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Hudson Valley Seed Co.

Bishop's Children Dahlia Seedlings

Dahlia variabilis

Certified Organic

Grown on Our Farm

Single-petaled blooms in red, pink, and yellow adorn burgundy foliage. 42" tall. Start early.

All that’s left of the Bishop of Llandaff’s Palace in Wales is an iron-gated arch entrance flanked by crumbling stone towers. But his gardens live on in the progeny of his dahlias. Though dahlias are most often grown from tubers, seed-grown dahlias are more fun. Why? Because dahlias are octoploids, meaning they have four times as many chromosomes as most other flowers, so the seeds produce a spectacular diversity of architectural leaves and blooms in a myriad of forms and colors. Part of the joy in planting the Bishop’s Children is that if you find one you love, you simply harvest and store the tubers to plant next year. Congrats: you’re a plant breeder!

Bishop's Children blooms in mix of red, burgundy, magenta and the occasional yellow flower on foliage that ranges from purple tinged to deep burgundy.

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4-pack of seedlings $5.99
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Growing instructions
Transplant when seedlings are 3-4" into soil amended with plenty of compost. Plants reach 48" tall. Each plant produces many single petaled flowers. 
Product Details
Days to Maturity 70 days
Days to Germination 5-10 days
Width at Maturity 30"
Height at Maturiry 36-48"
Planting Depth 3/4"
Row Spacing 18-24"
Plant Spacing 18"
Special shipping

Seedlings are available for in-store pickup ONLY. May 1st through May 12th at our greenhouses in Accord, NY.

About the artist
Artwork by Kellie Cox. This rendering, in ink and colored pencil, captures the exuberance of dahlias, and the rich tones of their petals. A passion for art and nature has led Kellie to create works, many large in scale, that celebrate moments of natural beauty.

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