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Spartacus is a rich dark red dahlia, but Steve Meggos has bred yellow, lavender, orange, white and bicolored flowers with it. Meggos, who has been growing the big, exotic blooms for 30 years, has come ...

The motivation for today’s column is the 2024 annual Dahlia Show, presented by the Monterey Bay Dahlia Society. The column presents an overview of this plant’s annual cycle. Details on the 2024 Dahlia ...

Dahlias are a beautiful addition to summer gardens. Grown from tuberous roots planted in the spring, dahlia blooms come in a near endless array of colors and forms. From spiky-petaled cactus-types to ...

This column contains a string of motives. First, it’s about a very popular group of garden plants: Dahlias. Many gardeners find dahlias very appealing, along with roses, irises, succulents and ...

DAHLIA aficionado Pat Cunningham likes to say he has either 40 years of experience or one year of experience 40 times over. Either way, he has grown hundreds of varieties of the flower in his ...

Let’s face it: dahlia tubers or plants aren’t exactly cheap to buy, especially when purchasing in bulk. This growing season, for instance, I spent close to $120 for eight new dahlia plants. While ...

While I know Rochester is home to some tried-and-true dahlia lovers (hence the Rochester Dahlia Society), some home gardeners are less familiar with this exquisite flowering plant. The big, bushy ...

Researchers at the California Academy of Sciences have unveiled a list 138 new animal, plant and fungi species that have been added to the Library of Life. What's on the list? Some of the new species ...

Frank Campise carries a pearl-handled pen knife in his pocket. With a quick flick, he flips it open to cut diminutive dahlia stems in his Arlington Heights front yard, poking orange, pink, purple and ...

Researchers at the California Academy of Sciences have unveiled a list of all the new animal, plant and fungi species that they added to the Library of Life in 2024. The new species include a pygmy ...