A time has arrived when many gardeners visit garden centers to buy new plants. Garden centers are a place where you can exchange opinions and experiences, talk to interesting people, and finally choose and buy a plant. I really love going to the garden center.
I must say, I grow dahlias every year, but over the years they become smaller and less beautiful. They say this is a characteristic of dahlias, that the roots gradually lose their ability to produce large flowers.
Growing dahlias is not difficult, but storing them over winter until spring is more difficult. I've tried storing them in wax, dry peat, and moss. In the spring, I have no confidence that last year's dahlias survived, and I usually prefer to buy something new for the garden.
I especially like pom-pom dahlias. They have such beautiful, dense blooms on long stems. I also like them cut, arranged in a vase. The round, dense flowers match well with delphiniums and cosmos.
As a result of my visit to the garden center, I bought several pom-pon dahlia roots in different colors. I will grow them in a pot before planting in the garden in June.
Do you love dahlias and how do you store them before planting them in the garden? Perhaps you'd prefer to buy already blooming dahlias at a garden center?
P.S. All photos of dahlias in this post were taken by me at the Munich Botanical Garden.