Overwintering is a great way of protecting your plants from frost and wet weather, and it's especially crucial for more ...

Deadhead spent blooms weekly by cutting stems back to the main branch to encourage bigger, better flowers. Water deeply once or twice a week and feed with a low-nitrogen, high-phosphorus fertilizer to ...

Topping and disbudding are simple maintenance tasks that can greatly benefit your dahlias. Proper topping can make your dahlias fuller and bushier. Disbudding can help your dahlias produce bigger, ...

For common tall garden varietals, pinch dahlias when the plant reaches around 12 inches and has four pairs of leaves. “Stopping” dahlias involves cutting off the top of the main growing stem to ...

Dahlias come in a wealth of shapes, sizes, and colors, they are hugely-popular plants that provide a real pop of drama to any backyard bed or border. They are also susceptible to many fungal problems, ...

Editor’s note: This is the second of three Grow stories on summer dahlias. Please see this link for the first installment. DAHLIAS ARE THE queen of the summer ...

A couple of weeks ago, I was fortunate to visit the spectacular dahlia gardens on Enders Island in Mystic. For those unfamiliar with this retreat, an 11-acre seaside estate was donated to the Society ...

Garden designer Ish shared how doing one simple task in September can help dahlias blooming big and healthy flowers until the winter months. A gardening expert has shared some helpful tips for ...

The big question is when to dig your dahlia tubers. The answer is after a good frost. The plants should be left in the ground ...