Daisy Duke #86 New for 2025
Daisy Duke, 3-4” blooms, 3’ tall stocky plant
This decorative form dahlia is pink-salmon with a small dark center. This is a new variety for DA. From the information I read from other growers it is a shorter, stockier plant making it good for garden bed displays. If you want to cut for the vase, simply pinch out the growing tip when there are 3-4 sets of leaves (or a foot tall) and hard cut (the first bloom stalks down towards the base of the plant. I typically do this on most of the first cuts I make. It seems a shame at the time, to cut that much, but once they are growing, dahlias grow fast and don’t stop until the first hard frost! Hard cutting makes the plant come back stronger.
Growers also say the shape is more ball like than open decorative. That sold me!
Daisy Duke, 3-4” blooms, 3’ tall stocky plant
This decorative form dahlia is pink-salmon with a small dark center. This is a new variety for DA. From the information I read from other growers it is a shorter, stockier plant making it good for garden bed displays. If you want to cut for the vase, simply pinch out the growing tip when there are 3-4 sets of leaves (or a foot tall) and hard cut (the first bloom stalks down towards the base of the plant. I typically do this on most of the first cuts I make. It seems a shame at the time, to cut that much, but once they are growing, dahlias grow fast and don’t stop until the first hard frost! Hard cutting makes the plant come back stronger.
Growers also say the shape is more ball like than open decorative. That sold me!
Daisy Duke, 3-4” blooms, 3’ tall stocky plant
This decorative form dahlia is pink-salmon with a small dark center. This is a new variety for DA. From the information I read from other growers it is a shorter, stockier plant making it good for garden bed displays. If you want to cut for the vase, simply pinch out the growing tip when there are 3-4 sets of leaves (or a foot tall) and hard cut (the first bloom stalks down towards the base of the plant. I typically do this on most of the first cuts I make. It seems a shame at the time, to cut that much, but once they are growing, dahlias grow fast and don’t stop until the first hard frost! Hard cutting makes the plant come back stronger.
Growers also say the shape is more ball like than open decorative. That sold me!