Dahlia ‘Café au Lait’
Dahlia ‘Café au Lait’ is a dahlia that presents flowers in shades of cream and orange.
This dahalia can grow 50cm - 1.5m tall and 50cm - 1.5m wide.
In this growing guide we'll learn the cultivation details and how to plant Dahlia ‘Café au Lait’.
Plant profile
Common name: dahlia 'Café au Lait'Scientific name: Dahlia 'Café au Lait'
Plant type: Bedding, Perennials
Habit: Clump-forming
Height: 50cm - 1.5m
Spread: 50cm - 1.5m
Foliage: Deciduous
Sunlight: Full Sun
Soil: Clay, Loam, Sand
Moisture: Moist but well drained, Well drained
Garden type: Architectural, City & Courtyard Gardens, Informal Garden, Patio & Container Garden
Planting type: Cut Flowers, Flower borders and bedding, Wall-side Borders
Other characteristics: Drought resistant
Seasonal colors
| Season | Stem | Foliage | Flower | Fruit |
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How to plant Dahlia 'Café au Lait' (Dahlia 'Café au Lait') - Dwergenpaartje, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Flowers growing guides - Dahlia 'Café au Lait' (Dahlia 'Café au Lait') - Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Dahlia ‘Café au Lait’ is from the Decorative group of dahlias. The flowers of this type of dahlia are completely double with no visible central disc. The petals are broad and flat, sometimes twisted, that curl slightly at the edges. Know all the dahlia types.
How to plant Dahlia ‘Café au Lait’
Dahlia ‘Café au Lait’, like all dahlias, appreciates fertile soil with good drainage. They like to be planted in full sun and fed regularly to produce abundant flowers.
Stake and support the stems of the taller varieties or varieties with large, heavy flowers.
Dahlias do not like strong winds or that the soil remains moist and cold.
The tubers must be lifted off the ground or protected with mulch if temperatures in the area remain below zero for many days in winter.
If you pick the flowers regularly or deadhead flowers that start to wither, the plants will respond by producing more flowers.
