Kelsey Annie Joy — Collarette Dahlia Tuber
A real showstopper for the cutting garden, Kelsey Annie Joy is a Collarette dahlia known for her two-tiered blooms, a ring of bold outer petals framing a delicate inner collar. Compact in the garden, she reaches a height of around 60cms, making her a great fit for smaller beds, borders, or containers.
Each order includes one dahlia tuber, ready to grow on into next season's blooms.
A note on tuber size: Tubers come in all shapes and sizes, and that's completely normal. A smaller tuber is just as capable of producing a healthy plant as a larger one; the size doesn't determine bloom quality or plant vigour, so there's no need to worry either way.
When to plant: Wait until all risk of frost has passed in your area before planting. In NZ, Labour Day is generally used as the safe marker. Planting too early into cold, wet soil can cause tubers to rot before they get the chance to establish.
Watering: Hold off on watering until your tuber has developed proper sets of leaves. Overwatering before then is one of the most common causes of tuber rot, so it's best to let the soil do the work and stay patient in those early weeks.
Shipping note: Dahlia tubers are shipped once eyes (the small sprouts that show the tuber is viable and ready to grow) are visible. Depending on the season, this can happen anywhere between now and September, so please don't worry if your order doesn't ship right away — it simply means we're waiting for your tuber to show healthy eyes before it heads out to you. We'd rather send a strong, viable tuber a little later than rush one out before it's ready.
Kelsey Annie Joy — Collarette Dahlia Tuber
A real showstopper for the cutting garden, Kelsey Annie Joy is a Collarette dahlia known for her two-tiered blooms, a ring of bold outer petals framing a delicate inner collar. Compact in the garden, she reaches a height of around 60cms, making her a great fit for smaller beds, borders, or containers.
Each order includes one dahlia tuber, ready to grow on into next season's blooms.
A note on tuber size: Tubers come in all shapes and sizes, and that's completely normal. A smaller tuber is just as capable of producing a healthy plant as a larger one; the size doesn't determine bloom quality or plant vigour, so there's no need to worry either way.
When to plant: Wait until all risk of frost has passed in your area before planting. In NZ, Labour Day is generally used as the safe marker. Planting too early into cold, wet soil can cause tubers to rot before they get the chance to establish.
Watering: Hold off on watering until your tuber has developed proper sets of leaves. Overwatering before then is one of the most common causes of tuber rot, so it's best to let the soil do the work and stay patient in those early weeks.
Shipping note: Dahlia tubers are shipped once eyes (the small sprouts that show the tuber is viable and ready to grow) are visible. Depending on the season, this can happen anywhere between now and September, so please don't worry if your order doesn't ship right away — it simply means we're waiting for your tuber to show healthy eyes before it heads out to you. We'd rather send a strong, viable tuber a little later than rush one out before it's ready.
