Growing dahlias month by month episode 17: December
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How to store dahlia tubers over winter
Dahlias
Dahlias start flowering in July and will continue to flower until the first frost, so they have a very long flowering season.
Their flowers come in many sizes from the tiniest pompons to the giant dinner-plate varieties, there are several shapes, including the round ball shaped decorative varieties, the spiky cactus types, the delicately pretty waterlilies and the pin-cushion shaped anemones.
They come in every colour apart from blue, and there are dahlias that reach 9 feet / 3 metres tall, whilst others only reach 18 inches / 40 centimetres.
So there is a dahlia suitable for every garden, and they can even be grown in pots.
Geoff and Heather have been growing dahlias for many years and use the different shapes and sizes to help create a tiered effect in their garden in Cheshire. Together with salvias, fuchsias, and bedding plants they have managed to create a riot of summer colour.
Each September they open their garden to the public as part of the U.K. National Garden Scheme.
In this video, and the other videos in the series, they show you how they manage to do this, providing guidance on how to grow perfect dahlias.
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I have loved watching all of your episodes. The humor (I find myself laughing out loud at times) the beauty of all your hard work, and the bits of wisdom you share. I've learned a lot and had a really great time doing it. Thank you❣️
I've just come across your December episode at the end of November 2022 from the Niagara region in southern Ontario. I just grew my first dahlias this summer and what an incredible display of colour and blooms they provided. I didn't even know I could over winter them to use again in the spring until now - so I'm very excited to put mine to bed and follow your diary from the beginning in January 2023. Thanks for making this series - it was a wonderful idea. Something to look forward to for the new year.
Hope you do some more wonderful videos next year. Thank you for sharing your beautiful garden with us.
Thank you! Thank you for all the hard work, beauty, joy and humour you’ve added to this serious ol’ world of ours! Take care.
素敵なダリアでしたね🤗 💤🍠💤 また来年元気に咲いて下さい。💪🍠💨🌸🗾 Thank you💕🍀
Ultimate dahlia garden! Saw one of your garden tour videos years ago and have been growing dahlias ever since 😊
Loved a the videos this season, hope you're back next year thank you
I'm really sad that this is the last episode.. thank you so much for doing this for us geoff n heather.
Excellent video - brilliant demonstration. Here in Australia, I'm now waiting for our first frost so was pretty desperate for info on how to store the tubers. Really appreciate it - thank you!
Geoff and Heather, thank you so much for all the beauty and information. Can't way to meet you again in the next Dahlias season videos. Have a great Christmas and happy new year !
Thank you Jeff and Heather you inspired me 4 years ago to start growing dahlias and your info is very helpful. Love the videos. You have beautiful gardens
Fantastic vedio sharing 🥰
Geoff & Heather thanks you so much for producing the most informative and wonderful garden series ever. You have inspired me and I've even got some pot tubers going. Please keep us updated with future videos. Have a lovely Christmas & happy new year. Cheers from Sydney Australia. 🎅🍗🍗🍺👍
I love your dahlia videos! If I ever get across the "big pond", I would love to take a tour of your garden!
fantastic video, fantastic year! your dahlias were magnificent!
You both are an inspiration and an amazing source of knowledge - thank you so much and Merry Christmas .
A big thanks to you both for an inspirational series of videos. These videos gave me confidence to finally try Dahlias myself this year. Have a good Christmas and New year And I look forward to seeing further videos next year
Glorious display of dahlias in 2021 :). Thank you for inspiration! I am relatively new to growing dahlias and haven’t had much success as of yet. But I am reluctant to give up and I am finding some great information and tips how I can improve on growing these magnificent plants in my garden ❤️ If you could go through growing dahlias from seed as well in the new season this would be great 👍🏻
Grazie mille per questi fantastici video, coltivo dalie in Italia grazie a voi 2. Buon Natale!!! All’anno prossimo!
Thouroughly enjoyed ypur series of " how to" thank you for posting. Your garden looked awesome. Wishing you both a happy christmas and a prosperous new year.🎅🎅🎅
Thanks for the tips stay safe 🌈
Well done Geoff and Heather brilliant series, thank you. But Geoff, will you water the box again or will once be enough till next season?
@Dahliaholic
2 жыл бұрын
No, I won’t water them in fact I won’t look in the box until the spring. What the eye doesn’t see……….!
Thank you so much the last 3/4 episodes have been really helpful - How long does it take to trim all your tubers ?
@Dahliaholic
2 жыл бұрын
Hi Selina. I do them in sessions rather than all in one go, so I don’t get repetitive stress problems. Overall I did them over 10 days this year including a few days off.
Thanks for all the info I look forward to having great Dahlia next yr. Can you tell me what a pot tuber is? I must have missed that video
@Dahliaholic
2 жыл бұрын
Hi Dorothy. A pot tuber is a plant that was grown from a cutting (ie no tuber) and kept in a pot without letting it flower. It will make a small tuber which can be grown in the garden next year.
Geoff, what is the temperature range inside your greenhouse over the winter? I'm going to miss my monthly dahlia fix.
@Dahliaholic
2 жыл бұрын
Hi Dolly. The nighttime temperature is usually above zero centigrade, but in some parts of the winter it occasionally dips to minus 4 or 5. It rarely stays below zero in the daytime.