Shade	Full Sun
Soil	Good, Well Drained
Colour	Lilac, Pink (Medium)
Type	Tuber
Also Good	Repeat Flowering, Vase Life
Flowering	Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov

Dahlia Franz Kafka (Pompom)

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Franz Kafka: Pom Pom Dahlia Tubers

Franz Kafka Dahlias are just the thing for those who find multicoloured dahlias a bit gaudy. Franz looks like perfect little lollipops with pretty, miniature bright violet/pink pompom flowers, lasting right through until the first frosts. The flowers are small for a dahlia, so these 5cm spheres are produced in profusion, and it's a really graceful plant in the border. Browse our other Pom Pom Dahlias or our full range of Dahlias here.

We would plant him somewhere you can admire the perfect symmetry of the flowers with their tightly cupped petals and intense colour - this is the perfect dahlia for a container, by a path or at the front of your border.

These small, vivid flowers look great in a vase, best in contemporary settings, arranged minimally: a stem or three in a slim crystal vase is all it takes.

Features

Colour: Bright lilac-pink flowers
Foliage: Mid-green leaves
Flower Size: 5cm
Type: Pompom Dahlia
Cutting: Yes
Height/Spread: 90cm x 40cm
Flowering: July to November
Outdoor Planting Months: March to July

Growing Franz Kafka Dahlias

All dahlias do best in deep rich soil with good drainage in a sunny spot. If it is windy they will need staking. They are greedy, thirsty plants so will need watering in dry spells, and they will always flower that little bit better if there is a bit of soluble food in the watering can once every couple of weeks.

It is generally more convenient to put support stakes in at planting time, rather than leaving it until there is foliage in the way.

Planting Companions for Franz Kafka

The spherical flower heads complement larger dahlias in a mixed bed or in pots, and they also go wonderfully well with other architectural late-summer border plants such as gladioli and phlox.

Did You Know?

The dahlia is named after the Prague-born, German-speaking author Franz Kafka (1883-1924), whose nightmarish books were promoted by the literature industry in the second half of the twentieth century, giving us the term Kafkaesque. And now, when people ask you what your favourite dahlias are, you can tell them that you like really Kafkaesque ones.

Pompom dahlias are one of the most popular exhibition classes, as the perfect shape of the flowers lends itself to competition, usually showing as a single flower, or groups of three or five. Why not reserve a spot at your local show and see if you can win a rosette with this fellow?

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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)

*Surcharges to the Highlands and Islands still apply.

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.

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 in summer 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.

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