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While many people think dahlias are a pain to care for, the absolute joy of them when in full bloom makes them worth it. They are absolutely the star of the summer show in my opinion and that’s all down to the vast array of varieties available to us. So where does it start? Spring or Autumn? Spring when you’re ready to plant… perhaps you’re just received new tubers in the post or picked some up from your local garden centre …. Or Autumn when you’re considering whether you sho

At the moment, the dahlias are in storage — tucked up in crates and layered in wood shavings, waiting for their return to the soil. It might look like nothing is happening, but this stage is actually a really important part of the growing cycle. Once the first frosts blackened the foliage back in autumn, the tubers were lifted from the ground, dried off, and carefully stored somewhere cool and frost-free. Here in the North West, leaving them in the ground just isn’t worth the