But when cold weather arrives, new dahlia growers may wonder whether to dig them up or leave them in the ground. The answer ...

Whatever method you choose, keep the tubers in a cool, dark place. An unheated basement or heated garage usually works.

Dahlias are cold hardy in USDA Plant Hardiness Zones 8 and warmer. In these zones, dahlias can survive the winter in the ground and regrow again in the spring. A thick layer of mulch will protect them ...

Dahlias come in a wide assortment of sizes, shapes and colors. When provided with good growing conditions they will bloom ...

I’ve always adored dahlias – in other people’s gardens. As much as their cheerful appearance intrigued me, there was something about the planting, staking, digging up and storing-over-winter routine ...

It is a yearly ritual for me to photograph Amy Krut’s dahlia garden at the end of the season. We became friends on Facebook, and after seeing just about every inch of her landscape filled with the ...

Retired school superintendent and educator Judy Stallworth believes that teachers never stop learning. So in May 2012, she was delighted to receive a box of dahlia tubers from a neighbor. “I’d never ...

For most of his 100 years, William Wolkoff did not have a green thumb. That is until he turned 79. Since then, the great-grandfather of six has been known as the founder of the largest dahlia garden ...

FALL COLORS: At Bullington Gardens' Dahlia Daze and Wine & Dahlias events, guests can enjoy the vivid colors of about 600 dahlias, plants that deliver their peak blooms each fall after most other ...

Twelve umbrellas went up in the backyard of Lenny Nicolosi’s house earlier this month, but it wasn’t because of rain. The 70-year-old Bay Shore resident was preparing for yet another series of annual ...