Description
Firm blooms and stems make Cornel an outstanding cut flower. Good tuber producer and all around great red dahlia to add to your cut flower garden. Every garden needs a red ball dahlia like this one. Cornel doesn’t get it’s name from the famous college. It’s named after the creator, Cor Geerlings, together with his wife Nellie. Cor and Nel together makes Cornel.
Growers Notes:
- Dahlias are planted in spring after the soil has warmed up to 60 degrees
- Plant when night time temperatures are consistently in the 50’s
- Plant around the same time you would plant corn, potatoes and other warm season crops
- Plant dahlia tubers in an area that receives 6-8 hours of sunlight per day
- No extra water until sprout is 5”-6” tall, normal spring rains will give all the moisture it needs
- After the dahlia sprout is 6”, deep soak every 2-3 days