DAHLIAS are, in my opinion, an essential addition to any summer garden, but spring is the perfect time to make more plants for free. Dahlias have come in and out of fashion over the years, but there ...

Let’s face it: dahlia tubers or plants aren’t exactly cheap to buy, especially when purchasing in bulk. This growing season, for instance, I spent close to $120 for eight new dahlia plants. While ...

Propagating dahlias can be done through division, cuttings, or seeds. Division involves using tubers, clones of mother plants, to produce new blooms. Seeds result in genetically unique dahlias, ...

A gardening guru spoke to Express.co.uk about growing these gorgeous plants, native to Mexico and Central America. The plants are known for their colourful flowers, which range in colour and size, ...

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Grubbing around under your shrubs to have a good clear-out is not the most pleasurable gardening job right now, but it is an activity that can reveal a hidden bonus or two. Where their lowest-slung ...

Get your dahlia flower information here! Learn to grow dahlias, from choosing beautiful varieties to planting tubers to propagating flowers. Summer wouldn’t be summer without these lovely flowers, ...

When I was a child, my Uncle Bill used to keep his dahlia tubers underneath his brass bedstead in his terraced house right in the middle of ‘Bend it like Beckham’ territory. The giant gas container ...

In order to see this content you need to have both Javascript enabled and Flash installed. Visit BBC Webwise for full instructions Alys explains how one tuber can bulk up your summer border with ...

I was on one of my daily, government-mandated walks last summer when I first saw it. It was planted in a little bed next to a neighbour’s front door. I was so startled I stopped pushing the pram just ...