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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 Kelvin Floodlight . . . → Read More: 5 Beautiful Dahlias 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 even . . . → Read More: Our Steve Meggos Dahlia Is The First To Bloom 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. Nothing says you . . . → Read More: Lots Of Dahlia Sprouts The Easy Way This year was definitely a competition for the dahlia in our yard that bloomed the most. There were a lot of contenders. As you can see, we did not lack for blooms this year. If you grew dahlias and they were less than magnificent, worry not. Some years are good and some aren’t. For . . . → Read More: Which Dahlia Bloomed The Most? 
Yes! Its time for our dahlias to take center stage. I spoke for the Potawatomie Garden Club in St. Charles and made 6 vases of dahlias to share with them. Finally, I am out in my garden with the preverbal basket gathering blooms. Of course, later in the day, it was back to . . . → Read More: A Tisket, A Tasket, A Dahlia Filled Basket It’s inevitable – we are bound to buy more dahlias. Yay! Mike will grow 200 plants from our 30 tubers and plant 75 in our yard. You would think that would be enough. But no, I was on the internet today buying more tubers. I used Dahlia Addict to find sellers of Belle of . . . → Read More: More Dahlias I have an two easy answers for those of you looking to buy dahlias. My first choice to get dahlias for your garden is to buy established plants at the Chicago Botanic Gardens when Central States Dahlia Society has their sale. You get plants that our members have grown, tried and true. Plus . . . → Read More: Looking To Buy Dahlias? Wow – we have so many dahlia blooms this year. As usual, Mike planted about 70 dahlias. They performed! I took a lot of pictures earlier this week since we had cut a lot of blooms for the presentations we were doing for Downers Grove and Bloomingdale. From left to right we have Drummer . . . → Read More: So Many Dahlias! 
Central States Dahlia Society just put out a great list of pests that attack dahlias, and more importantly, how to get rid of said pests. We’re talking about bugs, deer, and rabbits. Looking for more good info on dahlias, or a club near Chicagoland to give you tips and tricks to grow dahlias? See . . . → Read More: How to Get Rid of Bugs (and Deer and Rabbits) That Attack Dahlias and Other Garden Plants What do you do when you have too many dahlias? Yes, I know it’s hard to believe there is such a thing. My usual outlets for selling Mike’s dahlias are the Elk Grove Garden Club sale and speaking engagements at garden clubs. None of that has happened since this whole COVID thing started, but . . . → Read More: Dahlia Sale Raises $305 for COVID Relief |
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