11/02/2026
Dahlias - how to lessen the load?
This year pulling up Dahlia‘s includes sanitizing snips between each plant. In the blue bucket there’s two small buckets one with 10% bleach the other with water. Once they’ve been soaked and the clean ones go in the black bucket. It’s been so easy to keep track.
My favorite Dahlia last year was Bar and Katie. She was in full sun and got to be 5 to 6 feet tall. This year I planted 18 in a shady spot and the poor little things. Produced but nowhere near like the year before in full sun. Lesson learned! Happiness is pulling up each clump and finding beautiful structure and plenty of tubers for 2027.
Dusty Miller and my mints for Filler are going to go in their shadier spot.
Tip: extra large silicone gloves over top of gardening gloves just amazing at keeping the water off and so much warmer.
