Reports made by Francisco Hernandez of his seven-year quest to Mexico, accompanied by companion Francisco Dominguez’s drawings, are among the earliest accounts of dahlias. The pair, who made the ...

It's easy to fall in love with dahlias. Their massive flower heads are visual dynamite in a fall garden—and they look just as beautiful in a vase after you cut and arrange them. Dahlias are grown from ...

Gardeners who prize dahlias, cannas and gladiolus are faced with a choice: buy new every year, or dig them up, store them ...

Rindge farmers Craig and Megan Jensen scrambled to adapt to pandemic conditions at Sun Moon Farm this spring while interest and sales exploded. As they readied vegetable seedlings in greenhouses and ...

I’ve become a huge fan of dahlias this past summer. My husband’s aunt and uncle are expert dahlia growers and they introduced us to these delightful flowers. They gave us five tubers to try our hands ...

Staking helps protect tall or large-flowered dahlias from breakage and flopping over, especially after rain or strong wind. Installing stakes before or shortly after planting helps avoid damaging ...

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A dahlia farmer explains how to correct common growing mistakes and get the most from your plant before it's too late. Dahlias are having a moment, with more and more gardeners embracing them for ...

The dahlia is one of the most spectacular of blooming plants now found in gardens across the world. These herbaceous perennial plants belong to the genus Dahlia and are indigenous to the highlands of ...

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 ...

I was on one of my daily, government-mandated walks last summer when I first saw it. It was planted in a little bed next to a neighbour’s front door. I was so startled I stopped pushing the pram just ...