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Dahlia grower & educator | Specialty dahlias + tuber sales
Seasonal bouquets | Teaching growers how exceptional flowers are grown 🌱
📍 Nevada County, CA
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05/27/2026

It’s hard to believe these are all the same type of flower 🤍

These are ALL dahlias 🌸
Same flower. Completely different colors, sizes, textures, and forms.

And the best part? They’re surprisingly simple to grow.

Plant tubers after your last frost:
• 4–6 inches deep
• About 12 inches apart
• Full sun + well-draining soil

Then they bloom from summer until frost — and multiply year after year.

Once you grow dahlias, it’s hard to imagine a garden without them 🤍

Save this for dahlia planting season and send it to someone who would immediately become obsessed with these flowers. Follow for more beginner-friendly dahlia growing tips, seasonal flower inspiration, and future tuber sales.

05/27/2026

I am posting this video again without music due to the glitch during posting causing the music to be much louder than intended. I apologize for how difficult it was to actually hear the information I was trying to share. I will keep the original up as well due to the amount of people who still found it helpful and saved it. I appreciate you all 💚

Most beginner dahlia growers avoid pinching because it feels wrong to cut back a healthy plant you worked so hard to grow.

But this single step completely changes the structure of the plant.

Instead of producing one tall central stem with a single bloom, pinching activates the lateral shoots at each leaf junction — turning one stem into multiple future flowering stems.

This creates a bushier, stronger plant with more balanced growth, better wind resistance, less flopping, and significantly more flowers over the season.

I usually pinch once the plant reaches about 6–12 inches tall, leaving 3–4 leaf sets behind.

It feels aggressive the first time you do it… but once you see the difference in branching and flower production, you’ll never skip it again.

Experienced dahlia growers know this one step makes a huge difference in both plant structure and bloom production.

Save this for dahlia season so you remember where to pinch later. Follow for more practical dahlia growing education and flower-growing systems that actually make a difference in the garden.

05/26/2026

From overwhelming w**ds → ready-to-plant flower field 🌱

Silage tarping has become one of the most effective w**d-management systems I use on the farm.

Instead of tilling or constantly hand w**ding, I cover an area with an opaque silage tarp for several weeks to suppress existing growth and exhaust new w**d flushes before planting.

A few things I’ve learned:
• Watering before tarping helps speed the process because actively growing w**ds break down faster
• Warm weather works much faster than winter tarping
• Tough perennial w**ds — especially rhizomatous grasses — often need longer coverage, sometimes 8–12+ weeks
• The warmth and moisture underneath the tarp can trigger w**d seeds to germinate, then die without light

It’s not instant, but for reclaiming large w**dy areas with minimal soil disturbance, this method has been a game changer for me.

It also leaves the existing root structure in place to breakdown which helps microbe populations and gives back to your soil rather than taking from it.

Save this for future garden prep 🌱

05/25/2026

For those who find the music to be too distracting I apologize. There was a glitch during posting that I am not able to fix. I have reposted this video on my page without the music. I appreciate you all.

Most beginner dahlia growers avoid pinching because it feels wrong to cut back a healthy plant you worked so hard to grow.

But this single step completely changes the structure of the plant.

Instead of producing one tall central stem with a single bloom, pinching activates the lateral shoots at each leaf junction — turning one stem into multiple future flowering stems.

This creates a bushier, stronger plant with more balanced growth, better wind resistance, less flopping, and significantly more flowers over the season.

I usually pinch once the plant reaches about 6–12 inches tall, leaving 3–4 leaf sets behind.

It feels aggressive the first time you do it… but once you see the difference in branching and flower production, you’ll never skip it again.

Experienced dahlia growers know this one step makes a huge difference in both plant structure and bloom production.

Save this for dahlia season so you remember where to pinch later. Follow for more practical dahlia growing education and flower-growing systems that actually make a difference in the garden.

05/24/2026

When K.A. Cinder Rose stepped onto the scene, every dahlia lover seemed to add her to their wishlist. Even several seasons later, she still sells out quickly at many farms.

But the reality is that not every beautiful dahlia performs well in the garden.

K.A. Cinder Rose not only met my expectations — she exceeded them in areas where many other dahlias fall short for me.

This variety became wildly popular for a reason: the soft buttery neutrals, the romantic blush tones, the perfectly formed ball blooms. But what impressed me most was how well she performed in real garden conditions.

In my hot, dry climate, she never stalled during the heat, kept blooming consistently, and produced strong stems with excellent vase life all season long.

During peak summer, the blooms leaned more buttery yellow with a soft blush center. As temperatures cooled, the blush tones became even more pronounced and dreamy.

She’s one of those rare dahlias that works equally well for:
• cutting gardens
• bouquets
• landscaping
• wedding work
• collectors
• beginners wanting a reliable performer

If you’re building a dahlia wishlist for next season, this is one I’d absolutely save.

Follow along for more dahlia varieties that are both beautiful and worth the garden space.

05/23/2026

Some dahlias are beautiful.

Some completely change the atmosphere of a garden.

RM Raspberry Twinkle starts in soft raspberry tones, then slowly develops glowing golden tips as the blooms mature — almost like watching a sunset deepen over time.

It’s also one of the earliest dahlias to bloom for me, and the plants reached nearly 6 feet tall while continuing to produce all season long.

This is the kind of variety that makes a garden feel warm and layered without needing dozens of different colors competing for attention.

It’s dahlias like this that make me so excited to be a registered RM distributor for . I’m such a massive fan of Hailey’s breeding work and look forward to growing out more of her babies this season ✨

Saving this one for future garden plans is a good idea.

Follow for more dahlias that are actually worth garden space.

05/22/2026

Fall bouquets feel completely different when you stop relying on flowers alone.

The movement from ferns.
The depth from fading foliage.
The texture from seed pods, grasses, berries, and dried elements.
And dahlias tying everything together.

This bouquet used:
• Copper and cream-toned dahlias
• Lotus seed pods
• Nandina berries + foliage
• Purple fountain grass
• Dried yarrow
• Layered fall textures that make it feel wild, romantic, and expensive without feeling overly formal

If I were planning a fall wedding, this is exactly the direction I’d go.

Save this for fall wedding flower inspiration or future bouquet ideas 🍂

And follow along if you love dahlias, seasonal color palettes, and garden-inspired floral design.

05/20/2026

These are the dahlias I’d build a whole garden around.

The 8 dahlias featured in this reel:

• Hollyhill Daydream
• Missis Miley
• RM Raspberry Twinkle
• KA’s Cinder Rose
• RM Hannah Joe
• Rhubarb & Custard
• Bloomquist Mojo
• KA’s Penny Lane

These are the varieties that kept pulling me back in all season for color, bloom quality, and overall garden presence.

Some are soft and romantic. Some are dramatic. All of them stopped me in my tracks over and over again last summer.

Save this for next year’s tuber shopping.

Which one would immediately earn a spot in your garden?

Follow for more dahlia variety recommendations, growing strategy, and future tuber sale releases.



This common childhood wonder is actually one of the most powerful predators in the garden 🐞A few years ago, I came acros...
05/19/2026

This common childhood wonder is actually one of the most powerful predators in the garden 🐞

A few years ago, I came across a massive convergent ladybug swarm while hiking with my family in Northern California — thousands clustered across the forest floor in the middle of winter.

Still one of the most incredible things I’ve ever seen in nature. I’ve been lucky enough to see this a few times in my life, but this one I got to share with my children.

What most gardeners don’t realize is that ladybugs are more than a nostalgic garden favorite. They’re part of a much larger ecosystem at work.

Both adults and larvae feed on soft-bodied pests like:
• aphids
• spider mites
• whiteflies
• scale insects

And the larvae — the tiny spiky “alligator-looking” stage most people overlook — are often the most aggressive predators of all.

In my own garden, especially with dahlias, I still use targeted organic controls when necessary because viral pressure and pest management matter. But long-term garden health comes from creating conditions that support balance, diversity, and predator populations over time.

A few plants I consistently notice attracting beneficial insects:
🌿 Feverfew
🌿 Dill
🌿 Fennel
🌿 Alyssum
🌿 Yarrow
🌿 Coreopsis

And if you’ve ever purchased ladybugs only to watch them disappear, it’s usually because they were released without enough food, moisture, or habitat to encourage them to stay.

The healthiest gardens aren’t sterile.
They’re alive.

Save this if you’re trying to build a more resilient flower garden ecosystem 🐞

And tell me — have you ever seen a ladybug swarm like this before?



05/17/2026

One mistake can kill your dahlia cuttings overnight…

If your plants have been growing indoors, in a greenhouse, or under protection, they usually can’t go straight into full sun + wind without stress.

That “transition week” is called hardening off — and it’s one of the biggest differences between plants that stall out or die before the season begins… and plants that explode with growth once they are planted out.

A few days of gradual outdoor exposure can make a huge difference in:
• leaf burn
• transplant shock
• plant mortality
• slowed growth
• overall vigor

Healthy starts = stronger plants = better tubers later too.

Most gardening success honestly comes down to small systems like this that people rarely talk about.

Save this so you remember before planting season gets busy 🌱

Follow for practical dahlia growing tips, propagation, and behind-the-scenes flower farming.

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