I love dahlias. I like the small annual bedding kind you get in flates in the spring too and sometimes I plant some of those. But the ones I really love are those giant flowering types, especially the cactus flowered ones and the dinner plate types. Now you would think that having said that I love dahlias you might see lots of them growing around in my garden. Sadly, that is not true. I am lucky if I have any dahlias in my yard. In fact, last year I really didn't have any dahlias in my yard, having gotten mad at my lack of abality to grow them well.
I have been trying for years but mostly the tubers don't grow. Well, some grow but I am lucky if I get half of them to start growing. Then when they do start, the darn slugs chew up some of those. So I end up with a dahlia plant here or there instead of what I had in mind. Not good.
So I would love to know what the secret of success is to grow great dahlias. I sure do need help. I haven't even bought any dahlia tubers this year. I was looking at the tubers at the local nursery but left them because I was still thinking whats the use?
