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Description

Bring rich, velvety colour to your patios and borders with the latest patio dahlia, 'Velvet Crush'! This impressive new introduction has already caught attention, winning the BBC Gardeners' World Live 'Best New Plant' for 2025.

Its flowers show a beautiful blend of plum and soft pink, and the dark bronze foliage gives a strong contrast that lifts the whole plant. Each bloom measures up to 10cm across, for a lush, full display.

This compact variety stays neatly shaped, so it suits containers, small beds and tighter spaces where taller dahlias may overwhelm. The flowering season is long and reliable, beginning in June and running well into autumn, offering colour long after many summer bedding plants tire.

One of its strongest qualities is its mildew-resistant character. It keeps its foliage clean and attractive through the season, even in warm, humid spells. The plant branches well, holds itself upright and continues producing new flowers for months, giving a premium look without any complication.

Supplied as a set of 12 plug plants, ready to grow on before planting out.

Top Tips

If you find that earwigs are a problem, the organic way to control them is to position pots filled with straw upside down on canes spaced around your dahlias.

Care Information

Dahlias perform best when potted up initially in March or early April, into large pots (2 - 3L) filled with multi-purpose compost.
Place in a light, frost-free place and keep moist, they'll quickly form bushy plants by the time the frosts have ended, ready to be planted out into the garden.
In the garden, dig a hole at least 30cm wide x 30cm deep for each one, spacing each plant 75cm apart.
If you don�t have anywhere to start them in pots, you can place straight into the ground when the frosts are nearly over.
Once a fortnight, feed them a liquid feed such as our Blooming Fast Superior plant feed.
During dry periods, water at least once a week.
Dahlias should be deadheaded regularly to encourage more blooms and you will need to stake the plants to prevent the flowers from breaking the stems.

Delivery Information

Our experienced team at the nursery will always carefully package and send your plants nursery fresh in the perfect condition to thrive once you receive and plant them. Although most plants are extremely tough and will not be affected by all but the most extreme of weather conditions, we always avoid dispatching the most perishable plants if extreme frosts or heat is forecast. We also avoid dispatching orders over Bank Holiday weekends.

Please allow us 3-5 working days to dispatch your order. If you have ordered a 'pre-order' item, these will be sent out as soon as possible after the quoted dispatch date and we generally ship your entire order with any pre-ordered items. Once your order has been dispatched, we will send you an email with details on how you can track it.

We send most of our orders via a fully tracked courier service with Yodel. We will send you a tracking link as soon as your order has been dispatched. To avoid perishable items being stuck at depots and deteriorating, we will not require a signature on delivery, and we ask out couriers to leave your item in a safe place ad your delivery address.

*Please note, once your item has been delivered, we cannot be held responsible for loss or theft from your delivery address. If you have delivery instruction and require our courier to leave your item in a specific place, please let us know - there is an option to leave a message for the courier at the checkout.

For smaller and single-item orders, we may send these via the post with Royal Mail - Tracking will not be available for orders sent via this method.

**Please note, we cannot guarantee delivery on a certain day or time. Delivery to outlying postcode areas may take 1-2 days longer, dependent on your location.

For all orders, a small delivery fee of £4.99 will be charged or spend over £49.99 for FREE Delivery!

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