Each dahlia order grows into one plant and ships in the spring. Books ship as they’re ordered. If purchased together, items ship separately and costs reflect different timelines.
Bell’s Velma Mae has been growing happily in the breeding patch for around six years, and this is the first year I've released her to the public.
There’s something distinctly old-fashioned about this dahlia. Most blooms open as a soft, luminous bicolor, with creamy petals washed and glowing through peach and warm orange. But, like her sisters Bell’s Otago and Bell’s La Peche Mode, Velma Mae doesn’t always follow the script. From time to time she’ll throw a nearly solid orange bloom, usually with an unexpected splash or streak of cream.
The flowers are around 5" across on vigorous 5–6' plants. Petals have a slightly irregular, pointed and curling quality that gives the blooms plenty of movement rather than a rigidly formal appearance.
After six years of watching her grow, she’s proven herself to be a strong, vigorous dahlia with a wonderfully vintage character - and we decided it was finally time to let her out into the world.
Dahlia tubers will ship between April 1 and May 31, 2027.
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