This is my first summer with Dahlia Lutt Wichen. Its compact nature and long lasting flowers make it different from other Dahlias I norma...Read Morelly grow. Foliage is dark green and dense. Flower stems have stayed short. I expected them to elongate from the encroaching shade of late summer, but they did not. This Dahlia would not be my first choice for a bouquet because of the short stems. As flowers age, the outer petals turn brown, gradually progressing to the center. I have not noticed very much bee activity on this plant. Lutt Wichen did well with a dry early spring, a wet summer and a dry early fall. It was far from the water source and did not get pampered with irrigation. I will be digging it up for storage over winter.
This is my first summer with Dahlia Lutt Wichen. Its compact nature and long lasting flowers make it different from other Dahlias I norma...Read More