Dahlia Pompom Sunny Boy

Dahlia Pompom Sunny Boy is a warm and dusky orange, tipped with small red accents at the end of each floret. Pom pom dahlias produce lots of small round flowers which sit amongst thick, deep green foliage.

Cutting the first buds off in early summer helps to promote more flowers continue to deadhead throughout the rest of the summer to prolong the flowering period. They might be small flowers, but they will provide lots of colour from July to October.

Planting dahlia tubers

Plant dahlia tubers in well draining soil and keep watered without soaking as this can cause the tuber to rot. You can plant the dahlia tuber directly in the ground from late April or you can pot them up and place in a greenhouse to encourage early growth. A touch of fertiliser occasionally will promote large, healthy plants.

Hard frosts will kill dahlia tubers, but you can leave them in over winter if it is mild and you have covered them with mulch. To be safe it is often better to dig them up and store them until spring.