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

Dahlia Rip City

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Dahlia Rip City

Dark and dramatic, Dahlia Rip City is one of the best dahlias you can grow and it is the flower that sparked the craze for near-black blooms. So if deep blood-reds are not for you take a look the rest our dahlias for sale. Rip City is a stunning semi-cactus dahlia with velvety deep wine red flowers, getting darker towards an almost black heart. The 10-15cm double flowers have long, narrow, pointed petals that recurve for more half their length and appear ruffled.

Bred in the US and introduced in 1994, Rip City is a strong grower, reaching 1.2m, with upright flowers held on long, strong stems above dark green foliage from mid-July until the first frosts.

Good In Your Garden...

You need a bold hand to use Rip City at its best - try planting it in the middle of a sunny border in groups of at least five for a massed effect, surrounded by white flowers or grey foliage. Try it in bold groups in a sunny, sheltered border.

It's also great to use as a cut flower, either on its own or with other intensely coloured dahlias for instant mpact. The more you cut, the more flowers form, as long as keep the tubers well fed and watered.

Features of Dahlia Rip City

Colour: Deep red petals with black heart
Foliage: Dark green divided leaves
Flower Size: 10-15cm
Type: Semi-cactus Dahlia type
Cutting: Yes
Height/Spread: 1.2m x 1m
Flowering: July to November
Planting Months: End February to July

Did You Know...

Dahlia Rip City has been grown in Monet's famous garden at Giverny, France.

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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.

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Rip City Semi-Cactus Dahlias

Dahlia Rip City

Dahlia Rip City

Good In Your Garden...

Features of Dahlia Rip City

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

Ashridge Nurseries is working as normal, you can see Current Delivery Information Here

Rip City Semi-Cactus Dahlias

Dahlia Rip City

Dahlia Rip City

Good In Your Garden...

Features of Dahlia Rip City

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?