Dahlias are remarkably easy plants to grow once you get to know them. One of the…
Dahlias
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How to grow dahlias organically from seed and save your own dahlia seeds
In the past I’ve grown mountains of dahlia cultivars but over the last two years I’ve…
How to support dahlias for borders, pots and cutting
I’ve often written that in some ways growing dahlias well is the easiest thing in the…
National Dahlia Society Annual Show 2018, RHS Wisley
Is it just me or are there fewer yellow dahlias at the National Dahlia Society Annual…
Video of giant dahlia ‘Emory Paul’
One of the first dahlias we grew was ‘Emory Paul’ and it’s come back every year…
Why I just chopped off every single dahlia flower
Oh no! What have I done?! Just as my dahlia trial beds on my allotment were…
50 Dahlia photos from my garden and allotment
As you may have heard, I love Dahlias (see more Dahlia posts here), they rock my…
DAHLIAGEDDON
It’s mid-November and some of our Dahlias in the garden are still flowering, just. This follows…
NGS September Open Day – #DahliaFest
Chris and I have been huge fans of the National Garden Scheme (NGS) charity for a…
National Dahlia Society Annual Show 2017 at RHS Wisley
It’s been three years since I first set eyes on a dinner plate Dahlia at the…
Our first NGS open day: a weather miracle, cake and allotment cut flowers
Opening our garden to the public to raise money for the National Garden Scheme (NGS) was…
Why I’ve fallen for cut flowers
I used to be a foliage boy. I’ve changed (well, a bit). In the past I saw…
Having fun with shade and sun
Down the side of our Victorian maisonette is a narrow alley way. It’s where I started…
Dahlia experiment: cultivars put to the test!
In late 2013 I discovered Dahlias. As unbelievable as that might sound to gardeners who have grown…
National Dahlia Society Annual Show 2015 & RHS Dahlia Trials
I returned to the National Dahlia Society’s Annual Show today after being totally gobsmacked last year. Though…
10 favourite plants of 2014
It’s the last day of 2014 and I’ve been really interested in plants this year (no…
25 Photos of interesting autumn sightings (and what I thought at the time)
Here are 25 things I spotted in September and October that I thought were beautiful for all…
National Dahlia Society Annual Show 2014 at RHS Wisley
It’s not often something knocks my socks off and genuinely makes me say “wow” out loud but then…