Category: Dahlias

I’ve gathered 25 dahlia varieties that can fill your late summer garden with flower colors, shapes, and sizes for every style of planting. From huge dinnerplate blooms to neat pompons and spiky...

Dahlias come in many flower types, from neat ball and pompon blooms to spiky cactus forms and wide decorative flowers. I’ll help you tell dahlia types apart so you can choose blooms that suit your...

Quick Tip: I recommend Kelvin Floodlight, Emory Paul, and Café au Lait when you want dinner plate dahlias with huge blooms for borders and cut flowers. I love these dahlias because they create...

I divide dahlias by cutting a clean clump into pieces that each have a firm tuber, a visible eye, and part of the crown. Quick Tip: I make each division count by keeping one healthy eye with every...

You can propagate dahlias from cuttings by rooting healthy young shoots from a mother tuber in moist growing mix. I use this method to make more plants while keeping the same flower color and...

You can grow dahlias from seed by starting seeds indoors, caring for young plants, and moving them outside after frost. I like this method because each plant can bring a new mix of dahlia flowers,...