84 – 91 days. Figaro Series dahlias are a simple way to grow classic southwestern color in your home, patio, or garden this season. Figaro Series seeds mature into tight yet robust 14 – 18” tall shrubby mounds exploding with iconic 3” single and double blooms perfect for showing off during summer’s longest days. Figaro Series dahlia is the official flower of Mexico and promises to thrive in many hot, dry, and demanding gardens. Figaro Series dahlias are easy to grow from seed and are an international favorite grown just as popularly indoors as outside. 500 seeds.
Growing Figaro Series Dahlia Garden Seeds
- Taxonomy: Dahlia pinnata
- Other Names: Garden Dahlia
- Seed Type: Annual
- Sow Indoors or Outdoors: Figaro Series dahlias are a hardy outdoor favorite and best sown directly outside after the frost. For earliest blooms, begin indoors 6 – 8 weeks prior as dahlia seeds will require 14 – 21 days to germinate with plenty of light. Transplant seedlings when four sets of true leaves appear into a partial shaded spot in the garden or equally shaded place indoors. Figaro Series dahlias are just as popularly grown indoors as they are out.
- Days to Maturity: 84 – 91 days
- Hardiness Zone: 7 – 10
- Planting Depth: Plant 2 – 3 seeds 2” deep
- Plant Spacing: 12”
- Growth Habit: 14 – 18” mounded upright with a 10 – 12” spread of 2 – 3” single and fully double blooms
- Soil Preference: Fertile, medium moist, well-drained
- Light Preference: Partial Sun
- Diseases/Pests/Troubleshooting: Figaro Series dahlia is adaptable and known to be tolerant of drought, heat, and poor soils. Do not overwater dahlias since plants are occasionally susceptible to leaf spots caused by bacteria and fungi in over-saturated and poorly ventilated gardens. Dahlias have no serious pests but monitor regularly for aphids, especially on indoor plants.
- Color: Signature choice of Red, Violet, White, Yellow Shades, Orange Shades, or Mix
Figaro Series dahlias are a hardy outdoor favorite and best sown directly outside after the frost. For earliest blooms, begin indoors 6 – 8 weeks prior as dahlia seeds will require 14 – 21 days to germinate with plenty of light. Transplant seedlings when four sets of true leaves appear into a partial shaded spot in the garden or equally shaded place indoors. Figaro Series dahlias are just as popularly grown indoors as they are out. Plant 2 – 3 Figaro Series dahlia seeds 2” deep into fertile, medium moist, and well-drained soil in partial sun. Figaro Series dahlia is adaptable and known to be tolerant of drought, heat, and poor soils. Do not overwater dahlias since plants are occasionally susceptible to leaf spots caused by bacteria and fungi in over-saturated and poorly ventilated gardens. Dahlias have no serious pests but monitor regularly for aphids, especially on indoor plants. Figaro Series dahlia seeds are mature in 84 – 91 days as 14 – 18” mounded uprights with a 10 – 12” spread of 2 – 3” single and fully double blooms.
Dahlia pinnata, or more commonly known as dahlia, is native to the dry and arid regions of Mexico and Central America and is the official flower of Mexico. Dahlia pinnata is known to have been an ornamental flower cultivated by the Aztecs before the arrival of the Europeans.