When I think of a flower I could never be without in my cutting patch, it would undoubtedly be dahlias. There are so many wonderful varieties of these magnificent flowers, some that form perfectly symmetrical pom pom spheres, and other, single petal varieties with glorious dark foliage.
There are a few handy tips to successful dahlia growing. These include deadheading spent flowers during the growing season to prolong flowering, as well as overwintering dahlias and storing the tubers properly to replant them the following spring. And, another very useful trick to ensure you get more blooms for your buck from these summer-flowering favorites is to pinch out their growing tips.
