After a successful dahlia season you might be wondering how to care for these plants so that they'll deliver another glorious show next year. If your instincts tell you to remove those precious tubers ...

Learn how to dig up, store, and save dahlia tubers so your flowers return year after year. An expert shares the best method for success.

Mulch tender perennials with fallen leaves. Excessive leaf cover on your grass (more than 20%) may smother grass and inhibit ...

In the Western Washington climate, you can gamble with dahlias and leave them in the ground over the winter. Cut the stems off at ground level then cover the soil (with the tubers still buried ...

Find out how to save your dahlias to re-plant year after year. These 6 easy-to-follow steps are essential if you want free ...

In most cases, in well-drained soil or raised beds, you can just mulch or lightly cover your dahlias in the fall after you cut the stems to the ground. But if you are a devoted dahlia grower, you will ...

The chill in the air signals another gardening season has come to an end. Before putting away the equipment for a winter rest, there are still a few chores. Now is the time to prepare tender bulbs and ...

DAHLIAS ARE GENEROUS, both with their bountiful blooms and with an ability to exponentially increase underground tubers, which are, of course, the source of future flowers. But first, we’ve got to get ...

The post When and How to Pot Up Your Dahlia Tubers is by Melissa Strauss and appeared first on Epic Gardening, the best urban gardening, hydroponic gardening, and aquaponic gardening blog. It's hard ...

Dahlias are prolific bloomers. If you’re lucky, you may still have a few flowers clinging onto their last petals before the ...

Dahlias are generally thought of as fall flowering plants in our area. When planted directly into the ground, they generally don’t hit their blooming stride until late summer. Dalia gardeners who want ...

It is the middle of September, almost equinox, and while we have had mid-30s temperatures, as of this writing there is no frost in sight. Still, methinks I am tempting fate, so here goes: what to do ...