I noticed that not every one of you showed up for Mike’s presentation last night, but I’m still going to share some dahlia growing secrets with you. Sure, you could have learned more if you were at the Lake Zurich Garden Club meeting, or at Mike’s presentation at the Chicago Flower and Garden Show, but . . . → Read More: 10 Tips For Planting Dahlias
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Oh yes, we will have dahlias for sale. The big advantage to buying them at one of the sales is that you are getting a plant, not a tuber. This puts you way ahead of schedule compared to planting the tuber outside in mid-May. It’s the same concept as annual flats – sure you can . . . → Read More: Dahlia Sales Mike and I are both speaking at the Chicago Flower & Garden Show. I don’t know how exciting that is for you, but it is certainly exciting for us. The show is at Navy Pier, running from March 10th through 18th. My dear hubby is vice president of the Central States Dahlia Society. He grows . . . → Read More: Chicago Flower & Garden Show – Mike and I Are Speaking!! Days like today remind me that gardening, like so many ventures, is more about the ride than the results. Don’t get me wrong, I do love having a table full of dahlias to share, like these from a few weeks ago. And I love having this view as just one part of the vista we . . . → Read More: Enjoying November Gardening Tasks I hate to admit it, but next month at this time, my garden will be pretty much done for the year. So I’m not going to admit it. I’m going to be oblivious to reality and just enjoy that my garden still has beautiful flowers. Oh sure there are dahlias. With 100 plants that go . . . → Read More: The End Is Near On Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day Beautiful flowers for Shermin. Creative fun for me. Looks like a win-win. Shermin’s engagement party just happened to fall during prime dahlia season. You can see that I had no shortage of blooms for table arrangements. Yes, there was quite a palette to pick from. You can see here that we even grow dinner-plate . . . → Read More: Shermin’s Day Pink. Today I am doing pink. More like PINK than pink. On the 15th of each month, bloggers post on what’s blooming in their garden. I want to fully comply, but I’m just going to have to stick with one category, or this blog will go on for days. So pink it is. Our honeysuckle . . . → Read More: Pretty In Pink On Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day Carol promised you a gardening tip, and I get to deliver. Steve Meggos hosted a garden walk for a variety of garden clubs last night, including the Central States Dahlia Society. Steve is one of the best dahlia growers/hybridizers in the nation, while his brother Louis grows exemplary roses. What a talented family. Two of . . . → Read More: Beating The Japanese Beetle The time of dahlia anticipation has ended. The time of dahlia appreciation begins. Mike has about 100 dahlias in our garden. So many that they warrant their own Dahlia category on this site. The dahlia blooms you see here are just a promise of what is to come over the next few months. Mike . . . → Read More: Dahlia Bloom Season Begins Want this? Start with this: Or in our case, this: This preview brought to you at 7:30 AM by Carol, who promises that Mike or I will write more tonight! Transitioning, transitioning, transitioning… It is now 9 PM and it is Mike’s turn to make good on my promise of ‘more dahlia information tonight’. . . . → Read More: The Dahlia Garden In May |
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