Singles, cactus, waterlilies, collarettes, pompons and balls: dahlia types are every bit as compelling as their colours. Combined, they make for some of the most captivating plants of the mid- to late-summer garden. So, whether you’re growing gentle ‘Café au Lait’ or ‘Wizard of Oz’, the timeless Bishops of Llandaff, Oxford, York and Dover, or glamorous ‘Fashion Monger’ or ‘Honka Black’, if there’s a way to make more of these wonderful plants then it should be perfected.
“There are several ways to propagate a dahlia,” explains David Hall of Halls
