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Dinnerplate Dahlia 'Café au Lait Royal' - 3 pieces

CHF 29.00

Dinnerplate Dahlia 'Café au Lait Royal' - 3 pieces

Name: Dinnerplate Dahlia 'Café au Lait Royal' - 3 pieces
Brand: Dahlia
Price: 29.00 CHF
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Dahlia 'Cafe au Lait Royal'

CHF 29.00

Colour variant of 'Café au Lait' with more pink
Huge flowers up to 25 cm across
Pink over cream, sometimes speckled purple
Around 90–110 cm tall, firm stems
Flowers from July to October

'Café au Lait Royal' is the bolder sister of the classic 'Café au Lait'. Its enormous flowers of up to 25 cm show a lively pink over a cream background, sometimes with purple speckles. A variety for anyone looking for size and elegance in beds and vases.

About this variety

If you know the dinnerplate dahlia 'Café au Lait', you will recognise the family resemblance at once. 'Café au Lait Royal' produces equally huge flowers of up to 25 cm, but with much more pink. The base remains creamy, overlaid with pink tones, sometimes with purple speckles. No two flowers are alike.

At about 90–110 cm tall, it belongs in the middle of the bed or along the front of the back row. As a calm accent, it highlights more strongly coloured perennials. On its own it looks refined; together with 'Café au Lait' and 'Café au Lait Rosé' it creates a harmonious band of colour. It also has its place in the wildlife garden and the cutting bed.

In the vase, 'Café au Lait Royal' is an eye-catcher. A single flower fills a simple bottle. For bouquets, cut as soon as the flower is half open. Regular cutting keeps the plant flowering until the frost, and bees like to visit it.

Planting

Plant the tubers outdoors from mid-May, after the Ice Saints, 10–15 cm deep and 30–38 cm apart. From March you can start them off indoors. The spot should be sunny and the soil moist, fertile and well drained.

Care

Support the plant carefully so the heavy flowers do not snap. Water evenly and feed regularly in summer. Cut off faded flowers. After the first frost, lift the tubers and overwinter them frost-free.

Specifications

Botanical name: Dahlia 'Cafe au Lait Royal'
Genus: Dahlias
Class: Decorative dahlias
Supplied as: Tubers
Flower colour: Pink, Cream
Flower size: 22 cm
Fragrant: No
Flowering time: July, August, September, October
Flowering season: High summer, Late summer and autumn
Foliage colour: Mid-green
Height: 100 cm
Spread: 60 cm
Habit: Clump-forming
Position: Sun
Suitable for: Bed, Pot and container, Wildlife garden and meadow, Cutting garden
Soil type: Clay, Loamy, Sandy
Drainage: Well-drained
Soil moisture: Moist
Soil pH: Neutral
Soil note: Suitable for many Swiss garden soils. A loose structure and good drainage matter more than a particular soil type.
Water needs: Medium
Planting time: March, April, May, June
Planting depth: 4–6 inches
Spacing: 30–38 cm
Number per m²: 4
Hardiness in Switzerland: Not hardy, overwinter frost-free
Hardiness by location: Not hardy, overwinter frost-free
Hardiness zone (USDA): 7–10
Overwintering note: Not reliably hardy outdoors in Switzerland. Depending on the plant, lift tubers, bulbs or rhizomes in time or overwinter the container frost-free.
For containers: Well suited to containers
Container note: Grow in a large, stable, well-drained pot and overwinter frost-free.
Cut flower: Suitable as a cut flower
Naturalising: Not suitable
Naturalising note: In many parts of Switzerland it needs seasonal care or frost-free overwintering, so it does not naturalise reliably.
For bees and butterflies: Pollinator-friendly
Deer and rodent resistant: No
Edible: Not edible
RHS hardiness: H3