Overwintering is a great way of protecting your plants from frost and wet weather, and it's especially crucial for more ...

Dahlias are cold hardy in USDA Plant Hardiness Zones 8 and warmer. In these zones, dahlias can survive the winter in the ground and regrow again in the spring. A thick layer of mulch will protect them ...

Dahlias don’t hibernate neatly; they either shrivel or turn to soup when winter storage goes wrong. The line between sleep ...

Learning how to store dahlia tubers for winter is simple and a great task to add to your list of autumn gardening jobs. Growing dahlias rewards gardeners with an array of fabulous colors and forms in ...

Q: I have a question about storing dahlias over winter. They did well this year and multiplied greatly. I have buckets of sand ready to store them in, but am wondering how much dirt to remove from the ...

Q: I want to keep my potted dahlias for next year. Do I have to uproot them by frost, or can I just bring the pot inside instead? A: I would uproot them. I would not recommend bringing them inside ...

Whatever method you choose, keep the tubers in a cool, dark place. An unheated basement or heated garage usually works.

Dahlia tuber clumps wait to go into storage after being dug up from the ground. The necks and roots have been trimmed and the dirt has been brushed off. The tuber varieties have been labeled with a ...

If you can’t get enough of growing dahlias in your garden but don’t want to buy new tubers every spring, the good news is that dahlia tubers can last for years under the right storage conditions.

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