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Hello from a dahlia grower and propagator! If you live in the Chicagoland area, it may be time to start growing the new lineup for your 2011 dahlia garden. This time of the year is reserved for those of us who propagate dahlias, sometimes turning 1 tuber into 10 or 15 plants. If you don’t . . . → Read More: Dahlia Time – Wake up Sleepyheads Here it is. Our main dahlia garden in February … Oops, my mistake. Here it is. Our main dahlia garden in February … . . . → Read More: The Dahlia Garden In February Yes! An article by Mike… Apparently the Queen of Hearts from Alice in Wonderland was a dahlia grower, and she knew what to do with dahlias after the first hard frost. The day after the first hard frost hit, I went out and cut the stalks of all the dahlias. I left about 6 . . . → Read More: Off With Their Heads! This weekly series on what looks great in my garden on Wednesday really will have more variety as time goes on. For now though, the Dahlias are at their finest and I just have to give them their due. Here is a look at the main Dahlia garden, looking ever-so-full of flowers. It is now . . . → Read More: OhWhatA Wednesday – It Has STILL Got To Be The Dahlias Last week was the first installment of ‘OhWhatA Wednesday’. Today is the second installment. This series may be short with winter coming, still, the intent will be to let you know what looks good in my yard each Wednesday. I wrote a posting on Dahlias just a few days ago. You might want to look . . . → Read More: OhWhatA Wednesday – It has got to be Dahlias This is our main Dahlia garden. Mike has about 70 Dahlias here, and another 30 in the auxiliary garden. To say that we’ve got Dahlias would be an understatement. At the beginning on October, the Dahlia garden is in its final glory. Each of the many flowers is screaming for deserved attention. The heat of . . . → Read More: October In The Dahlia Garden This is the time of year that the Dahlias are prime. But you probably guessed that looking at the lovely picture of today’s picks. Mike probably has 100 plants, and they bloom from mid-July to frost. It wasn’t always like this. Some 10 years ago, we ran into Frank Campise at Friendship Gardens. Frank was . . . → Read More: It’s Dahlia time! |
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