Cold can kill dahlias left in the ground, so digging up the tubers and storing them for winter can ensure you'll have a ...

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 ...

Dahlias come in a huge variety of shapes, sizes, and colors. Learn about cutting dahlias, growing them, and caring for them. Dahlias, unlike many other summer bloomers, are not winter hardy in cold ...

From midsummer onward, dahlias often take the limelight in a garden – and deservedly so. Their vibrant colors and fabulous forms are nothing short of wondrous, and they make excellent cut flowers, too ...

The first week of October is a great time to replant, reinvent and restyle your porch and patio planters.

Propagating dahlias can be done through division, cuttings, or seeds. Division involves using tubers, clones of mother plants, to produce new blooms. Seeds result in genetically unique dahlias, ...

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 ...

In the Chicago area so far this year, there has been adequate rain to keep bluegrass lawns green and growing, and my home lawn is still looking healthy. Established bluegrass lawns need about an inch ...

Regular deadheading redirects energy back into the plant, encouraging continuous blooms and healthier roots. Use sharp, clean tools and remove spent blooms at the first set of leaves to avoid pests ...

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, ...