Dahlia – Café au Lait (Loose Tuber)

Dahlia Café au Lait has huge creamy coloured flowers, and contrasting peach tinged centres, with huge dinner-plate blooms. A great choice for the summer garden, and as it grows quite tall, is perfect for displaying at the back of a border.Ideally plant in a sunny garden border, bed or patio pot in a sheltered position. When the plant is in full flower it can be cut for an excellent cut flower display. Height 120cm. Flowers June to September.Plant Size Mature Height : approx. 120cm Mature Spread : approx. 50cm Plant Spacing : 45cmPlant Tuber to depth of approx. 10cm Plant in well draining soil. Plant after frost, Dahlias are not frost tolerant.To ensure you can enjoy your plants in future years, and in areas where there is extreme cold, lift tubers and store in potting compost over the winter. Apply a high potash fertiliser every few weeks in the summer to help growth. Dead head when necessary.