It’s coming! It’s coming. The absolute best place to buy competition class dahlias is the Central States Dahlia Society at Chicago Botanic Gardens. I am not just saying that because I belong to the club and I’ll be there both days. These are plants that our members grew, either from their own tubers . . . → Read More: Central States Dahlia Society Sale May 2 – 3
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It’s hard to believe, but today is February 15th and I worked in my garden! In Chicagoland! In 60-degree weather! Every so often we are blessed with a winter day that isn’t frigid and ca-ching, I’m out there. This really works out since I’m the one who doesn’t do much garden clean-up . . . → Read More: Yes To Gardening In Chicagoland In February! Wow – I had so many beautiful dahlias to pick from today. I wanted 5 to give away tonight when I give a dahlia presentation. You will quickly see why the presentation is called “Living fireworks”. Here are the blooms I am going to share.
HollyHill Big Pink Ketchup and Mustard . . . → Read More: 5 Beautiful Dahlias Our tri-color mum from Costco was a WOW last year, so we were so excited to see Costco has them in again, and only $17.99. Here is how it looked last year, and we look forward to that again. We bought the new one last week, with high expectations once we saw . . . → Read More: Tri-color Mum From Costco – WOW Our Steve Meggos dahlia is the first to bloom and it’s a beauty. Of course, so many are beauties that we grow 65 plants. Wanna see lots and lots and lots of quality dahlias in bloom? Come to the National Dahlia Show at Chicago Botanic Gardens on September 20 and 21. You can . . . → Read More: Our Steve Meggos Dahlia Is The First To Bloom Don’t even get me started on invasive plants. There are way too many for my liking. But (isn’t there always a “but”), we all pick our poisons. In this case, I do not mean actual poisons so much as the two invasive plants I am willing to put up with. The two that . . . → Read More: The Only Invasive Plants I Allow In My Garden We’ve grow a lot of dahlias, and we have learned a lot during the 25 year trek. We have made it easier on ourselves, and by “ourselves”, I mostly mean Mike. Our 40 tubers will still make enough sprouts to create 200 plants to grow ourselves and to share. . . . → Read More: Lots Of Dahlia Sprouts The Easy Way Its time! Its time! The coming of spring sure brightens my spirits. It wasn’t even a tough winter, and its not even quite spring, but the sunshine and temperature made me feel like was spring one day last week. For those of us who garden, this is a much awaited time. For those . . . → Read More: Yay! Time For Spring Garden Tasks Yep, I got your attention with fast, easy, and cheap. After all, who doesn’t want Christmas guests to be impressed with your holiday decorating acumen even before they come in the house? I change the look of this planter every season, so that change really does have to be fast, easy, and . . . → Read More: Winter Planter – Fast, East, And Cheap Did you wait till the last minute to decorate your pumpkin? Looking for ideas? I’ve got ya covered. Here are my friend Ginny’s and mine. Here are a few prize winners from our neighborhood contest. Plus a few from an artist at the Sister Bay Library in Door County. . . . → Read More: Last Minute Pumpkin Decorating Ideas |
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