Happy Single Dahlias Collection

Collection of four varieties of dwarf dahlias belonging to the Happy Single series. These are adorable landscape dahlias, of low height (60 cm (24in)), characterised by very dark foliage and 7-8 cm (3in) flowers composed of a simple corolla surrounding a beautiful golden yellow centre. This flowering, which lasts from July until the first frost, is visited by butterflies and pollinating insects. They are delightful in borders, flowerbeds, or pots. The flowers last a long time in a vase.

This collection consists of:

3 x Dahlia Happy Single 'Party': canary yellow corolla, bright orange-yellow centre, cut foliage in brown colour.

3 x Dahlia Happy Single 'Juliet': candy pink corolla, almost black foliage.

3 x Dahlia Happy Single 'Princess': white petals sometimes slightly tinged with pale pink, foliage of a very dark purplish green.

3 x Dahlia Happy Single 'Kiss': salmon-coloured corolla petals tinged with brighter orange at the base, around a brown centre turning yellow. Bronze-green foliage with purplish reflections.

Dahlias are tuberous plants belonging to the Asteraceae family, originally from the high plateaus of Mexico. 'Happy Single' is a Dahlia with very dark foliage, whose flowers are organised in single heads, with outer ligules of variable colour, petal-shaped, surrounding a brown centre composed of tiny flowers adorned with yellow to orange stamens. The plant has a bushy and compact habit. The very branched stems are hollow and the opposite leaves are divided into 3 or 5 toothed lobes. The leaves and stems have a very original colour: bronze, purple, violet, Bordeaux, chocolate, almost black, they truly enhance the colour of the heads. The Happy Single dahlia usually does not require staking.

To promote reblooming be sure to cut off faded flowers - or even better, regularly make up large colourful bouquets. Happy Single dahlias pair particularly well with each other, as well as with the gray foliage of seaside cineraria and wormwoods (Powis Castle Wormwood, Lambrook Silver Artemisia absinthium). In flowerbeds, they can for example accompany Echinaceas that bloom at the same time, as well as light blue or mauve asters. Of course, their flowers are magnificent in bouquets.