Shade	Full Sun
Soil	Good, Well Drained
Colour	Red/Crimson, Yellow/Gold
Type	Pot Grown, Rooted Cutting, Tuber
Also Good	Vase Life
Flowering	Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov

Dahlia - Bodacious

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Bodacious Decorative Dahlias

Could any variety sum up what dahlias mean to most people than the dinnerplate-sized Dahlia Bodacious (or indeed live up to its name so well)? This giant decorative bears flowers at least 25cm wide with split and twisted petals in intense red with pale yellow tips.

It's not just the two-tone colours or the size that is so eye-catching - the twisted and split petals - more than 50 on one bloom - give it a slightly shaggy look, which is appealing to those who don't care for the formal perfection of other types of dahlia.

If you want smaller dahlias, why not browse our full range? We grow dahlias in most sizes, colours and types.

Bodacious Dahlias in the Garden

It's easier to use dahlia Bodacious in a mixed border than you think. It makes a good focal point in a bed with grasses and other red-flowered annuals. It also associates well with exotics like cannas, bananas, gladioli and crocosmia.

Bodacious is a great exhibition dahlia, as its colouring is so unusual and flower heads are so big.

Grow it on the allotment or in a cut flower bed for massive blooms for flower arranging. They're long-lasting as long as you cut them when fully open and plunge them into a bucket of water immediately.

Features of Bodacious Decorative Dahlias

Colour: Red with yellow tips on petals
Foliage: Green
Flower Size: 25cm
Type: Giant Decorative Dahlia
Cutting: Yes
Height/Spread: From 1.2m x 75cm
Flowering: July to November
Planting Months: End February to July

Did You Know...

Bodacious is an award winner in the USA. It won the 2001 Derrill W. Hart Award from the American Dahlia Society for the highest scoring AA and A size dahlias for new hybrids sent to the North American Trial Gardens that year.

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Delivery: Our standard delivery charges are:

Small box (Orders containing only seedlings or rooted cuttings) £7.20 including VAT per order (FREE For ORDERS Over £60 inc VAT)
Standard box (Bareroots up to 1.2m) £11.40 including VAT per order (FREE For ORDERS Over £60 inc VAT)
Large box (Pots up to and incl. 7.5L) £15.00 including VAT per order (FREE For ORDERS Over £100 inc VAT)
Trees & Hedging (Bareroots & trees 1.2m+) £18.00 including VAT per order (FREE For ORDERS Over £120 inc VAT)
Pallets (Root balls, large pots, trees etc) £60.00 including VAT per order (FREE For ORDERS Over £240 inc VAT)

Because couriers sometimes experience delays, we schedule delivery by week, not by day. Therefore, please plan your planting day for the weekend at the end of the delivery week or for the week following delivery, at the earliest.
We will email you the day before your plants are due to arrive.

*Surcharges to the Highlands and Islands still apply.

Payment: We do not charge your card until we begin to prepare your order for packing.

Guarantee: If any plants die within a year, we will replace them. We only ask that you follow our planting & growing instructions and sent us clear photographs of the dead plants in situ, so we can help to make sure that the replacement plants succeed. You only pay for the delivery of the replacements.

Please note that our guarantee is void if there is a hosepipe ban in your area: your newly planted hedging must be watered in dry weather while it is establishing. The best way to water is very thoroughly every few days: at least once a week if there is no heavy rain.

Our nursery has been supplying container grown and bareroot hedging plants to gardeners, farmers and town planners since 1949. Our website started in 2003, so we do understand the concerns that you may have about buying hedging plants online. If any of your plants are damaged when they arrive or if you are otherwise not satisfied with your order after you inspect it, please repackage it and contact us. We will give you a refund or send replacements and send a courier to come and collect the unwanted plants.

Ashridge Nurseries is working as normal and the despatching of bareroot plants is underway.

You can see Current Delivery Information Here. We are now taking orders for delivery in January 2021.

Bodacious Decorative Dahlias

Dahlia - Bodacious

Bodacious Decorative Dahlias

Bodacious Dahlias in the Garden

Features of Bodacious Decorative Dahlias

Bareroot planting is best done between October and April
Bareroot and potted - what's the difference?

Ashridge Nurseries is working as normal and the despatching of bareroot plants is underway.

You can see Current Delivery Information Here. We are now taking orders for delivery in January 2021.

Bodacious Decorative Dahlias

Dahlia - Bodacious

Bodacious Decorative Dahlias

Bodacious Dahlias in the Garden

Features of Bodacious Decorative Dahlias

Bareroot planting is best done between October and April Bareroot and potted - what's the difference?

Bareroot planting is best done between October and April
Bareroot and potted - what's the difference?