Description

Dahlia Wittemans Best is used where Irish gardeners and horticulturists want a saturated red that holds its presence from mid summer into autumn. The blooms sit in deep red to crimson shades, giving a classic, confident look that reads well in estate borders, public beds and commercial planters where colour must stay clear in mixed Irish weather. For large planting, it performs best in repeated blocks or drifts, creating a strong colour rhythm across a scheme and helping guide the eye along borders and approach routes. In mixed borders, crimson works well as an anchor colour among softer pinks and creams, or as a contrast point against silvers, pale grasses and white flowering companions. It cuts well, producing bold stems for late summer bouquets, and regular cutting or deadheading keeps the plant producing new buds into autumn. Plant after frost risk has passed, in full sun and fertile, free draining soil improved with compost. Keep moisture steady through summer, stake if exposed, feed from bud stage onwards and deadhead regularly to maintain continuous flowering. Lift and store tubers frost free after the first frosts for reliable replanting in Ireland.