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Dahlia
'Twyning's After Eight'
Twyning's After Eight Dahlia
| Family |
| Asteraceae |
| Genus |
| Dahlia |
| Cultivar |
| 'Twyning's After Eight' |
| Category |
| Bulbs |
| USDA Hardiness Zone |
| 9a -9b |
| Canadian Hardiness Zone |
| 9a |
| RHS Hardiness Zone |
| H3 |
| Temperature (°C) |
| -5 -1 |
| Temperature (°F) |
| 23 -24 |
| Height |
| 1 m |
| Spread |
| 0.5 - 1 m |
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Description and Growing Information
Flowering Period
| Cultivation |
| Plant in full sun, in soil with loam, sand and clay, well-drained but moist. |
| Growth |
| Fast |
| Pests |
| Common pests include leaf miners, slugs, aphids and glasshouse red spider mites. Other possible pests include caterpillars, earwigs and capsid bugs. Diseases that could pose a problem include powdery mildews (in dry conditions), grey moulds and other fungal rots (in wet conditions). |
| Habitat |
| Horticultural origin. |
| Leaf Description |
| Dark black-brown. |
| Flower Description |
| Single-flowered, one or two rows of spreading ray florets, white petals with a deep yellow centre, less than 10 cm across. |
| Propagation |
| By softwood cuttings taken in the spring or by dividing tubers, ensuring each division has a viable bud. |
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