Almost all of the dahlias that I have left in the ground to overwinter have broken ground and are growing quite happily. I was lazy this spring and only dug up 5 clumps to split. Will probably regret that decision next year.....

That is nice Dianne! I am attempting my first dahlias..but I am growing them in containers..patiently waiting.

Beautiful! Last year was my first time growing dahlias and I did them from seed. They formed tubers, which I left in the ground and now they are popping up all over the perennial garden, have no idea what they will look like, this is fun.

soilsandup said:Almost all of the dahlias that I have left in the ground to overwinter have broken ground and are growing quite happily. I was lazy this spring and only dug up 5 clumps to split. Will probably regret that decision next year.....

Maybe.....Maybe not! Keep us informed. I just got my first box from Swan Island Dahlias. I added them to my recomendations.

One of my three dahlias is slowly starting to show up...fingers crossed it will not be pummelled by the winds or if the rains do manage to show up here.

My Dahlia Robann Royal is waking up nicely..am like a mother hen watching it


Getting a bit antsy with the other two I have, nothing happening yet..

Some of mine were reluctant to grow and then quite a few sprouted at the same time. It must be an internal clock that doesn't always work with each tuber.

Oh that is so good to know Arlene! I was getting tempted to dig and just check what is going on in the other two containers..but will keep my hands away from it for now..

It happened one time to my other plant, not a Dahlia but a Eucomis, it was not showing anything, so I dug in and lifted the bulb a bit, and it just responded well after that, catching up with the summer bloom season.

Many of us are just too impatient! That includes me.

My impatience won against me..I dug the other two pots just to peek what is going on....happy to say, the tubers are growing woohoo! Maybe it is our crazy temps..that is why it is taking its sweet time. I exposed the slowly growing eye a bit..hope the plant does not mind.

I have not pulled my tubers from storage yet, but I am fairly sure I will have blooms in July:)

April has been unusually cold here in Michigan. A couple of years ago I planted dahlias ~ may 10th. This year I think I will wait until the end of May.

Young dahlia sprouts are candy to snails. This is one of the few circumstances in which I bait - otherwise, none of my dahlias will survive. Hope the rest of you do not have as much of a problem. Once they reach about 6-8 inches tall, they are big enough to survive the attacks.

Oh yes, I have put some baits on my containers...learned it the hard way on my orchid recently...those garden monsters ate one of the spikes.

What kind of baits?

Slug/snail bait.

You mean sluggo? I always used the Deadline but it is a liquid. I can spray the plants with ammonia. I found a slug tonight munching on a lily sprout!!!!! I grabbed my bottle and pulled the trigger. LOL.

Glad you caught the monster in time!