The Innocent Silence dahlia will appeal to all those who look for brightly coloured flowers with its regularly set creamy-white-lime-yellow petals. This fresh colour is a great match for many other colours. The stably growing and abundantly flowering dahlia proves to be a reliable component of the greenery next to your home or on your plot. Shapely semi spherical flowers that measure about 9 centimetres in diameter contrast with the lush foliage. The first buds unfold already at the end of June. Plants open more and more flowers every week. First autumn frost signals the end of this colour show. Innocent Silence dahlia that grows 70 to 90 centimetres tall refreshes borders and pot compositions. It is also a valued and durable cut flower.

Dahlias do not have any special cultivation requirements. This plant grows well on all sites that are in the sunlight for six to eight hours daily. You should make sure that it has permeable and fertile soil at its disposal. Place a drainage layer of stones or gravel at the bottom of planting holes to prevent the soil from drying out and waterlogging. Prepare the soil for growing dahlias by feeding it with compost and tilling thoroughly. Select a warm and wind sheltered place for those plants.

Dahlia can be planted only after the last frost in May. You can force rootstocks in pots to grow flowering specimens quicker. In that case you plant outside ready seedlings. Dahlia roots must be covered with a layer of soil and watered immediately after planting. Fertilizing every three to four weeks, watering twice a week, and topping of wilted flowers are the necessary care measures while cultivating dahlias. You can trim the shoots at the beginning what will make plants spread better.

Dahlias belong to perennials that cannot winter in the ground. You must dig out their rootstock in autumn and transfer it to a room that is protected from frost. You must strip the rootstock of all green parts and dry gently right before storage.

Package contains 50 first choice rootstock of the Innocent Silence dahlia. Basic plant growing instructions can be found on the package.

• Variety: Innocent Silence
• Use: ornamental - flower beds, borders, cut flower
• Growth form: erect, bushy
• Flower colour: creamy-white-lime-yellow
• Vegetation form: perennial
• Flower type: semispherical, 9 cm in diameter
• Site: sunny, warm, wind-sheltereed; permeable, fertile soil
• Bulbs: 50
• Height: 70 to 90 cm
• Flowering period: July - October
• Planting period: May
• Wintering in the ground: no