Dahlias are hungry plants. These much-adored summer stalwarts are the primary givers in my yard come July and August, but in addition to water and soil they need one essential thing in order to reach ...

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 ...

Everybody loves dahlias! They certainly have a way of capturing the imagination. With their colorful petals and unique shapes, dahlia flowers come in a variety of shades, such as red, pink, yellow, ...

Dahlias will flower from now until the first frost in autumn. I have grown dahlias for many years, and they are very hard to beat for producing such a large number of flowers. A few dahlia tubers ...

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 ...

Dahlias come in various colors, shapes, and sizes making them easy to include in any garden, container, and bouquet. Grow them in their own dedicated space, mix them with other flowers, or plant a few ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI - Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, in partnership with the West Michigan Dahlia Society, is inviting the community this weekend to discover various flower forms blooming with ...

Staking dahlias, or "tying them in", means tying the plants to canes to give them support as they grow in the garden. Dahlias flower in the middle of summer, producing their famously large and lush ...

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 ...

Some gardeners pride themselves on growing dahlia blossoms as big as dinner plates. I prefer my flowers much smaller. Monster flowers look unnatural to me. Luckily, there are dahlias that fit every ...

Dahlias are one of the most admired plants in the garden. But the most common question I'm asked when someone sees them is, "What are those flowers?" "Showy" is a good adjective to describe dahlias.