Jai_Ganesha said:Something I don't think anybody has mentioned is that because Dahlias take so long to start blooming in the meantime you might consider Dahlia-flowered zinnias to provide blooms. Some of the bigger ones actually rival the Dahlias themselves and you have the first blooms 6 weeks after sowing seed. Then in August or whenever the Dahlias start blooming, just cut down or uproot the zinnias (or leave them alone).