Golden Torch Dahlia Plant

Golden Torch Dahlia lights up your garden with its charming 3-4 inch blooms, showcasing bright golden-yellow petals rolled into perfect, spherical balls that radiate sunshine. This cheerful variety blooms steadily from midsummer to frost, adding a warm, vibrant glow to borders, containers, and cut arrangements, supported by sturdy stems and lush green foliage.

And this golden beauty keeps the rays coming. It churns out those vivid, sunny spheres all season with relentless cheer, needing just a bright spot and a bit of tending to thrive. Heat? It basks in it like a summer day. Pests and deer? They see this glowing treasure and hightail it, outshone by its brilliance.

Planting Instructions:

• - Plant tubers when soil reaches 60°F. Space them 4-6 inches deep with crown up and roots down

Soil Preparation:

• - Prefers well-drained, fertile soil

Watering Specifics:

• - Wait until green sprouts emerge from the soil before watering
• - Then water deeply 2-3 times per week, and daily if plants are in containers

Fertilizer Type:

• - Use fertilizers with a lower nitrogen count; half the amount of nitrogen relative to phosphorus and potassium (lower N on NPK ratio)
• - Fertilize every 2-3 weeks for containers and every 3-4 weeks for soil grown plants

Pruning and Training:

• - Pinch back the main shoot to encourage branching and more flowers
• - Deadhead spent blooms to encourage continuous flowering

Additional Pest Management:

• - Inspect regularly for pests like aphids, slugs, and snails

Temperature Tolerance:

• - Protect plants from early frosts with mulch or fleece covers to extend the flowering season

Overwintering:

• - After frost has turned the foliage brown, dig up tubers and store them over the winter
• - Clean tubers and let them dry for a few days in a frost-free location, then store in cool, dry place in slightly moist peat moss or sand