All dahlias are flamboyant and gorgeous but there’s something extra special about pompon and ball dahlias, with their exquisite globe-shaped flowers. They are often seen at flower shows and gardening competitions and make beautiful cut flowers.

 
Pompon dahlias, as their name suggests, have pompon-like flowers – the petals curve inwards to create stunning, intricate blooms up to 5cm across. Ball dahlias have a slightly flattened top, with blunt or rounded petals arranged in a spiral pattern. Miniature ball dahlias make good container displays – try our dahlia and cosmos display.

Read Pompon and Ball Dahlias to Grow via BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine



An interesting link found among my daily reading

Read more on this topic:

  1. Dazzling Dahlias – 11 in a series – How to overwinter your dahlia plants via Daily Herald
  2. Dazzling Dahlias – 9 in a series – World’s best dahlias : new creations and old friends / Peacock Dahlia Farms. (1918)
  3. Dazzling Dahlias – 5 in a series – How to Grow Dahlias via White Flower Farm
  4. Dazzling Dahlias – 10 in a series – Alan Titchmarsh: How I grow dahlias — and why they’re my second-most infallible plants via Country Life
  5. Dazzling Dahlias – 15 in a series – Growing and Caring for Dahlias via The Spruce