Cafe au Lait Dahlia
Can you even consider yourself a dahlia grow if you don’t grow Cafe au Lait???
She’s considered the grande dame of the dahlia world because she is so desired by wedding florists for her buff color and showy 6-8” bloom size… and now home gardeners have come to love her as well. Her blooms are definitely show stoppers and a fun fact about her is that it is not unusual for the blooms to start off the season a light lavender color and turn more buff as the season goes on.
Growing upwards of 5’, she requires strong staking to keep her heavy blooms upright, and once she starts blooming she goes until a hard frost. Be sure to cut deeply when harvesting blooms so that branching occurs low on the plant helping provide good structure for the next round of blooms. She’s not a fussy grower and produces a fair number of tubers that store really well.
Can you even consider yourself a dahlia grow if you don’t grow Cafe au Lait???
She’s considered the grande dame of the dahlia world because she is so desired by wedding florists for her buff color and showy 6-8” bloom size… and now home gardeners have come to love her as well. Her blooms are definitely show stoppers and a fun fact about her is that it is not unusual for the blooms to start off the season a light lavender color and turn more buff as the season goes on.
Growing upwards of 5’, she requires strong staking to keep her heavy blooms upright, and once she starts blooming she goes until a hard frost. Be sure to cut deeply when harvesting blooms so that branching occurs low on the plant helping provide good structure for the next round of blooms. She’s not a fussy grower and produces a fair number of tubers that store really well.
Can you even consider yourself a dahlia grow if you don’t grow Cafe au Lait???
She’s considered the grande dame of the dahlia world because she is so desired by wedding florists for her buff color and showy 6-8” bloom size… and now home gardeners have come to love her as well. Her blooms are definitely show stoppers and a fun fact about her is that it is not unusual for the blooms to start off the season a light lavender color and turn more buff as the season goes on.
Growing upwards of 5’, she requires strong staking to keep her heavy blooms upright, and once she starts blooming she goes until a hard frost. Be sure to cut deeply when harvesting blooms so that branching occurs low on the plant helping provide good structure for the next round of blooms. She’s not a fussy grower and produces a fair number of tubers that store really well.