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Could any variety sum up what dahlias mean to most people than the dinnerplate-sized Bodacious Dahlia (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. Browse our full Dahlia range.
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.
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.
Did You Know...
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.