Dahlias, with their mesmerizing blooms, can be easily grown at home with proper planning. Selecting strong tubers, preparing ...

Dahlia Hill Society of Midland, at the corner of Main Street and Orchard Drive, plants 3000 tubers annually, with over 300 unique varieties.

There is a wide variety of dahlias to fit any garden niche. Start tubers in pots indoors now to encourage early flower production.

Dahlia blooms come in many sizes, shapes, and colors. These container garden dahlias were cut back and overwintered in an insulated garage and then set back out in the early summer for another ...

Retired school superintendent and educator Judy Stallworth believes that teachers never stop learning. So in May 2012, she was delighted to receive a box of dahlia tubers from a neighbor. “I’d never ...

Q • I stored some dahlia tubers inside over the winter. When should I plant them in the garden?

SOCIAL DISTANCE: When planting multiple dahlia tubers, it's best to keep them about 12-18 inches apart, as dahlias get quite large. Photo courtesy of HummingBlooms Flower Farm Hi there neighbors ...

Dahlia tubers started in pots during mid-March will produce plants that flower much sooner than those planted directly into the garden.

Since dahlia tubers are temperature sensitive and only survive as far north as USDA zone 8, cold-climate gardeners are the ones who need to dig up the tubers and overwinter them.

Dahlia tubers differ a little from the others because they are only mature enough to dig up if they have eyes sprouting on the tubers.

Q. I have trouble storing my dahlia tubers over winter. They seem to dry rot and I lose more than half. I have tried dry beach sand, saw dust, wrapping in newspapers and also misting them during ...