Puerto Rico dahlia
Dahlia 'Puerto Rico'
Getuigschrift Proeftuin 2009
USDA zones8 to 11
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
Size3 to 4 feet tallup to 24 inches wide
- Bloom season
- Summer, autumn
- Bloom color
- Yellow
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
- Soil pH
- Acid, alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Puerto Rico' dahlia (Dahlia 'Puerto Rico') is a perennial for borders, cut flowers, containers, and cottage gardens. It is hardy to USDA zone 8, or down to 10°F (-12°C). This plant likes full or part sun and average to moist, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. It bears yellow blooms in summer and again in autumn, and it grows 35 to 47 inches tall. Butterflies, hummingbirds, bees, and birds visit the flowers. A.C. Koot bred it.
Pairs well with Autumn Colors black-eyed Susan, First Knight fountain grass, Blue Fortune Bill Williams Mountain giant hyssop, and Ageratum.