Many growers will put the pot with the dahlia tuber in the ground because it is easier for them to lift it in the fall. It is best to put a stake near the tuber right away rather than try to put one in later and damage the roots or tubers.
The dahlia is a flower.
Dahlia store food in their tubers.
Dahlia.
The dahlia is Mexico's national plant.
You can buy them at garden centers, on the internet, or at Dahlia Society plant sales.
Yes dahlia flowers have both male and female organs.
A dahlia is a pretty flower and the Black Dahlia was a pretty woman who was murdered in a very gruesome way.
The scientific or taxonomic name would be Dahlia spp.
The scientific name is Dahlia or since the plant has been heavily hybridized, dahlia hortensis.
The scientific or taxonomic name would be Dahlia hortensis.
The leaves are slightly hairy.
You start dahlia in spring. They bloom in the summer and early fall.