General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Plant Height: 3 feet
Plant Spread: 1.5-2 feet
Flowers: Showy
Flower Time: Summer
Underground structures: Tuber
Uses: Cut Flower
Suitable as Annual
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Propagation: Seeds: Days to germinate: 5-20
Depth to plant seed: Just cover
Sow in situ
Start indoors
Can handle transplanting
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Other: Propagate by taking cuttings of newly emerged shoots
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger

Common names
  • Dahlia
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Dahlia x pinnata
  • Synonym: Dahlia variabilis

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