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Emily Smith

Monty Don shares an unexpected step for making your dahlias bigger and bushier

Picture of pink dahlia flowers with cut out of monty don overlaid.

Getting busy out in the garden this weekend? You might want to add this surprising yet helpful job to your list when tending to your dahlias.

Knowing how to grow dahlias is incredibly rewarding; they offer colourful, impressive blooms, and if looked after right, their tubers can allow them to come back stronger each year. And whilst learning how to overwinter dahlias is crucial for their surivival overwinter, there are things you can do in the spring and summer to get the most out of the plant too.

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