Anemone Flowering Dahlia 'Alyshia' carries the unmistakable charm of a powder puff dahlia but adds its own quiet radiance. Beautiful raspberry-pink blooms deepening with hints of golden-yellow through the petals.
Attracting bees, butterflies and pollinators, glowing anemone-flowering dahlia ‘Alyshia’ is a perfect choice to enhance garden borders and containers for months on end.
This free-flowering dahlia produces an abundance of blooms measuring 10 cm and an overall height of 90cm. Perfect for cutting, which will promote even more blooms. They thrive in rich soil, and an application of well rotted manure is most beneficial for these powder puff dahlias.
de Jager's Dahlia Anemone Flowering 'Alyshia' top size, top quaility tubers are supplied polythene bags, in which they may be safely kept until planting time, stored in a cool place.
To grow Dahlias, select a sunny spot with well-drained soil, and dig a 30 cm deep hole.
Plant the tuber 10 cm below the soil surface, spacing multiple tubers 45 cm apart, or 90 cm for taller varieties.
Water consistently, maintaining moist but not saturated soil and protect new shoots from slug damage with eco-friendly methods. Feed plants during the blooming period with liquid plant food.
Provide support for stems which will reach 60-90 cm tall depending on variety. Enjoy spectacular blooms from late summer until first frosts. Cut or deadhead the flowers regularly for a continually flourishing display.
Once blooming has finished, cut back foliage before lifting, drying and storing the tubers in peat-free substitute, in a frost-free place until the following spring.