‘Nicholas’ Dahlia Want to make your autumn beds and containers shine? Plant 'Nicholas’ dahlia to add color to the season. Add ‘Nicholas’ dahlia to your fall planting
With its vibrant 6-inch-wide melon-orange flowers, ‘Nicholas’ dahlia’s versatile flower color looks beautiful in any autumn color palette, whether it leans cool or warm.
And ‘Nicholas’ makes a lovely cut flower: Use just one as the focal point in a bouquet of grasses, asters (Symphyotrichum spp. and hybrids) and other fall favorites or fill a vase with all dahlias. Just keep cutting and deadheading to promote more blooms from summer to frost.
‘Nicholas’ dahlia (Dahlia hybrid)
Type Tender bulb Blooms Melon-orange blooms from midsummer to frost Light Full sun Soil Moist, well-drained Size 36 to 48 in. tall, 18 to 24 in. wide Cold hardiness USDA zones 8 to 11
Growing Tips
Full sun, at least 8 hours a day, and well-drained soil is the best way to grow beautiful dahlias.
Dahlias grow easily almost everywhere but can struggle where temperatures get more than 100 degrees F consistently.
Grow dahlias where they get morning sun and afternoon shade.
Water so that it soaks 8 to 10 inches into the soil twice a week, instead of shallowly every day.
A 2- to 3-inch layer of organic mulch helps conserve moisture and keeps soil temperatures even.
There’s no need to fertilize a lot or use compost with dahlias. Most are usually too rich or too high in nitrogen, which produces weak stems and can burn the tuber's «eyes» (the small growth bud near the stem) at planting time.
You can use a plant food low in nitrogen and high in potassium and phosphorus. Apply it 30 days after planting then again 3 to 4 weeks later.
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