Ambition Dahlia brings garden-stopping color and elegance to warm-climate landscapes, thriving in zones 8 and warmer. This cultivar produces the brilliantly colored blooms dahlias are celebrated for, making it a standout choice for both garden display and fresh arrangements. The flowers are exceptional as cut stems, lasting longer in a vase when harvested at the right stage and paired with floral preservative. These tall plants with substantial blooms reward staking at planting time, a simple investment that prevents damage to tubers and keeps the plant upright through the growing season.
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Ambition produces the vivid, abundant flowers that make dahlias garden favorites, with blooms that transition beautifully from garden to vase. The tall growth habit means staking is essential, but this structural support is easily accomplished with tomato cages or traditional stakes installed at planting time. In zone 8, the tubers can overwinter in the ground, though digging and storing them indoors preserves the multiple viable tubers that develop over the season for propagation and next year's expanded planting.
Ambition Dahlia excels as a fresh cut flower; the blooms are harvested when fully or nearly fully opened and last impressively in arrangements when cut stems are placed in water with floral preservative. The plants also serve as commanding focal points in garden beds and borders, their tall stature and brilliant flowers creating dramatic landscape interest throughout the growing season.
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Transplant Ambition Dahlia into the garden after soil is thoroughly warmed and the risk of frost has passed. Install support stakes or tomato cages at planting time to protect developing tubers and roots from damage.
For cut flowers, harvest blooms when they are fully or nearly fully opened, as dahlia flowers develop little after being cut. Choose stems in the morning for the longest vase life, and place immediately in water with floral preservative to keep colors vivid and extend the arrangement's lifespan.
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