Moor Place
Moor Place
Moor Place is a tiny, jewel-dark pompon with the coloring of mulberry wine. Her tightly rolled petals form precise little globes in deep purple, wine, and burgundy, bringing rich color and beautiful repetition to bouquets without competing with larger focal flowers. At under two inches across, she is small in scale but wonderfully saturated.
🌱 2027 Grow-Out
Moor Place will arrive at Hedge & Alchemy in Spring 2027 and will be grown here for the first time that season. She will not be offered in our 2027 tuber sale.
🕯️ History & Preservation
Moor Place is an English heirloom from the mid-1950s, bred by Alan Newnham and commonly listed as a 1955 introduction. Nearly seventy years later, she remains in cultivation and is still grown for both cutting and the show bench. Cultivars with this kind of longevity are exactly why I want to keep older dahlias growing, dividing, and moving into future gardens rather than letting them fade into old catalogs.
📋 Cultivar Notes
- Breeder / Hybridizer: Alan Newnham
- Year of Introduction: 1955
- Origin: England, UK
- Form: Pompon (P)
- ADS Classification Number: 6209 (Pompon / Purple)
- ADS Color: PR28
- Bloom Size: Under 2 inches
- Color: Deep purple to wine-burgundy
- Cut Flower Status: Excellent. Her petite scale, prolific flowering, sturdy stems, and dark coloring make her a beautiful accent flower for arrangements.
- Show & Exhibition Flower Status: Yes. Moor Place has a long history as a British show-bench pompon and remains recommended by dahlia societies for exhibition growing.
🌱 Growing Notes
- Bloom: Tiny, tightly rolled pompons under 2 inches across in deep mulberry-purple to burgundy.
- Plant Height & Habit: Generally around 3 feet tall, with an upright habit and sturdy stems.
- Growing Notes: A prolific producer whose diminutive blooms are especially useful for adding dark color, rhythm, and texture between larger dahlias.
- Tuber Yield: To be tracked during our 2027 grow-out.