JC's Afterglow is a striking decorative dahlia. Its warm coral and peach petals are beautifully contrasted by a rich raspberry-pink reverse, creating a gorgeous depth of colour that really comes alive when the flowers move and catch the light.
Tall, generous and wonderfully productive, JC's Afterglow produces plenty of strong, reliable stems throughout the season, making it a beautiful choice for the cutting garden and a standout in floral arrangements.
Flower Type: Decorative
Colour: Warm coral and peach with a contrasting raspberry-pink reverse
Plant Habit: Tall-growing and productive
Stems: Strong and reliable, excellent for cutting
Flowering: Summer through to autumn / frost
Best For: Cut flowers, bouquets, floral arrangements and the cutting garden
Breeder: Studio 24 Botanicals, New Zealand
Plant your JC's Afterglow tuber in a sunny, sheltered position once the risk of frost has passed. Choose a spot receiving full sun and plant into rich, well-drained soil.
Allow around 30–45 cm between plants to give them room to grow and encourage good airflow. As this is a tall-growing variety, staking is recommended to support the plant and its generous crop of blooms.
Pinching the growing tip when the plant is approximately 30 cm tall will encourage branching and help produce more flowering stems. Regular harvesting and deadheading will also encourage the plant to keep flowering throughout the season.
The colour combination on JC's Afterglow is what makes this one so special. The warm coral-peach face of the flower is beautifully offset by those raspberry-pink petal backs, giving the blooms incredible depth and movement in a bouquet.
And because it produces lots of strong, reliable stems, it isn't just a pretty face — it's a seriously useful cutting variety too.
We love a dahlia that feels a little bit different, and JC's Afterglow definitely brings something special to the cutting patch.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
JC's Afterglow is a striking decorative dahlia. Its warm coral and peach petals are beautifully contrasted by a rich raspberry-pink reverse, creating a gorgeous depth of colour that really comes alive when the flowers move and catch the light.
Tall, generous and wonderfully productive, JC's Afterglow produces plenty of strong, reliable stems throughout the season, making it a beautiful choice for the cutting garden and a standout in floral arrangements.
Flower Type: Decorative
Colour: Warm coral and peach with a contrasting raspberry-pink reverse
Plant Habit: Tall-growing and productive
Stems: Strong and reliable, excellent for cutting
Flowering: Summer through to autumn / frost
Best For: Cut flowers, bouquets, floral arrangements and the cutting garden
Breeder: Studio 24 Botanicals, New Zealand
Plant your JC's Afterglow tuber in a sunny, sheltered position once the risk of frost has passed. Choose a spot receiving full sun and plant into rich, well-drained soil.
Allow around 30–45 cm between plants to give them room to grow and encourage good airflow. As this is a tall-growing variety, staking is recommended to support the plant and its generous crop of blooms.
Pinching the growing tip when the plant is approximately 30 cm tall will encourage branching and help produce more flowering stems. Regular harvesting and deadheading will also encourage the plant to keep flowering throughout the season.
The colour combination on JC's Afterglow is what makes this one so special. The warm coral-peach face of the flower is beautifully offset by those raspberry-pink petal backs, giving the blooms incredible depth and movement in a bouquet.
And because it produces lots of strong, reliable stems, it isn't just a pretty face — it's a seriously useful cutting variety too.
We love a dahlia that feels a little bit different, and JC's Afterglow definitely brings something special to the cutting patch.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
