This bulb dies back after flowering each year and enters a period of rest ahead of regrowth the following season.

• Position: full sun
• Soil: fertile, humus-rich soil
• Rate of growth: average
• Flowering period: July to September
• Hardiness: half hardy (may need winter protection)
  
  This kit includes a smart, stylish 'bucket-style' planter, one tuber of Dahlia ‘Dahlegria Tricolore’ and an expandable coir (compost) pellet, which when all put together and allowed to grow on, will put on a stunning display. The dahlia is a recent introduction, bred to be suitably compact for pots and containers. A single-flowered type, it is attractive to pollinators, and its flowers are a beautiful blend of lilac-pink and salmon-orange, with a hint of red through the petal.
  
  
• Growing instructions: Follow the instructions supplied and while in growth, provide a high-nitrogen liquid feed each week in June. Then a high-potash fertiliser each week from July to September. Stake with canes or twiggy pea sticks if it becomes necessary.