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Your Dahlia Tubers Live in the Box, Not the Basement

Your Dahlia Tubers Live in the Box, Not the Basement

The conditions inside a storage box can be quite different from the room around it. Every autumn, dahlia growers become amateur meteorologists, watching the basement, the garage, and the cellar... Read More

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How to Grow Better Dahlia Tubers Before You Dig

While dahlia season reaches its peak in late summer and fall, the real work for next year’s garden happens underground. What you do in these final weeks of growth can...

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How to Make Cut Dahlias Last Longer

Dahlias are generous flowers, but they appreciate a little care after cutting. Once separated from the plant, a dahlia must rely on the water it can draw through its stem...

How to Grow Strong Dahlia Stems for Beautiful Flowers

How to Grow Strong Dahlia Stems for Beautiful Flowers

When people think about growing better dahlias, they usually think about the flowers. We think about the stems. During the growing season, while everyone is waiting for the flowers, we...

Staking Dahlias: Why Loose Ties Grow Stronger Plants

Staking Dahlias: Why Loose Ties Grow Stronger Plants

One of the first things everyone warns you about when you start growing dahlias is their floppy stems — especially the dinner plate varieties. Every book and article seems to...

Does Wildfire Smoke Harm Flowers? A Gardener's Guide

Does Wildfire Smoke Harm Flowers? A Gardener's Guide

For several days, the sky over the Hudson Valley has looked unfamiliar. The sunlight has been muted, the horizon obscured, and the air quality has at times reached levels considered...

Why Plants Thrive One Year and Struggle the Next

Why Plants Thrive One Year and Struggle the Next

One of the mysteries of gardening is that success doesn't always repeat itself. A dahlia that was covered with flowers last year seems less vigorous this summer. A perennial you've...

What Your Dahlia Tuber Is Doing Before It Emerges

What Your Dahlia Tuber Is Doing Before It Emerges

You planted your dahlias. Now comes the waiting. Every spring, gardeners find themselves looking at bare soil and wondering whether anything is happening beneath the surface. After a few weeks,...

Peonies, Frost and the Return of Beauty

Peonies, Frost and the Return of Beauty

There is something a little curious about the way peonies behave in the cultural imagination. They are treated as the aristocrats of the garden—luxurious, fleeting, extravagant—yet almost no one talks...