Just Getting into Gardening? Grow Some Dahlias!
For a minimal outlay, you can buy enough dahlia tubers for a glorious garden display. Newcomers to...

Can't Wait to Start Dahlia Season? Check Your Soil
Light, loamy, well-drained soil is the ideal medium for raising beautiful, healthy...

It's Time for a Winter Check on Your Dahlia Tubers
A healthy dahlia tuber, undivided, after several months of storage Your dahlia tubers,...

It's Still Winter, But Spring and Dahlias Will Come
Ice-coated limbs eventually overloaded and broke in the ice storm. Winter hit the Pacific...

Dahlia CUPCAKES! These blossoms know no season
Sarah MacIntosh created these dahlia cookies in typical dahlia colors. What do dahlia growers do...

Dahlias Make Great Holiday Gifts
Colorful "Ringo" should ring anyone's bells as a holiday gift. Dahlia tubers make great Christmas...

Dividing Dahlias: Separate Tubers Any Time Now
Evé looks over a tuber mass, recently dug and rinsed. In most parts of the country, frost has put...

Dahlias Show Off in Bavarian Gardens
Dahlias form a municipal planting in Peiting, on Bavaria's famous Romantic Road. Once they...

Conversations with McClaren: Grow Your Dahlias Organically
Bill McClaren grows his dahlias organically. This is the third in a series of conversations about...

Conversations with McClaren: Hybridizing Dahlias Offers Gratification in a Single Season
Dahlia hybridizer Bill McClaren This is the second in a series of conversations about...

Conversations with McClaren: Growers Search for the Perfect Dahlia
Bill McClaren This is the first in a series of Lynch Creek Farm staff conversations with dahlia...

Storing Dahlia Tubers Requires the Right Conditions
A Lynch Creek Farm staffer prepares tubers for storage. Whether you store your dahlia tubers...

Don't Dig Those Dahlias Till Foliage Dies Back
When an informal decorative dahlia shows its center, it means it's closing down its blooming...

Want Dahlia Progeny? Like Games of Chance? Try Saving Seeds
A dahlia bud, left, and maturing seedpod, right This time of year, as the season moves toward its...

The End of Dahlia Season: Three Options for Growers
For most dahlia growers, the season's still at its peak. Dahlia flowers are showing off in glorious...

Dahlia Flowers for Winter? Try Drying Them Now
In the fall, after a summer blessed with dahlia flowers, it's hard to think of going...

Bees and Birds and Bugs and Yes, Even Snakes Benefit Your Dahlias
We've talked a lot about pests in the dahlia garden. But there are lots of critters you might...

Fall Color: Find It in the Dahlia Garden, and Bring It Indoors!
Fall's a wonderful time to bring garden color indoors. Cooler evenings and mornings and shorter...

Farmers' Markets Great This Time of Year
Whether you're looking for fresh produce, cut flowers (dahlia bouquets are fabulous!), woodcraft or...

Brilliant Dahlia Bouquets Brighten Farmers Market
Head down the south row at the Olympia Farmers Market and Lynch Creek Farm's display of dahlia...

Dahlia Fields Are Drop-Dead Gorgeous
All over the country, people are complaining about the weather. Mostly it's the heat, but in...

Some Hints for Showing Dahlias Successfully
Over the years, dahlia shows have reflected popular taste. Early exhibitions featured new forms and...

Show Off Your Beautiful Dahlias at Fairs and Shows
August and September are fair and flower-show times in much of the country. If you planted dahlia...

Lynch Creek's Back at Olympia Farmer's Market!
A week ahead of schedule, too! Despite providing flowers for half a dozen weddings last weekend,...

Lynch Creek Dahlia Tubers Due Online August 1
As you read this, the dahlia growers at Lynch Creek Farm are making their summer estimate of how...