Growing Dahlia: Tips at a Glance
Dahlias put on a colorful show in the late summer and early fall with flower shapes that range from dinner plates to powder puffs. Dig up rhizomes and store in a cool, dark place during winter.
- Type Garden flower
- Lifespan Tender perennial
- USDA Zones 8-10
- Light Full sun
- Water Twice weekly
- When to Plant June
- Design Tip Statement flower
- Other Uses Cut flowers
- Peak Bloom Summer and fall
Dahlia: A Field Guide
Dahlias get all the attention. Don’t fight it. With flowers that range in shape from dinner plates to powder puffs and bloom in gemstone hues of red, pink, orange, yellow, and purple, dahlias were born for center stage.
Discovered by early Spanish explorers in warm South American climes, dahlias will not survive cold winters. Dig up tubers and store them in straw in a cellar or garage; replant after the last frost date. Does this sound like too much trouble? If so, you have not looked closely enough at a dahlia. Among Dahlia’s 42 species and countless cultivars, some favorites: ruffly purple and white ‘Edinburgh’; spiky golden ‘Glorie of Noordwijk’, and velvety dark red ‘Chat Noir’. Plus a hundred others.
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