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Many gardeners know dahlias only as a tall plant for decorating distant areas of the site. But among these flowers there are completely different, undersized, curb, designed to decorate the front lines of flower beds, growing in flowerpots. Georgina Gallery is one of them, it is a whole collection of interesting and vibrant compositions created in the Netherlands.
Description of the Gallery collection
Gelleri’s collection of undersized dahlias is represented by compact bushes up to 40 centimeters high with large bright inflorescences up to 15 centimeters in diameter. Lush flowering, lush greenery and ease of care are all that the average gardener needs today. In total, the collection includes seventeen varieties of various colors and shapes of petals.
The photo above shows the Gallery Art Deco variety. Its inflorescence is large, has a brick-peach color. Looks great in flowerpots. Later we will talk about growing this plant, but there is nothing complicated about it.
Another of the brightest representatives of the collection is the dahlia Gallery Cobra. She is also loved to grow in flowerpots. The height of the shrub itself reaches 45 cm, the inflorescence is large (up to 13 centimeters) with two-color petals: the lower part is red, the upper part is peach. Due to this, the plant looks simply gorgeous during the flowering period.
Georgina Gallery Leonardo is a graceful flower with petals twisted down in the shape of a tongue. The coloring is very interesting, suitable for compositions of delicate color with a bright green border. Nearby you can plant hostas, ferns and conifers. Below we present a table describing all the main parameters of the brightest varietal representatives.
The flowers of many of the presented varieties are double or semi-double, which looks especially good. These include Gallery Pablo and Singer.
Table
Variety of the Gallery collection | Height of bush, cm | Flower diameter, cm | Colors |
|---|---|---|---|
Leonardo | 40 | 10 – 15 | Pink with yellow base (salmon) |
Art Deco | 45 | 10 – 13 | Brick peach |
Art Fair | 30 | 10 | White with yellow center |
Art Nouveau | 30 – 50 | 8 – 13 | Purple |
Bellini | 35 | 15 | Pink with yellow center |
Matisse | 35 | 10 – 13 | Orange |
Salvador | 45 – 50 | 15 | From the yellow center to the pink ends of the petals |
Valentine | 35 | 10 – 12 | Red |
Cobra | 45 | 10 – 13 | Red on the bottom, peach on the top |
La Tour | 40 – 45 | 15 | Pale lilac with raspberry veins |
Singer | 35 – 40 | 10 – 13 | Scarlet |
Pablo | 45 – 50 | 15 | yellow with pink border |
Monet | 40 | 10 – 13 | White with pink veins |
Growing Dahlia Gallery
Another positive quality of this collection is that many varieties bloom quite early and bloom until the cold snap in September. This is at least three months of bright flowering! For example, Gallery Art Nouveau dahlia, Gallery Valentin dahlia, and Gallery Monet are able to bloom as early as the end of May.
In care and cultivation, the plant is unpretentious. It is important to choose a good tuber in the store and determine the place for planting. The conditions are quite standard for many colors:
- a sunny place (if it is a shaded area, sunlight should illuminate the dahlias for at least 6 hours);
- protection from cold and gusty winds.
As for the planting pattern, for border plants, the distance between the bushes should be at least 15 centimeters.
Dahlias love soil rich in humus, but there are no problems with their cultivation on both acidic and sandy soils. Although for pH above 6,7 it is better to reduce the acidity by any means possible.
Superphosphate and rotted manure can be used as fertilizers. In principle, this is quite enough. Dahlia does not like only one predecessor – aster, because in this case the tuber can be damaged by the virus.
We present to the attention of our readers a detailed video on how to properly plant dahlias of any variety:
You need to dig a hole three times larger than the volume of the tuber itself. When planting, you can already add humus to the soil. The root neck should be two to three centimeters below the soil level. In hot weather, dahlias are watered abundantly, they love sufficient watering, but they die from excessive moisture.
Low-growing varieties are used for high and low flowerpots, borders, flower beds and flower beds. For example, the Gallery Art Fair dahlia is white. It will look great against the backdrop of a green lawn, coniferous, brightly flowering shrubs. Scarlet and pink flowers also look good against greenery. Traditionally, tubers of low-growing plants are dug up for the winter and stored in a cool, dark place protected from frost. Propagation by cuttings, tuber division. It is very difficult to propagate a dahlia by grafting.
To provide these varieties with lush flowering for five months, simple conditions should be observed, which are described above. It’s very simple.
Reviews about dahlias Gallery
There are a lot of reviews on the Internet about these new generation dahlias. Let’s get acquainted with some of them.
Conclusion
Dahlias from the Gallery collection are magnificent ornamental plants for decorating any garden. They will appeal to all gardeners without exception!