Sarah Raven S Favorite Varieties Of Dahlia
There’s no bigger fan of growing dahlias than florist and plantswoman Sarah Raven (opens in new tab). Every year the gardens of her Sussex home Perch Hill are filled with masses of these brilliantly colored blooms. Eminently attractive to bees, dahlias have dark foliage that is an excellent backdrop to other shrubs and flowers both in the border and in bouquets. ‘Dahlias are getting bigger and blowsier year on year,’ says Sarah, ‘with colours soft and romantic to go with it....