One of the easiest ways to know when your dahlias are ready to lift is to look at the color of the foliage. When the stem and ...
Cooler temperatures are here, so if you are considering garden maintenance, you might be wondering if you can leave dahlias ...
Dahlia plants were originally a foraged food source and used as a water-carrying device thanks to their hollow stems. Today, they are primarily grown as a cut flower and used in weddings and bouquets.
The hard frost on my hilltop country garden has put an end to the season of dahlias. Cut the blackened part of the dahlia for compost leaving a couple of inches of the stalk. Carefully lift the tubers ...
New plants can be expensive and it's easy to grow your own from cuttings. All you need to do is trick the dahlia tuber into making new shoots in late winter. These can be snipped off and are so ...
particularly the equatorial plants like dahlias. “This will extend their flowering season and squeeze the last bloom from them. “Spent dahlia flowers can be tricky to differentiate from ...