Beginner Pack - Garden Classics

A beginner-friendly dahlia tuber pack for growers who love pretty, classic garden tones and easy-to-use flowers.

This curated pack includes five dahlia varieties chosen for their beauty, usefulness and soft garden feel. Expect a lovely mix of pink, white, peach, salmon and cheerful colour that will work beautifully together in the patch and in a vase.

It’s a good starter pack if you want a dahlia garden that feels classic, pretty and productive, without having to overthink which varieties will play nicely together.

What’s included

This pack includes one tuber each of:

• Glenmarc Connie
• Christie Leader
• Joy Burkitt
• Grace
• Salmon Joy

Best for

• beginner dahlia growers
• classic cutting gardens
• pink, white, peach and salmon palettes
• vase arrangements and garden bunches
• growers who want pretty, useful dahlias that feel easy to mix and arrange

Notes

Dahlia tubers are living plant material and are sold as a seasonal pre-sale. Tubers are grown, lifted, divided and checked by hand here at Thistle & Weeds in the Dandenong Ranges, Victoria.

Shipping usually begins from mid to late October, once tubers are checked, packed and ready.

HOW TO GROW DAHLIAS

• Plant after risk of frost has passed
• Requires 6hrs+ full sun for best flowering
• Plant tubers sideways, 15cm deep in well draining soil
• Space 30-40cm apart per tuber
• Water in lightly, then as shoots emerge
• Pinch at 20cm height to encourage branching
• Cut often, the more you cut, the more they bloom!
• Flowers: Dec-April

Full growing guide: How to Grow Dahlias in Australia