Dahlia Figaro Field Grown Mix Seeds

Grow compact, mounded Figaro dahlias with a bright mixture of 100% semi-double and fully double flowers for sunny beds and containers. Choose 25 or 1,000 raw seeds for a colourful first-season display.

Ready to grow compact Figaro dahlias? Follow our step-by-step South African seed-grown Dahlia Grow Guide for Figaro Field Grown Mix for 4 mm sowing, warm germination, transplanting and regional care.

Quick Grow Facts

• Plant type: Tender, seed-grown bedding dahlia; grown as a warm-season annual, but selected plants can form tubers for frost-free storage
• Scientific name: Dahlia × hybrida
• Series: PanAmerican Seed Figaro™ Original Field Grown Mixture / current Figaro Mixture
• Seed form: Raw; current variants contain 25 or 1,000 seeds
• Sow time: Packet: spring / summer; start in trays 6–8 weeks before the safe planting date
• Position: Full sun; light afternoon protection is useful in extreme reflected heat
• Sow depth: Packet: 4 mm; cover with fine seedling mix or vermiculite
• Germination warmth: Exact breeder: 20–23°C
• Germination: Packet: 7–14 days; exact controlled breeder reference: 3–7 days from 50% to maximum germination
• Moisture: Keep evenly moist through emergence, never waterlogged; give bright light and more air immediately after emergence
• Transplant: Pot on at 1–2 true-leaf pairs; harden for 7–10 days; plant after frost when nights and soil are mild
• Spacing: Packet: 30 × 30 cm; exact breeder range: 25–36 cm
• Size and growth form: Mounded, upright; 36–46 cm high × 25–30 cm wide
• Pinching and support: Routine pinching and staking are not needed for compact bedding plants; pinch once only if a young plant is lanky
• Flower outcome: 100% semi-double and fully double mixed blooms; breeder-controlled schedule is 4–5 plug weeks plus 5–6 finish weeks

Growing Notes

Sow one raw seed per clean module, cover to the packet's 4 mm, and hold the medium at 20–23°C. Keep it evenly moist but aerated. Move emerged seedlings into strong light immediately so they stay compact. Plant at the same depth as the plug into fertile, free-draining soil after frost. Water at soil level in dry weather, mulch the root zone, avoid high-nitrogen feeding and deadhead to extend flowering.

Seed-grown, not a named tuber clone: Figaro is a selected seed mixture, so individual plants still vary. Save a favourite plant's first-season tubers if you want to reproduce that exact plant next season.

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