Dahlia 'Bishop of Llandaff'

dahlia

2 litre pot £8.99 Buy
+
-
within 2-3 days excludes weekends Buy

The best dark-foliage, clear red-dahlia -this semi-double is an old-variety - a tough virus-resistant performer from the 1920s

Val Bourne - Garden Writer


  • Position: full sun
  • Soil: fertile, humus-rich soil
  • Rate of growth: average
  • Flowering period: July to September
  • Flower colour: bright vermilion-red
  • Other features: excellent cut-flowers
  • Hardiness: half hardy (may need winter protection)

    Striking, semi-double, bright vermilion-red flowers appear from July to September above the deeply divided, dark bronze-red leaves. This popular, peony-flowered dahlia requires a sunny site with fertile, humus-rich soil. Perfect for a planting scheme based on 'hot' colours, the tubers must be lifted and over-wintered in a frost-free place in all but the warmest areas.

  • Garden care: Provide a high-nitrogen liquid feed each week in June, then a high-potash fertiliser each week from July to September. Once the first frosts of autumn have blackened the foliage, carefully lift and clean the tubers and allow them to dry naturally indoors. Place the dry tubers in a shallow tray, just covered with slightly moist potting compost, sand or vermiculite. Store in a frost-free place, checking frequently over the winter months.
Foeniculum vulgare Giant Bronze

Foeniculum vulgare 'Giant Bronze'

fennel - bronze

Tall perennial with feathery, bronze leaves

£5.99 Buy
9cm pot within 2 weeks
Geum Prinses Juliana

Geum 'Prinses Juliana'

avens

Fiery orange flowers

£7.99 Buy
2 litre pot available to order from late summer 2013
Lobelia × speciosa Vedrariensis

Lobelia × speciosa 'Vedrariensis'

lobelia

Long tubular flowers on the upright spike

£7.99 Buy
2 litre pot available to order from late summer 2013
Crocosmia Lucifer

Crocosmia 'Lucifer'

montbretia

Bright red flowers are ideal cut flowers

£7.99 Buy
2 litre pot available to order from autumn 2013
 

Do you want to ask a question about this?

If so, click on the button and fill in the box below. We will post the question on the website, together with your alias (bunnykins, digger1, plantdotty etc etc) and where you are from (Sunningdale/Glasgow etc). We'll also post the answer to your question!

1 Question | 1 Answer
Displaying question 1

  • Q:

    Plants for outside my front door

    Hi Crocus I live in a flat and have pots outside my external front door. What plants can I grow in pots, in semi shade that will attract the bees? Thank you for your help. Kind regards Guy
    Asked on 7/29/2009 by Guy Smith

    1 answer

    • A:

      Hello Guy, The following plants would be suitable for your pots. Forget-me-not (Myosotis species) Bellflowers (Campanula species) Cranesbill (Geranium species) Dahlia - single-flowered species and cultivars Hellebores (Helleborus species) Japanese anemone (Anemone ?? hybrida) Fritillaries (Fritillaria species) Grape hyacinth (Muscari species) Hyacinth (Hyacinthus orientalis) Siberian squill (Scilla siberica) Winter aconite (Eranthis hyemalis) Box (Buxus sempervirens) Christmas box (Sarcococca species) I hope this helps, Helen Plant Doctor

      Answered on 7/30/2009 by Crocus Helpdesk
Displaying question 1

Do you have a question about this product? 

Cottage garden

The traditional cottage garden was an intensive, yet carefree mixture of fruit, vegetables, herbs and flowers all crowded into a tiny space. Today, this informal charm can be recreated using modern varieties that largely take care of themselves around an...

Read full article

Cordyline

Cordylines are tufted evergreen shrubs that originate from Southeast Asia and the Pacific rim, where they mature to form awkwardly shaped stubby trees with tufts of spiky leaves that resemble huge pineapple tops at the end of each branch. In...

Read full article