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Dahlia 'Playa Blanca' in NDS Group 8(d)

Named for Dr Andreas Dahl, an 18th century Swedish botanist. The Dahlia was brought to Spain from its native Mexico in the late 1780s. Its first introduction to Britain was in 1798.

(NDS) is National Dahlia Society classified directory
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(ADS) is American Dahlia Society current classification and handbook of dahlias

Playa Blanca in Group Cactus Small-flowered White Dwarf Bedder is in The World Dahlia Directory of over 57,000 dahlias. Raised by Star in the Netherlands and introduced in 1987.

Common Name

Dahlia

Soil

Well-drained Chalk and Sand with plenty of humus (after lifting the tuber, mulch with 2 inch depth of mown autumn leaves in the autumn to create this humus during the winter, for use by the replanted-in-the-spring-Dahlia during the Summer-Autumn)

Sun Aspect

Full Sun

Soil Moisture

Moist

Plant Type

Herbaceous Tuber

Height x Spread in feet

18-24 inches x 20-26 inches (leave 20-30 inches between these dahlia plants)

Foliage

Dark Green

Flower Colour in Month(s). Fruit

White in August-October. Bloom size is 4-6 inches across.

Comment

"Pure white in colour. Clean and simple. Height 60cm." from R. V. Roger.

Plant top of tuber just below the soil surface and 20 inches apart. Loved by butterflies and bees. Support with a stout stick and tie in every fortnight.
For best flowers, disbud by removing two of the three blooms at the end of each branch. Only pick dahlias in full flower. Recut the hollow stem ends under water to avoid airlocks. Cutting flowers is best done early in the morning or late in the afternoon. As dahlia buds do not open in water, cut the flowers only when completely developed.
The Culture and Care page from Verwer Dalias BV of The Netherlands who breed and grow Dahlias provides more growing information.

A Clump-forming, bedding plant which is a good cutflower for growing in a pot and as groundcover in the middle of flower beds.

Instructions with photos for planting dahlias in a pot or tub from the International Flower Bulb Centre in Holland and from Growing Dahlias in Containers written by Barbara Jenke between 1995-2000.

Available from R. V. Roger , and other suppliers from the UK/Europe with Wooden Shoe Bulb Farm from the USA