Staking dahlias

Deborah Stone of Stone Hollow Farmstead reveals her secrets to growing dahlias—plus, the one mistake beginners always make.

Beautiful, colorful dahlias continue to bloom at my Bedford, New York farm. Dahlias begin to bloom with great profusion just as many summer plants pass their prime, and they last right up until the first frost. My all-dahlia garden was planted in a large bed behind my vegetable greenhouse and we saw our first dahlias

After your dahlias grow to around 12 inches tall, it’s time to start offering them some support. There are many different ways to do this, but the most common methods are staking and corralling. What is the difference and how do I decide which method to use? Staking Staking involves using a stake for every […]

We plant dahlias in a double row, 12” apart in both directions. We used to use four t-posts and baling twine to make a box around our dahlias. We’d put two t-posts every 20 or 25 feet down our 200 foot rows and then we’d use baling twine starting at 12 inches off the ground […]

Dahlia Society of Victoria - Staking and Supporting

Here are the best garden stakes for plants that need support but making your own from these steel rods is easy and cheaper.

By creating a cut flower garden at home you can have the luxury of creating bouquets to take inside … and to enjoy them even when you’re not strolling through the garden.

Dahlias are the quintessential flower. Whether growing in the garden, cut for a vase on the table, or in a flower farmer’s fields to be used in weddings, bouquets and installations, they are quite possibly the most popular and more demanded flower these days. It used to be that dahlias were relega

Quality dahlias grown in Washington State. We sell single dahlia tubers and dahlia bulbs that are true to name, guaranteed to grow and are free from viruses and diseases.