Organically grown Dahlia Flowers

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Sold in 30g packages

Dahlias are some of the showiest late summer stunners and each year we wait for our dahlias, knowing that they will send up many outrageously beautiful flower heads that also make a lovely natural dye. Enjoy summer with these dried dahlia heads. Like zinnias, they produce a soft yellow but so much of their beauty is in the dye pot. The dried flower heads unfurl like a tea blossom and are a lovely sight. For more instructions, please see our how to page.

A perfect gift for the gardener and dyer. 30 grams will dye about 30-120 grams of fibers.

Please note: We are sorry but we cannot ship this product internationally due to restrictions on plant and seed imports in most countries.

From Brittanica:

“Dahlia, (genus Dahlia), genus of about 40 species of flowering plants in the aster family (Asteraceae), native to the higher elevations of Mexico and Central America. About six of the species in the Dahlia genus have been bred for cultivation as ornamental flowers and are popular in the floral industry and in gardens. The thousands of dahlia cultivars are classed into a variety of types, including single, double, pompon, cactus, waterlily, peony-flowered, and dinnerplate dahlias.

Dahlias are tuberous perennials, and most have simple leaves that are segmented and toothed or cut. The compound flowers may be white, yellow, red, or purple in colour. Wild species of dahlias have both disk and ray flowers in the flowering heads, but many varieties of ornamentals such as the common garden dahlia (D. bipinnata) have shortened ray flowers. Dahlias grow well in most garden soils. They begin flowering late in the summer and continue flowering until interrupted by frost in the autumn…

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