Specialty Gardening: Cottage Garden Seed Swap and Chat #42, 0 by Hemophobic

Hemophobic wrote:
Charleen: You asked if you should dig the tubers. I leave mine in the ground here in zone 7a and they do fine. I do mulch them, but they always come back. Even the ones I planted in Asheville make it through the winter and everyone there said I'd have to dig them and store over the winter. Well, I'm a lazy gardener and if a plant can't make it on its own in the ground, it's history. I don't coddle things!

That said, you have some lovely dahlias. I tried dahlias from seeds this year for the first time ever and wow, were they ever great! They're Unwin's Dwarfs, but don't let the name fool you. Those babies grew to 18-24" and bloomed like mad all summer long. I'm going to utilize them lots more in my borders next year.

Here's one:

This message was edited Oct 20, 2009 9:28 PM