Dinnerplate Dahlia Café au Lait

Café au Lait Dahlia offers a very unusual coloring of creamy flowers tinged with peachy, light pink—a subtle blend that appears to be different each day. Spectacular 10" flowers are excellent for sunny borders and leading florists in Europe have discovered this variety for bridal bouquets and other high-end floral arrangements. Remove spent flower heads to encourage more blooms and maintain a neat appearance. Dahlias are easy to grow, but not hardy. Take care to lift tubers in zones 3-8 in the fall and store in a dry, frost-free location. Deer tend to avoid.

The Café au Lait Dahlia is shown with the Café au Lait Royal Dahlia and Café au Lait Rosé Dahlia in the third picture.

Hardiness Zones 3-10. Lift in Fall in zones 3-8
Mature Height 4 feet
Bloom Time Midsummer until first frost in the fall (Jul-Oct)
Light Requirements Full Sun
Ship AsNO.1 Clump
Deer Resistant
Cut Flower

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Botanical Name: Dahlia 'CafÃ© au Lait'

Availability: Backordered

SKU: #90309

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Restricted States US:
AE AK GU HI PR VI
Botanical Name:
Dahlia 'CafÃ© au Lait'
Ship As:
Clump
Size:
NO.1
Lift In Fall:
3-8
Suggested Uses:
Borders, Bouquets, Cut Flowers, Perennializing, Showy Flowers, Deer Resistant

Flower Color:
Pink, White
Flower Form:
Large, 10" fully double flowers
Foliage Type:
Pinnate leaves with ovate leaflets
Mature Spread:
24 inches
Spacing:
24 inches

Growing Tips

Planting Instructions:
2" deep and 24" apart.
Soil Moisture:
Well drained
Will Tolerate:
Acidic Soil, Clay Soil, Loamy Soil, Sandy Soil
Pruning Instructions:
Pinching of the secondary bud will lead to larger flowers, but less of them.

Winter Care:
Dahlias are not hardy. Dig the tubers in fall and store in dry peatmoss in a cool, dry and frost free location. Dry tubers for a few days (preferably outside) before storing!
Planting Depth:
2" deep
Watering Requirements:
Average water needs. Water regularly, do not overwater
Fertilization Requirements:
Once per year
Special Care:
Not needed

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K. van Bourgondien times its shipments from Holland so that bulbs and bareroots arrive at the proper planting time (depending on climatic conditions) for each area of North America.

We take advanced orders, and as the crops are harvested, our staff of K. van Bourgondien experts makes an on-the-spot selection of the finest bulbs available to fill those reservations.

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Spring 2025 Shipping Schedule

Bulbs and Bareroot
Zones	Shipping Dates	Last Order Date
3A-5A	4/28/25 - 5/30/25	5/26/25
5B	4/7/25 - 5/30/25	5/26/25
6A	3/24/25 -5/30/25	5/26/25
6B	3/10/25 - 5/30/25	5/26/25
7A	2/24/25 - 5/30/25	5/26/25
7B-8A	2/17/25 - 5/9/25	5/5/25
8B-9A	2/10/25 - 5/9/25	5/5/25
9B-11B	2/3/25 - 5/9/25	5/5/25

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