Dahlia 'Eveline'

Family - Asteraceae
Category - Perennial
Origin - Raised in The Netherlands
Year of Introduction - 1981
Season of Interest - Summer, Autumn
Hardiness - H3
Height - 1m
Width - 50cm
Location - The Wedding Ring Border

Description: A Decorative Dahlia.

A clump-forming, tuberous Perennial with a bushy, upright habit. Mid to dark green, pinnate leaves have ovate to oval leaflets with coarsely toothed margins. Fully double, white flowers have incurved petals, each flushed with pale lilac towards the tips. Each Bloom has an attractive lilac Eye at the centre. The flowers are held singly on upright stems and produced from midsummer into mid-autumn, or until hit by a hard frost. Excellent for use as cut flowers.

Flower:

Fully double, white flowers have incurved ray florets (petals), each flushed with pale lilac towards the tips. Each bloom has an attractive lilac eye at the centre. The flowers are held singly on upright stems and produced from July into October, or until hit by a hard frost.

Flower colour: White, lilac

Flower shape: Disc and ray florets

Flowering time: July, August, September, October

Foliage:

Mid to dark green, pinnate leaves have ovate to oval leaflets with Dentate margins. The leaves are held in opposite pairs on hollow, upright stems.

Foliage Senescence: Deciduous

Foliage Shape: Pinnate with ovate to oval leaflets

Propagation:

Cuttings, division.

Cultivation:

Best in full sun in fertile, moisture-retentive soil that is well-drained. Store the tubers in a frost-free location over winter.