Data specific to Dahlias (Edit)
Size: Miniature (M): up to 4 inches in diameter.
Form: Formal Decorative (FD)
Color: Pink (PK)
Year Introduced: 2016
Country of Origin: UK
Hybridizer or Originator: Cyril Watkins

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Plant Height: 3 - 4 feet
Plant Spread: 2 - 3 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Bi-Color: Dusky pink tipped with gold
Bloom Size: 3"-4"
Flower Time: Fall
Underground structures: Tuber
Uses: Cut Flower
Suitable as Annual
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Other: Propagate by taking cuttings of newly emerged shoots
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger

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Common names
  • Dahlia

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Location: Halls of Heddon, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
Date: 2023-10-02
Location: Halls of Heddon nursery, Northumberland, UK
Date: 2018-09-22
Location: Hyde Hall, Essex, UK.
Date: 2022-09-03
Location: Halls of Heddon nursery, Northumberland UK
Date: 2022-10-08
Location: Halls of Heddon nursery, Northumberland UK
Date: 2022-10-08
Location: RHS Wisley, Surrey, UK.
Date: 2022-08-04
Location: Halls of Heddon nursery Northumberland, England, UK
Date: 2020-09-19
Dahlia Polventon Kristobel
Location: Halls of Heddon nursery, Northumberland, UK
Date: 2018-09-22
Location: Halls of Heddon nursery, Northumberland UK
Date: 2022-10-08
Location: Halls of Heddon nursery, Northumberland, UK
Date: 2018-09-29
Location: Halls of Heddon, Newcastle UK
Date: 2021-10-16
Location: Halls of Heddon, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
Date: 2023-10-02
Location: Halls of Heddon, Newcastle UK
Date: 2020-10-10
Location: Halls of Heddon, Newcastle UK
Date: 2019-09-26
Location: Halls of Heddon, Newcastle UK
Date: 2020-10-10
Comments:
  • Posted by kniphofia (Northumberland, UK) on Oct 10, 2022 5:23 AM concerning plant:
    One of the loveliest of the Formal Decorative Dahlias, Polventon Kristobel seems to me to be almost perfect in form and colour. The flowers are a deep, dusky raspberry pink with gold tips to the petals. Very striking. Introduced in 2016 by Cyril Watkins of Cornwall in the UK. A firm favorite.

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