Maarn

Maarn is a vibrant, perfectly round ball dahlia that adds a striking pop of colour to gardens and floral arrangements. Its bold orange blooms are a favourite for cut flower growers, bringing warmth and energy to any bouquet or garden display. A reliable performer with excellent vase life.

Key Features

• Flower Size: Medium 7-9cm perfectly round ball blooms

• Colour: Rich Velvety Orange with consistent colouring

• Petals: Neat, tightly packed petals forming a classic ball shape

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

• Use: Ideal for cutting, bouquets, or adding bold colour to garden beds

Planting & Care

• Planting Time: September–November, once frost danger has passed

• Light: Full sun for strong growth and vibrant blooms

• Height: 90–120cm tall – staking recommended to support stems

• Spacing: 30–45cm between plants

• Soil: Well-drained, fertile soil enriched with compost or organic matter

• Watering: Keep evenly moist but avoid waterlogging

• Deadheading: Remove spent blooms regularly to encourage continuous flowering

Why You’ll Love It

• Bold, vibrant orange blooms that make a stunning statement

• Excellent vase life – perfect for market bunches or bouquets

• Reliable and easy to grow, with consistent, uniform flowers

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 or pests.

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 this being our first unexpected season that we are selling to market, 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 note because of this we are offering the tubers at a slightly discounted price for the first season so now is the time really to stock up on lots of beautiful new flower babies!

That said, we hope you’ll enjoy the journey.

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.