Overview

Dahlia Goldalia Orange 10 ('Golia Dbbro') is a bushy, clump-forming, tuberous perennial bedding in the genus Dahlia, part of the Asteraceae family, with green, occasionally dark-leaved foliage. Dahlia Goldalia Orange 10 ('Golia Dbbro') grows best in full sun, and tolerates loam soils and neutral pH. Its UK hardiness is rated H4. Suggested uses include borders, containers and cut flowers.

About

Dahlia Goldalia Orange 10 ('Golia Dbbro') is a tuberous, clump-forming Dahlia (Asteraceae) with steady flowering from July to October. It produces green, occasionally dark leaves and forms a multi-stemmed clump suited to borders, containers and cutting. Position in full sun on a south-facing, sheltered site in neutral loam that stays moist but drains freely; it carries an H4 (average) UK hardiness rating.

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 Goldalia Orange 10 ('Golia Dbbro') is a tuberous, herbaceous perennial in the Asteraceae family, used principally as bedding. It forms a multi-stemmed clump with green, occasionally darker foliage and provides a reliable run of blooms from July to October, making it useful where a sustained display is required. Choose a full-sun, south-facing spot that is sheltered from strong winds; the plant prefers neutral loam that remains moist yet well drained. The H4 rating means it is of average hardiness in the UK, so a protected site helps optimism for flowering through the season. Keep the soil supplied with regular moisture without allowing waterlogging, and select containers with good drainage when growing in pots. Dahlia Goldalia Orange 10 ('Golia Dbbro') suits mixed borders where summer-to-autumn colour is needed, container displays on a sunny patio, and cutting gardens for vase work during its July–October flowering run. Because it flowers across several months, it can fill gaps between earlier perennials and later-season plants and provides stems suitable for cutting when you need a steady supply of blooms.

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

H4

Plant details

Dahlia Goldalia Orange 10 ('Golia Dbbro') size, habit and characteristics

Plant type

Bedding, Herbaceous Perennial

Habit

Bushy, clump-forming, tuberous perennial

Foliage

Green, occasionally dark-leaved

Suggested uses

Borders, containers, cut flowers

Care notes

Pruning and caring for Dahlia Goldalia Orange 10 ('Golia Dbbro')

Propagation

Division, cuttings, seed

Pest resistance

Generally pest-resistant

Disease resistance

Generally disease-resistant

Frequently asked questions

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