Description

Dahlia Bacardi is a practical choice for Irish gardeners who want clean, cheerful pink without complicated colour matching. It is often used in cottage style borders, mixed summer planting and patio containers where pink ties in with roses, hardy geraniums and soft pastel perennials. For horticulturists, it is a useful colour for hotel planters and public facing planting where brightness and approachability matter. The flowers repeat quickly, so it suits cutting patches and pick your own style gardens, producing stems for the house while continuing to bloom outside. In borders it is best planted in small groups for a stronger visual block, or dotted through planting to create repeated highlights. Plant after frosts in full sun and fertile, free draining soil improved with compost. Water consistently, pinch early tips for bushiness, deadhead regularly and feed from bud stage onwards. Lift tubers after autumn frosts and store frost free.