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Daucus carota 'Dara'
Daucus carota 'Dara'
Available Spring 2027
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Plants are dispatched in growing condition and may not be in full flower. If too tall to pack safely, we may cut them back — this helps them establish more quickly. Read our Mail Order FAQs.
Umbellifers continue to delight and attract new admirers each season, and we are always on the hunt for new cultivars. Daucus carota 'Dara' is a form of wild carrot that has been a hit both at shows and at the nursery, with its delicate filigree umbel flowerheads — like large lacy doilies sitting pretty on willowy stems above divided foliage.
What makes it different is its gorgeous midsummer-into-autumn floral palette, with flowers opening in white, pale pink or wine-red before gently closing to form intricate seedheads that last into early winter. Effortlessly graceful, it is a shoo-in for a naturalistic planting scheme combined with ornamental grasses, or a wildlife garden, as bees and other pollinators love its nectar-rich flowers. A biennial, it prefers poor to slightly fertile, free-draining soil where it will self-seed readily.
Height × Spread: 90cm × 30cm