The breezy blooms of Dahlia ‘Honka Yellow’ add softness and charm to garden borders and containers throughout summer and autumn. The simple, lemon-yellow blooms are a stellar attraction for pollinators, with their nectar-rich orange centres and sweet fragrance.
Each zesty petal gently turns in on itself, creating a slender outline and elegant star shape. Perfect for sprinkling sunshine onto colourful, mixed borders, and fabulous for brightening up pots with long-lasting colour.
An RHS award-winning dahlia ‘Honka Yellow’, has been granted an illustrious Award of Garden Merit.
de Jager's top size, top quaility dahlia 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.