DAHLIA 'Bishop of Leicester'
Medium
Sun
Pink
Reasonable soil
Summer
Pollinator friendly
100% Peat Free
Description
Dahlia 'Bishop of Leicester'
Height x Spread: 80cm x 50cm
'Bishop of Leicester' is a leafy, clump-forming tuberous perennial from the Dahlia Bishop Series. Flowerheads of pale lavender petals with darker central lavender stripe and striking yellow-brown eye, contrast beautifully with deep bronze-purple foliage.
Not only a knock-out border or container plant, it is a long-lasting cutflower too, benefitting from regular deadheading. In colder areas, lift, dry and store tubers frost-free once autumn frosts have blackened the foliage. In milder areas tubers can be left in but protect the crown with mulch. It grows best in fertile, well-drained soil in full sun.
Available for Mail Order from May - End of July
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