Dahlia 'Bishop of Llandaff'

Template:Short description Template:Infobox Cultivar 'Bishop of Llandaff' is a cultivar of the dahlia, a garden plant. It is a branching, tuberous tender perennial with dark purple, almost black, foliage. This produces a stunning contrast with its scarlet flowers.<ref name="detroit">Template:Cite web</ref> The plant was first bred by Fred Treseder, a Cardiff nurseryman.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> It was selected by and named to honour Joshua Pritchard Hughes, Bishop of Llandaff, in 1924 and won the RHS Award of Garden Merit in 1928. The plant is about 1 m tall and flowers from June until September. As with all dahlias, frost blackens its foliage, and in areas prone to frost its tubers need to be overwintered in a dry, frost-free place. The variety became very popular in the 1990s.<ref name=Vernon>Template:Cite book</ref>

The simpler form (single or semi-double)<ref name="detroit" /><ref name=Vernon /> of the flower makes the nectar and pollen more accessible to pollinating insects.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

A seed strain has been produced from this plant called 'Bishops Children', they retain the dark foliage colour but produce a mix of flower colours and flower shapes from single to semi-double flowers in different sizes.

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• Site: full sun
• Soil: fertile, free-draining
• Hardiness: half-hardy

Also comes in rich reds and purples, yellows and oranges, as well as paler shades

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