Snoho Jojo

Snoho Jojo is one of those dahlias that quickly becomes a favourite. Introduced by Bill Bonneywell in 1990, this wonderfully reliable ball dahlia is loved for its early flowering, incredible productivity and gorgeous, ever-changing sunset colouring.

Its perfectly rounded blooms shift through coral-pink, rusty apricot, peachy bronze and soft orange, with smoky mauve undertones and flashes of purple appearing as the flowers mature. Add those long, strong stems and a seriously generous flowering habit, and Snoho Jojo is an absolute dream for the cutting garden.

Key Features

• Flower Type: Ball — Bronze Ball (ADS 6011)

• Flower Size: 7.5–10 cm (3–4")

• Colour: Coral-pink, rusty apricot, peachy bronze and soft orange with smoky mauve undertones

• Centre: Purple tones may appear through the centre or petal reverse

• Plant Height: 90–130 cm

• Stems: Long, strong and straight

• Flowering: Early summer through to the first autumn frost

• Maturity: Approximately 80–100 days from planting

• Best For: Cutting gardens, bouquets, weddings and floral design

Planting & Care

Snoho Jojo performs best in full sun with fertile, free-draining soil.

• Plant tubers approximately 5–10 cm deep, with the eye facing upwards.

• Allow 30–45 cm between plants for good airflow and healthy growth.

• Pinch the main growing tip when the plant reaches around 30 cm tall to encourage branching and a greater number of flowering stems.

• Its relatively compact, upright habit means it may need less support than taller varieties, but staking is still recommended in exposed or windy positions.

• Keep the soil consistently moist during active growth, particularly through warm or dry weather.

• Harvest flowers when they are around three-quarters open for the best vase performance.

• Remove spent flowers regularly to keep this incredibly productive variety flowering continuously.

Why You’ll Love It

Snoho Jojo is a true flower-farmer workhorse. It’s early, reliable, incredibly productive and produces those gorgeous rounded blooms on stems that are actually useful for floristry.

The colour is what really gets us, though. It has that beautiful sunset quality, shifting between peach, coral, bronze and apricot depending on the weather and time of year. Just when you think you’ve got it figured out, another flower opens in a slightly different shade.

And if you’re new to growing dahlias, Snoho Jojo is a particularly lovely one to have in your collection. It’s vigorous, generous and forgiving — the kind of plant that rewards you with armfuls of flowers all season long.

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.