in other zones)
- Summer to Fall
- Bloom Duration: Continuous Blooms through frost starting in mid to late summer
- Full Sun to Partial Shade
Additional Information
- Great for Mass Plantings, Borders, and Cutting Gardens.
- Great for butterflies and other pollinators
- Ships starting in late March (weather dependent)
Key Planting Tips
We plant dahlia tubers 4-6" deep. We add a few alfafla pellets in the hole and backfill with topsoil amended with compost. We space this variety 18" apart. We recommend to simply pinch back the shoots after about 3-4 weeks to encourage branching.
You can amend soil with 10-10-10 or something similar. Just make sure the first number (nitrogen) is 5 or 10. You can fertilize every 4 weeks to help achieve larger blossoms.
For 90% of us, don’t water until your Dahlia sprouts. If your soil is very dry, water the soil first and then let it stand for 30 minutes before planting. Mulch around your plant leaving bare dirt directly above the tuber.
Every tuber is inspected by me (Andre Paquette) and then hand packed for shipment. In case of any issues, we reach our proactively to go over options. If you have any questions hit the Chat with Us Now button simply reach out by email or a phone call.
