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 ...

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, ...

You know it’s showtime when umbrellas are shading dahlias in the garden. Umbrellas protect the American tuberous-rooted plants so their blooms don’t fade in the hot sun or get damaged by heavy rain.

These long-stemmed dahlias have a good start because they were harvested in the cool of the morning and tucked directly into a bucket with a few inches of water. How can I grow flower stems long ...

Dahlias will continue blooming longer if you spend a few minutes on this easy maintenance task. Whether you're growing dahlias in containers or planted a large patch of them in your garden, their ...

In the Western Washington climate, you can gamble with dahlias and leave them in the ground over the winter. Cut the stems off at ground level then cover the soil (with the tubers still buried ...