Vista, California – What do you get when you combine XXL blooms with XXL heat tolerance? XXL garden splendor! Dahlia’s have for generations been a popular selection for the garden or mixed container. However, these are not your grandma’s dahlia’s. XXL Dahlia’s hold fully double blooms on top of strong sturdy stems. They need those strong stems to support their humongous blooms that can grow up to 6” in diameter.
Dahlia XXL has performed well in trials all over the country. In many locations they were planted late spring and performed well into the heat of the summer. When many dahlias would fade out for the season, XXL was still going strong.
Dahlia XXL does best in areas that get full to part sun and have moist well drained soil. These plants average 20” in height and 18” in width. Not only are these plants great in the garden, they are easy to grow in containers and make a dramatic center planting in a combination. The strong stalks and giant, long-lasting blooms also make great cut flowers.
Ray French, product manager at Floragem, comments “I have traveled all over the country visiting plant trials and Dahlia XXL stands out above the crowd. Even in the dead heat of summer, this plant will still be blooming and the foliage stays healthy, compact, and full. If a gardener wants the next, great thing in Dahlia’s – I recommend XXL.”
VIVA! Dalhia XXL can be found this spring nationwide at The Home Depot.
The VIVA! program introduces a variety of new and noteworthy flower varieties into the U.S. and Canadian markets and contains a mixture of annuals, perennial and woody ‘color’ for use in home landscapes by home gardeners or landscapers. By looking at new flower breeding from around the world, VIVA! and The Home Depot bring innovative new garden ideas to homeowners from coast to coast.
Floragem is a horticultural marketing company that works with The Home Depot on the VIVA! collection of flowers grown by The Home Depot grower network and sold exclusively through The Home Depot. Consumer information on VIVA! plants is available at www.vivagarden.com or to the press in the press room of www.floragem.com.
For more information on Dahlia XXL , please contact Lisa Heredia at Floragem, 941-483-3134 or LHeredia@Floragem.com.
Source: Floragem