I grew dahlias from seeds this year for fun. Extremely easy. Some of them have already developed tubers in the small pot. They are very happy in my new follower bed. Ideal as cut flowers.
ooooo, lovely colours @BettyWales - new varieties to me. Well done on the over-wintering.
Several neighbours put their pots straight in the shed after frosting and look them out again in April and nobody lost any tubers. For small dahlias it might be the easiest method there is. I do it with begonias too.
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I like how dahlias get a 'mallen streak' sometimes. This is the feminist Rip City.
Dahlia Soulman. I have three of these plants which I left in the ground and all have come up nice and bushy. Dahlia Sarah Raven. I lifted this and it is in a large pot with another larger dahlia that I also lifted but forgot to label, so I await its first flower with interest! No idea what this dahlia is - what arrived what not what I ordered. I quite like it though as the colour echoes the apples which are getting bigger by the day. (Blenheim Orange). Again three of them all kept in the ground and nice and bushy.
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Dahlia - Mr Frans
I took these photos, but forgotten to look up their names in the labels.
Dahlia Soulman. I have three of these plants which I left in the ground and all have come up nice and bushy.
Dahlia Sarah Raven. I lifted this and it is in a large pot with another larger dahlia that I also lifted but forgot to label, so I await its first flower with interest!
No idea what this dahlia is - what arrived what not what I ordered. I quite like it though as the colour echoes the apples which are getting bigger by the day. (Blenheim Orange). Again three of them all kept in the ground and nice and bushy.