Their array of wonderful colors and flower shapes results in a spectacular display in the late summer garden, but to get the most from these plants, you’ll want to be confident about how to keep ...

Deadheading dahlias regularly is key to a long, vigorous blooming season. Fading blooms should be deadheaded as soon as the flower centers start opening. Making deep cuts when deadheading encourages a ...

Let’s face it: dahlia tubers or plants aren’t exactly cheap to buy, especially when purchasing in bulk. This growing season, for instance, I spent close to $120 for eight new dahlia plants. While ...

A key consideration when choosing the best types of dahlias is knowing they will last as long as possible. You need to make sure your favorites are up to the task of producing long-flowering displays.

Q I have Purple Gem and White Star dahlias blooming. When I cut the flowers, they die within a day or two. I have cut them with a short stem for single- and low-flower displays. Is this the problem? A ...

Propagating dahlias can be done through division, cuttings, or seeds. Division involves using tubers, clones of mother plants, to produce new blooms. Seeds result in genetically unique dahlias, ...

Whether you're growing dahlias in containers or planted a large patch of them in your garden, their gorgeous, stop-in-your-tracks blooms are sure to delight. To get as many dahlias as possible and ...

DAHLIA aficionado Pat Cunningham likes to say he has either 40 years of experience or one year of experience 40 times over. Either way, he has grown hundreds of varieties of the flower in his ...

What normally would be a colorful landscape in Loveland resident Cindy Sprague’s backyard has just a few pops of brightness. Sprague, who grows dahlias and is down to 150 from 170 plants, cites tall ...