Formal Decorative Dahlia 'Duet'

I bought Dahlia tubers to mix up the flower combinations in my walkway garden because I have never grown them. They say you can leave the...Read Morem in the ground over winter in my Zone (Zone 7). I have not had such luck thus dig them up when their leaves and blooms dye off which isn’t until the first frost. And with the climate changing that might not be until December in Maryland now a days. I spent last summer disappointed from leaving them over winter and they didn’t return, and so have learned if no leaf shoots don’t come up in May then there will be no Dahlias. This year I have replaced my Amethyst colored ones with Marble ones similar to the pictures above. I have dead headed the top of the stalk about 22” up and it exploded with more leaves and flower buds. The Dahlia hasn’t bloomed yet but I anticipate the blooms in mid- late August! I was leery about dead heading but it seems like a must do for Dahlia cultivators and I suggest watching tutorials on how to do it and trying it for your own Dahlias.

So far this is the only Dahlia that I have growing this year. I hope to add a few more as they seem to like it here even in our hot, hot ...Read Moresummer. I have had a couple of others in the past but don't remember their names.

I saw this beautiful flower at a nearby garden center and bought 2 plants. Transplanted them to 2 huge pots and set them in the garden.....Read More.I followed advice from DG and have enjoyed many blooms all summer long...our winters here are short in myrtle beach so i hope to enjoy the dahlias well into early november i hope. ive been watering every other day with success and dead heading the blooms has kept me with beautiful blooms.

I to got one of these in a mix, the rest were white and boring but this flower made it worth it, they are very easy to grow, only bad par...Read Moret is here in CT the tubers have to be lifted for winter, I have left them out in winter and had about half return, but thats no guarentee. potting is easiest and they easily survive the winter in a pot kept in a cool basement.