Clay / Heavy / Moist / Well Drained / Light / Sandy
Dahlia 'Gateshead Festival' bears lovely pale, primrose-yellow single flowers from midsummer to late-autumn. It's perfect for growing in a mixed herbaceous border, and makes an excellent cut flower. It's also suitable for exhibiting.
For best results, grow Dahlia 'Gateshead Festival' in full sun in fertile, well-drained soil. Deadhead regularly and feed with a potash-rich fertiliser to prolong flowering. Lift tubers after the first frosts and store them in a cool, dry situation until March. Then pot them up and keep them in a temperate greenhouse before planting out in late May.
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Dahlia ‘Gateshead festival’ and wildlife
Dahlia ‘Gateshead festival’ has no particular known value to wildlife in the UK.
Is Dahlia ‘Gateshead festival’ poisonous?
Dahlia ‘Gateshead festival’ can be toxic.
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Is known to attract Cats
Cats
Is known to attract Dogs
Dogs
No reported toxicity to:
Is not known to attract Birds
Birds
Is not known to attract Horses
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Is not known to attract Livestock
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Is not known to attract People
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