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 ...

Native to the mountains of Mexico and Central America, dahlias are known as one of gardening’s most rewarding flowers, and rightfully so—they produce an incredible rage of colors, sizes, and forms.

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.

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. — Dahlias are quickly becoming a favorite flower of Instagram, and for good reason: They're gorgeous! Dahlias come in lots of different shapes, sizes and colors, blooming from mid ...

Q: I bought dahlia bulbs and want to jump start them in peat pots. How soon do you think I should plant them? If we plant dahlias directly in the ground in May, they barely start blooming when fall ...

Staking helps protect tall or large-flowered dahlias from breakage and flopping over, especially after rain or strong wind. Installing stakes before or shortly after planting helps avoid damaging ...

Dahlias tubers that are stored indoors in winter are susceptible to getting dried out. But if that happens, there are ways to save them by adding moisture.

At a time of the year when many flowering annuals show the ravages of having endured a long, sometimes brutal, summer, dahlias are their most spectacular. Although they flower all season, the warm ...