Cornel Bronze

A florist classic for a reason! Cornel Bronze, also known as Cornel Brons, is a gorgeous ball dahlia with perfectly rounded blooms in rich, burnished shades of copper, bronze, peach and rusty orange. There’s something incredibly warm and sophisticated about this colour palette, with subtle pink undertones adding softness to the deeper tones.

With long, strong stems, excellent weather resistance and an impressive vase life, Cornel Bronze is a true cutting-garden workhorse. She brings gorgeous warmth to bouquets while still having the timeless, elegant form that makes ball dahlias so popular with florists.

Key Features

• Flower Size: Approximately 8–10cm (3.5–4") ball blooms

• Form: Ball type, with tightly packed, symmetrical petals that curve inward to create perfectly rounded blooms

• Colour: Rich coppery bronze, peach and rusty-orange tones with subtle pink undertones

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

• Use: Exceptional for cut flowers, bouquets, floral arrangements and the cutting garden

• Vase Life: An excellent keeper, often lasting approximately 7–9 days when cut and cared for properly

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 90–120cm tall – staking is recommended to support the upright plants and long flowering stems

• 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 symmetrical ball blooms with that classic florist-worthy form

• Rich copper, bronze, peach and rusty-orange colouring brings incredible warmth to bouquets

• Long, strong stems make it an exceptional cut flower

• Excellent weather resistance makes it a reliable choice in the cutting garden

• Impressive vase life of approximately 7–9 days when properly conditioned

• The warm colour palette pairs beautifully with cream, blush, burgundy, peach and other autumnal tones

• A timeless cutting-garden favourite that you’ll reach for again and again

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.