Dahlia Melody Harmony

Flowering its heart out, award-winning Dahlia 'Melody Harmony' makes quite an impression on onlookers with its masses of creamy-white flowers fading to purple towards their petal tips. No wonder it won multiple awards. Just look at it! Borne on sturdy stems, the fully double flowers, up to 4.5 in. wide (11 cm), contrast beautifully with the dark green foliage, flushed with purplish-brown. They are not top-heavy and remain upright and straight even when it rains.

• Blooming massively from July until Frost, this dahlia grows up to 32 inches tall (80 cm) and is an excellent choice to create a lovely garden display or for show.
• Winner of multiple awards (over 27 according to the American Dahlia Society!) including the prestigious Award of Garden Merit of the Royal Horticultural Society.
• A great pick for borders, containers or as cut flowers thanks to its superb vase life. Did you know that the more you cut Dahlia flowers, the more flowers you get? This makes Dahlias twice as nice: pretty in a vase, pretty in the garden. A great big flower in a vase or floating in a shallow bowl makes the perfect eye-catcher.
• Best flowering occurs in full sun, but light shade will be welcomed in hot summer areas.
• Provide consistent moisture during the growing season and do not allow soils to dry out. Plant in a sheltered location to protect your dahlias from strong winds.
• Best in groups of 5 for best visual effect. Deadhead spent flowers to promote the growth of additional flower buds.
• Toxic to dogs, toxic to cats, toxic to horses.
• If you live in a cool area (hardiness zones 3-7) and you want to save your dahlia bulbs, or more precisely, your dahlia tubers for next spring, you may dig them up before the first frost and store them over winter before replanting them next spring. Store them in boxes, covered with moistened sand in a cool, dark, frost-free place where the temperature remains between 45-50 °F (7-10°C).
• This Dahlia is a member of the Decorative Dahlias. These are double dahlias with broad, flat-tipped petals that are sometimes wavy. The flowers are normally large and the plants easily top 40 inches tall, although there are even taller varieties. They can be formal with flat petals evenly and regularly placed throughout the flowers, or informal with generally flat petals, sometimes slightly rolled at the tips, but with irregular arrangement of formation. They are all real eye-catchers!