Spartacus is a rich dark red dahlia, but Steve Meggos has bred yellow, lavender, orange, white and bicolored flowers with it. Meggos, who has been growing the big, exotic blooms for 30 years, has come ...

Modern versions of the dahlias, whose ancestral origin emerged in the wild in Mexico and Central America, enjoyed widespread popularity in Europe long before they became an important part of the ...

The motivation for today’s column is the 2024 annual Dahlia Show, presented by the Monterey Bay Dahlia Society. The column presents an overview of this plant’s annual cycle. Details on the 2024 Dahlia ...

As a longtime dahlia enthusiast and grower, I’ve always been captivated by the different feelings that dahlias can evoke. From the sense of calm exuded by white dahlias to the cheerful disposition of ...

Brian Killingsworth, the man that Hendersonville’s Bullington Gardens calls their Dahlia Guru, first resolved to grow these blooms while stationed in Germany and serving in the U.S. Army. “While out ...

It was a sad day in May of 1988 when Dr. Charles Mayo, a whale biologist living in Provincetown, Mass., planted his first dahlia. Dr. Mayo (known as Stormy to his friends) had just returned from the ...

Dahlias Aren’t Just Pretty—Here’s the Powerful Meaning They Hold originally appeared on Dengarden. As a longtime dahlia enthusiast and grower, I’ve always been captivated by the different feelings ...