WHEN TO PLANT DINNERPLATE DAHLIAS AND WHERE TO BUY DINNERPLATE DAHLIAS?
As spring approaches, now is the time to order your dinnerplate dahlias to ensure spring delivery and best color selection. Dinnerplate dahlias are tender perennials that need to be planted in early to mid spring depending on your USDA hardiness zone, or as soon as your last frost is past.
All dahlias make attractive garden and cut flowers, but the dinnerplate dahlias are by far the most stunning and dramatic! Dinnerplate dahlias produce large 8 inch to 12 inch sized flowers that come in a wide range of colors and petal patterns. Here are a few of our top selling dinnerplate dahlias:
Mystery Day Dahlia Thomas Edison Dahlia Bridgeview Aloha Dahlia
Dahlias that are grown from seeds will not grow true to type. Dahlias tubers, even named varieties, are so reasonable to purchase that you can either treat your dahlias as annuals and discard them in the fall or you can choose to dig and save the roots each year. Dahlias will normally bloom from midsummer until frost.
Dahlias are extremely easy to grow and prefer full sun and a rich, well-drained soil. Large-flowering dinnerplate dahlias should be spaced 3 to 4 feet apart and planted approximately 4 inches deep. Dinnerplate dahlias will need staked as they grow to prevent the
heavy bloom heads from flopping. We recommend placing a 6 foot tall bamboo stake 18 inches deep next to the dahlia tuber when you plant. This will ensure that the stake is in the proper place and will prevent any damage to the tuber by trying to insert a stake at a later time. To keep dahlias dahlias growing and blooming all summer long simply provide ample water and fertilize every 4 weeks with Down To Earth Rose & Flower Mix 4-8-4 at 5 lbs. per 100 square ft. Pinch out the tips of the main stems three weeks after planting to produce strong, bushy plants. Harvest regularly for cut flowers or take off the faded blooms during the summer months to encourage continuous blooming.
The most common pests for dahlias are aphids, spider mites, leafhoppers and thrips. Growing plants with organically enriched, healthy soil and with sustainable gardening methods prevents most pests and diseases from being a problem. Remember: Feed the soil; not the plant. Grow organic! If pests do persist, especially earwigs which always tend to attack our dahlias, an application of Sluggo Plus (an organic solution) will do the job. To learn more about organic gardening solutions, read our prior blog:ORGANIC SOLUTIONS: NOW YOU CAN CONTROL SLUGS AND EARWIGS IN THE GARDEN AT THE SAME TIME!
Dinnerplate dahlias not only extend the bloom season of perennials, they are also great cut flowers. Spice up your garden by planting a mix of summer flowering bulbs such as hardy oriental lilies, gladiolus and garden peonies with your dahlias.
All dahlias make attractive garden and cut flowers, but the dinnerplate dahlias are by far the most stunning and dramatic! Dinnerplate dahlias produce large 8 inch to 12 inch sized flowers that come in a wide range of colors and petal patterns. Here are a few of our top selling dinnerplate dahlias:
Mystery Day Dahlia Thomas Edison Dahlia Bridgeview Aloha Dahlia
Dahlias are extremely easy to grow and prefer full sun and a rich, well-drained soil. Large-flowering dinnerplate dahlias should be spaced 3 to 4 feet apart and planted approximately 4 inches deep. Dinnerplate dahlias will need staked as they grow to prevent the
The most common pests for dahlias are aphids, spider mites, leafhoppers and thrips. Growing plants with organically enriched, healthy soil and with sustainable gardening methods prevents most pests and diseases from being a problem. Remember: Feed the soil; not the plant. Grow organic! If pests do persist, especially earwigs which always tend to attack our dahlias, an application of Sluggo Plus (an organic solution) will do the job. To learn more about organic gardening solutions, read our prior blog:ORGANIC SOLUTIONS: NOW YOU CAN CONTROL SLUGS AND EARWIGS IN THE GARDEN AT THE SAME TIME!
Dinnerplate dahlias not only extend the bloom season of perennials, they are also great cut flowers. Spice up your garden by planting a mix of summer flowering bulbs such as hardy oriental lilies, gladiolus and garden peonies with your dahlias.
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