More dahlia growing tips below 👇🏼
* They’re grown from tubers that you plant in spring.
* You can also grow some smaller varieties from seed (I love doing this as you don’t know what colour you’re going to get!) these form tubers to keep for following years.
* Pinch out the growing tip when you’ve got a few pairs of leaves to encourage branching (lots more flowers!)
* Flowers during summer and autumn
* Great for cut flowers although in my opinion they don’t last long indoors, so I tend to appreciate them more in the garden
* The more you pick, the more you grow
* Suitable for borders and large containers
* Dinnerplate varieties can grow quite large! Think 90cm high and 60cm spread
* You can divide the tubers or take cuttings for more plants
* They need fertile, free-draining soil/compost
* They thrive in full sun
* Frost tender. Keep them indoors till all chance of frost has past!
* Attracts SO many bugs. Slugs, snails and earwigs are a BIG problem earlier in the year! Various ways to protect them, let me know if you’d like more info!
I’m pre warning you.. dahlia growing is a slippery slope into obsession 😂 There’s just so many to chose from!!
Varieties Lady Kate, Rawhide, Bishop of Canterbury, Burlesca, Tricolor and Great Silence from my @seedpantry monthly Grow Club subscription box (ad – gifted)
Who else is potting up dahlias now?! 😍
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5 Comments
Thank you francesca for sharing your tips 😊
I've done with with a clust of 3 tubers and it created a small tree looking dahlia 😂You used like 5 tubers so No telling how this will grow !?? Usually you just need 1 tuber to grow a plant though.
What is peat free compost?
Where u get from? Or do u sell?
hi do dahlia bulbs need to be kept under sunlight or shade to grow into a plant