DAHLIA – Single Flowers/Purple Leaves ONLY! “Bishop’s” of DOVER AND KENT – LARGE 5 litre pot

We are only growing two spectacular Dahlia ‘Bishop of Dover’ and ‘Bishop of Oxford’, as they both have gorgeous purple leaf foliage and both have single flowers.

Most of the dahlia sold in garden centres tend to be double flowered varieties and therefore hold no value as food for pollinating insects.

I feel that this type of Pollinator Friendly Dahlia is far better for our world, so please give them a try.

They are the offspring of breeding from the series of dahlias all beginning with ‘Bishop’, the most well known being Bishop of Llandaff. The beauty of these is dark foliage colour, single blooms, (better for pollinators). These beautiful grown dahlias, provide intense drama, in hot colours red, orange & yellow & clump form relatively quickly, developing tubers in year two. We do not lift ours, we simply plant on a layer of grit to aid drainage in our heavy clay soils, they can be quite greedy so a good feed and mulch will extend the flowering time of these plants.

We have a renewed appreciation for these old fashioned favourites and the blooms are great for adding bold splashes of colour to flower borders and fresh arrangements.