{"id":12382,"date":"2012-02-10T07:40:41","date_gmt":"2012-02-10T14:40:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=12382"},"modified":"2012-02-10T07:40:41","modified_gmt":"2012-02-10T14:40:41","slug":"help-growing-dahlia-from-seed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/gardening\/growing-easy-plants\/help-growing-dahlia-from-seed\/","title":{"rendered":"Help Growing Dahlia from Seed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/schluchsee\/109265799\/\" title=\"Flowers-Dahlien by uwelino, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/51\/109265799_7449a06d37.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Flowers-Dahlien\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Description of Dahlia variabilis   <\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Dahlias flower in late summer until the first hard frost.<\/li>\n<li>Flowers are plentiful and very colourful<\/li>\n<li>Tuber grown Dahlias can be 5 feet tall but the annual varieties we are suggesting are good bedding plants up to 12&#8243; high.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2> Cultivation Tips for Dahlia<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Dahila Bishops Childern is fiery mix of such striking colour, yet with the innocent flower faces of Bishop&#8217;s Children.<\/li>\n<li> Mid-height, and blends extremely well into borders. However, be warned that a colour eruption may occur! <\/li>\n<li>Spectacular in bedding and containers, and as a cut flower.Height: 60-75cm (24-30 inches). Planting distance 12-18 inches.<\/li>\n<li>Treat Dahlias grown from seed as annuals. They grow and flower well enough to start again next year.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Special Growing Tips for Dahlia <\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Dahlia have been extensively bred and crossed since they were first discovered in Mexico<\/li>\n<li>Flowers are now available in a wide variety of forms from plain single daisies to complex collarettes and cacti flowered plants<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Varieties, Species and Types of Dahlia    <\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Pompone have round heads of a self-colour but good mixes are available<\/li>\n<li>Redskin, Bishops Childeren and Showpiece have dark almost purple leaves<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Horticulture Sources and Advice   <\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>You can often obtain seeds or plants from our mail order company of choice <a href=\"http:\/\/www.awin1.com\/cread.php?awinmid=2283&amp;awinaffid=81944&amp;clickref=&amp;p=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thompson-morgan.com\/plants1\/search.html?section=all&amp;search=dahlia\">Thompson &amp; Morgan<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>They recommend seed sowing as follows &#8216;Sow February to April. Germinate at 20-30C on the surface of a good free draining, damp seed compost. Apply a layer of compost or vermiculite, \u00c2\u00bcin deep. Place in a propagator or seal container inside a polythene bag until after germination which usually takes 7-21 days. Do not exclude light at any stage, as this helps germination.<\/li>\n<li>Transplant seedlings when large enough to handle into trays or 3in pots. Grow on in cooler, well lit conditions for 10-15 days before planting out after all risk of frost, 12in apart.&#8217;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/41154097@N04\/3792001825\/\" title=\"Dahlia pinnata (Dahlie Flamenco) by Acinet@, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2600\/3792001825_ea23e30b62.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"Dahlia pinnata (Dahlie Flamenco)\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Credits<br \/>\nFlowers-Dahlien by uwelino CC BY-NC-SA 2.0<br \/>\nDahlia pinnata (Dahlie Flamenco) by Acinet CC BY-NC-SA 2.0<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Description of Dahlia variabilis Dahlias flower in late summer until the first hard frost. Flowers are plentiful and very colourful Tuber grown Dahlias can be 5 feet tall but the annual varieties we are suggesting are good bedding plants up to 12&#8243; high. Cultivation Tips for Dahlia Dahila Bishops Childern is fiery mix of such striking colour, yet with the innocent flower faces of Bishop&#8217;s Children. Mid-height, and blends extremely well into borders. However, be warned that a colour eruption&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/gardening\/growing-easy-plants\/help-growing-dahlia-from-seed\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[233],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-growing-easy-plants"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12382"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12382\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}