Overview

Dahlia 'Clearview Cameron' (C) is a plant with a clump forming habit in the genus Dahlia, part of the Asteraceae family, with deciduous foliage. Dahlia 'Clearview Cameron' (C) grows best in full sun, and tolerates loam soils and neutral pH. Its UK hardiness is rated H3. Suggested uses include city and courtyard gardens, cottage and informal garden, cut flowers and flower borders and beds.

About

Dahlia 'Clearview Cameron' is a clump-forming dahlia in the Asteraceae that flowers from July to October. It carries deciduous foliage and prefers a sheltered, south-facing position in neutral loam. Plant into moist but well-drained soil in full sun for best performance. It suits borders, courtyard beds and provides stems for cutting.

About the genus

Dahlias come from the high meadows of Mexico, and somewhere in that heritage is the explanation for how they behave here: tender to frost, hungry, generous beyond all reason. No other plant gives you quite so much for so little. One tuber, planted after the last frost, becomes a shrub's worth of flowers by August — and the more you cut, the more they come.The range is faintly ridiculous. Tight pompoms, spiky cactus types, singles the bees adore, dinner-plates the size of your face. Whatever your garden's mood, there is a dahlia that agrees with it, which is probably why every generation falls out of love with them and then, a decade later, falls straight back in.They're at their best when much of the garden is winding down — late summer into autumn, flowering hard until the first frost calls time. I think of them as the encore. And they always play it.

Written by Henry

In the garden

Dahlia 'Clearview Cameron' is a clump-forming cultivar in the Asteraceae grown for its summer to autumn blooms. It suits sunny, sheltered sites and should be given a south-facing aspect where it will receive the most light. The foliage is deciduous and the plant performs in loam at neutral pH when the soil is kept moist but well drained. Set this dahlia where it can benefit from full sun and shelter from strong winds; exposed sites increase the risk of winter damage on plants rated H3 (borderline) so consider winter protection in colder, exposed locations. Planting into a free-draining loam and avoiding waterlogged conditions will reduce winter loss and support steady flowering through the season. Use Dahlia 'Clearview Cameron' in city and courtyard gardens, cottage and informal beds, mixed borders, or for cutting. Space plants so air can circulate around the clump to reduce foliage wetness and encourage clean stems for arrangements. Plant a group along a sunny border if you want a run of stems to cut from July to October.

Growing conditions

Best soil and position for Dahlia

Sunlight

Full sun

Soil type

Loam

Soil pH

Neutral

Soil moisture

Moist but well-drained

Aspect

South-facing

Exposure

Sheltered

UK hardiness

H3

Plant details

Dahlia 'Clearview Cameron' (C) size, habit and characteristics

Habit

Clump forming

Foliage

Deciduous

Suggested uses

City and courtyard gardens, Cottage and informal garden, Cut flowers, Flower borders and beds

Care notes

Pruning and caring for Dahlia 'Clearview Cameron' (C)

Propagation

Softwood cuttings, Division of tubers

Pest resistance

Aphids, Capsid bugs, Caterpillars, Earwigs, Glasshouse red spider mite, Slugs

Disease resistance

Powdery mildews, Fungal rots, Virus causing stunting, leaf markings, and distortion

Frequently asked questions

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