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Dahlias are native to Mexico and South America, and they have a long and intriguing history of capturing the heart of people around the world.
How To Choose The Best Dahlias For Your Garden
Dahlia flowers with their picture-perfect blooms are taking the gardening world by storm. Dahlia flowers turn into glowing orbs of color when the sun shines through the petals and make amazing cut flowers. Learn more about how to design with these wonderful plants and which are best for your garden.
Dahlias make excellent cut flowers and add fast-growing color to beds, borders, and containers. Brighten up the garden with these easy-to-grow yellow flowers.
Yellow Dahlias
Grow sunshine in your summer garden! Famous for their voluminous flowers in various forms, Dahlias grow to full size in one season, blooming brilliantly in late summer and fall. Wonderful cut flowers and add bold color to your garden design.
Whether you’re growing a cut flower garden, or you simply want the most beautiful display in your garden, Dahlias are famous for their blooms. The great news is that cutting Dahlia flowers will actually encourage more flowering!
Tips For Growing The Best Dahlia Flowers
Whether you’re growing a cut flower garden, or you simply want the most beautiful display in your garden -we have tips on pinching back, deadheading or disbudding, fertilizing and so much more. If you’re hoping to have a productive season to get as many stems as you can or the largest flowers prossible, we can help you learn how.
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How to Grow Begonias
Begonias add effortless color in shade gardens, under trees, and in containers on porches and patios. In general, you'll find a warm color palette of yellow, red, orange, pink, and white flowers. Begonia plants are typically under 1 foot tall, with loads of colorful flowers up to 4 inches wide. Begonias are generally hardy in zones 9 & 10, and in colder zones (2 - 8), they can be grown as annuals and overwintered indoors to grow year after year.
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How to Grow Calla Lilies
Callas hail from the warmer, wetter regions of South Africa. They need warm soil and regular watering to thrive. These tender bulbs are only winter hardy to zone 8, so they can be treated as annuals in colder climates or brought inside over the winter. Follow our guide for helpful tips for growing these beautiful summer-blooming bulbs.
Dahlias are native to Mexico and South America, and they have a long history of capturing the heart of people around the world. 
We hope our broad selection of Dahlias will captivate you, too!
Dahlia Flower Types
Over the centuries, plant breeders have developed thousands of variations of these beautiful blooms. Dahlias are generally classified by the diameter of their blooms, the style of their petals, and the overall shape of their flower heads. Learn more about Ball, Dinnerplate, Anemone and many more types of Dahlias.
Dahlias make excellent cut flowers and add fast-growing color to beds, borders, and containers. Brighten up the garden with these easy-to-grow white flowers.
White Dahlias
Famous for their voluminous flowers in various forms, Dahlias grow to full size in one season, blooming brilliantly in late summer and fall. Wonderful cut flowers and add bold color to your garden design.
Dahlias make excellent cut flowers and add fast-growing color to beds, borders, and containers. Brighten up the garden with these easy-to-grow pink flowers.
Pink Dahlias
Famous for their voluminous flowers in various forms, Dahlias grow to full size in one season, blooming brilliantly in late summer and fall. Wonderful cut flowers and add bold color to your garden design.
Dahlias make excellent cut flowers and add fast-growing color to beds, borders, and containers. Brighten up the garden with these easy-to-grow purple and lavender flowers.
Purple Dahlias
Famous for their voluminous flowers in various forms, Dahlias grow to full size in one season, blooming brilliantly in late summer and fall. Wonderful cut flowers and add bold color to your garden design.
Dahlias make excellent cut flowers and add fast-growing color to beds, borders, and containers. Brighten up the garden with these easy-to-grow red flowers and burgundy.
Red Dahlias
Decadent blooms from deep burgundy to ruby red! Famous for their voluminous flowers in various forms, Dahlias grow to full size in one season, blooming brilliantly in late summer and fall. Wonderful cut flowers and add bold color to your garden design.
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Dahlias make excellent cut flowers and add fast-growing color to beds, borders, and containers. Brighten up the garden with these easy-to-grow orange flowers.
Orange Dahlias
Grow beautiful blooms with sunset-inspired hues! Famous for their voluminous flowers in various forms, Dahlias grow to full size in one season, blooming brilliantly in late summer and fall. Wonderful cut flowers and add bold color to your garden design.
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How to Grow Calla Lilies
Callas hail from the warmer, wetter regions of South Africa. They need warm soil and regular watering to thrive. These tender bulbs are only winter hardy to zone 8, so they can be treated as annuals in colder climates or brought inside over the winter. Follow our guide for helpful tips for growing these beautiful summer-blooming bulbs.
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How To Grow Elephant Ears
Elephant ears are warm-weather plants. Some will survive in-ground over the winter in zones as cold as 6, while others need to be dug up and stored for the winter unless planted in a zone 9 garden. It always pays to check the cold hardiness information about the variety you’ve purchased. Bulbs can grow to be large, so if you can leave them in the ground, do. Click the link to learn more about these amazing tropical plants.
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How to Grow Lilies
Breathtaking in an arrangement and eye-popping in the garden, lilies are one of the easiest and most versatile flowers available to the gardener. This guide covers: When & Where to Plant Lilies How to Lilies Throughout the Season End of Season Care Favorite Companion Plants for Lilies
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How to Grow Canna Lilies
Cannas, with their big, brightly hued flowers and banana tree leaves, look like they spring straight from the tropics, but there are actually several species native to the United States. Rainbow-colored leaves and/or nonstop blooms of Cannas add ambience to poolside plantings and brilliant splashes to home gardens.