Boy Scout

A little beauty with serious flower-power! Boy Scout is a charming ball-type dahlia producing perfectly rounded blooms in gorgeous shades of deep pink, lavender and lilac. Its tightly packed petals form those beautifully neat, spherical flowers that florists love, while its strong, rigid stems make it a brilliant little workhorse in the cutting garden.

Compact, prolific and incredibly pretty, Boy Scout is the kind of dahlia that adds beautiful structure and colour to a bouquet without taking over. A classic choice for anyone who loves those perfectly formed ball dahlias!

Key Features

• Flower Size: Approximately 8–10cm (3–4") ball blooms

• Form: Ball type, with soft, rounded and tightly packed petals forming perfectly spherical blooms

• Colour: Deep pink, lavender-lilac and soft purple tones, with blooms often shifting in colour as they mature

• Flowering Season: Mid-summer through to late autumn (Jan–May)

• Use: Excellent for cut flowers, bouquets, floral arrangements and adding beautiful structure to the cutting garden

Planting & Care

• Planting Time: September–November, once the risk of frost has passed

• Light: Full sun – at least 6 hours of direct sunlight daily for best flowering

• Height: Grows approximately 50–120cm tall, depending on growing conditions – staking may be beneficial in more exposed gardens

• Spacing: 30–45cm between plants

• Soil: Rich, fertile, well-drained soil – dahlias dislike sitting in water

• Watering: Keep evenly moist, especially during dry spells

• Deadheading: Regularly remove spent flowers to encourage continued flowering

Why You’ll Love It

• Beautifully neat, spherical blooms with that classic ball-dahlia form

• Gorgeous pink, lavender and lilac colouring that adds softness and depth to bouquets

• Strong, rigid stems make it an excellent choice for cutting

• Smaller blooms are incredibly versatile and work beautifully throughout bouquets and arrangements

• A prolific little producer that will keep giving you flowers throughout the season

• Perfect for gardeners who love those wonderfully structured, florist-worthy ball dahlias

Tuber Quality

Each of our dahlia tubers is carefully hand-selected and inspected to meet our quality standards. We check for:

• A healthy body

• A strong neck

• At least one visible eye ready to grow

Only when we’re confident it’s ready for your garden do we pack it up and send it on its way.

Please keep in mind that tubers naturally vary in size, shape, colour, and texture. Some may arrive looking a little small or slightly shrivelled — and that’s totally normal! As long as it has a good neck and an eye, it has everything it needs to grow beautifully. We only send tubers we’d be happy to plant ourselves.

Storage & Care

Once your tubers arrive, they’ll need a little care until it’s time to plant. Keep them in the box with the wood shavings in a cool, dry place until planting time. In New Zealand, this is usually around Labour Day weekend, once the risk of frost has passed — but conditions vary, so be sure to consider your local climate and soil.

Pest & Disease Notice

Our tubers come from healthy, disease-free beds and are divided with sanitised tools to keep them that way. While we do everything we can to ensure they’re in top shape when they leave us, we recommend planting them in pots for their first season so you can monitor them closely. Once they’re in your care, we can’t control outside factors like soil conditions, pests or cross-contamination from tool use.

Upon Arrival

Please open your package as soon as it arrives and check everything over. If you have any concerns, contact us within 24 hours, including clear photos, so we can help. If something’s not quite right, we’ll do our best to replace the tuber or offer a refund if we don’t have a suitable replacement.

Because tubers are living things, we’re unable to accept returns or offer refunds due to change of mind. Once the tubers leave our hands, we can’t guarantee how they’re stored or whether they’ve been exposed to garden conditions that might affect their health.

A Note on Variety & Surprise

We take every care to ensure your tubers are correctly labelled - but because this is a hands-on, seasonal process, and a house move at the end of last season, we have taken every car to ensure every tuber has been labelled correctly (you can find lucky dip dahlis for any we are unsure about), However the occasional mix-up can happen. If this small risk isn’t something you’re comfortable with, we completely understand and kindly ask that you don’t proceed with your purchase.

Shipping

Please ensure you select the correct flat rate shipping option for your delivery destination. Incorrect postage and handling means we have to follow up which in turn means your delivery will be delayed. Please bare with us as we work though all orders.