I’ve always loved Dahlias. They are beautiful flowers and they come in many different sizes and styles. Over the years I’ve grown everything from Dinner Plate Dahlias to Cactus Dahlias like the one pictured above. I think I like the cactus dahlias best.
I actually hadn’t grown Dahlias for about two years until this past summer. I’d forgotten to buy bulbs and the few that I’d left in the ground had finally died out. (They do occasionally overwinter in the ground here in Toronto, but not always). That reminds me, I’d better go outside later today and dig up my Dahlia bulbs or else I’ll have to remember to buy more next year! Might as well save some money and try to keep the bulbs in the basement, right?
Do you grow Dahlias? What kind?
I love Dahlias, too and bought some rhizomes earlier this year, but never got them planted. The local Jackson Perkins outlet had them on sale for $1 per package (depending on the bulbs you chose, that could be anywhere from 1 to 6 and I think the Dahlias were in 3’s).
Hopefully they didn’t die in the packages and I can plant them next Spring…