Shade	Full Sun
Soil	Good, Well Drained
Colour	Multicoloured
Type	Pot Grown, Rooted Cutting, Tuber
Also Good	Vase Life
Flowering	Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov

Dahlia Checkers

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Dahlia Checkers

If you like your flowers to have show-stopping impact, then Checkers Dahlias are for you! Although only being a metre tall, it is no shrinking violet, with rich, velvety deep burgundy-red petals, each of which are tipped with pure white. It certainly has a checkerboard effect and is highly unusual. The flowers grow up to 10cm wide and are plentiful, held above handsome shiny green, divided foliage.

If you're looking for a different style of dahlia, then why not have a look at our full range?

In Checker Dahlias are in the Decorative group with double blooms and no visible central disc. It will bloom from midsummer until the first frost when the foliage will blacken and die down. Introduced in 2001, the plant is compact and is one of the most reliable bi-colours available.

Using Checkers to best effect...

Checkers is ideal for growing in the middle of a mixed herbaceous border, and associates well with flowers like pink or white Cosmos (Purity is perfect) and toning Surfinia (Petunia) varieties. Try it as part of an exotic border, backed by big-leaved cannas, gingers or bananas. As it is a relatively compact dahlia, it can also be grown in a large pot.

Checkers dahlias also make excellent cut flowers - you may recognise them from your florist if you're keen on flower arranging. Cutting the flowers encourages the plant to produce more, so have at least one in your cutting bed.

If you want to try your hand at exhibiting, Checkers is a highly popular variety on the show bench, as it is so eye-catching and reliable, whatever the weather - much easier to grow than the huge dinner plate specimens.

Features of Dahlia Checkers

Colour: Deep burgundy red and white
Flower Size: Up to 10cm
Type: Decorative Dahlia
Cutting: Superb Cut Flower
Height/Spread: 100cm x 45cm
Flowering: July to November
Planting Months: End February to July

Did you know...

The dahlia is not just a pretty flower... in the Mexican state of Oaxaca, native species are still considered one of the main ingredients in its cuisine, grown for their large, sweet potato-like tubers. But please be warned - never try to eat ornamental tubers.

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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.

Checkers Decorative Dahlias

Dahlia Checkers

Dahlia Checkers

Using Checkers to best effect...

Features of Dahlia Checkers

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

Checkers Decorative Dahlias

Dahlia Checkers

Dahlia Checkers

Using Checkers to best effect...

Features of Dahlia Checkers

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?