The dahlia was declared the national flower of Mexico in 1963. The flower’s wide range of colors, sizes, and forms mirrors the vibrant and diverse nature of Mexico itself.

Dahlias come in every color except the elusive blue, and each year, Grant changes the varieties, adding about 10 new ones to his repertoire, including the Greater Philadelphia Dahlia Society's ...

Perhaps their happiness is why the flower comes in every color except blue. Their blooming period is fleeting–late spring and early summer–so you best learn how to plant them now.

The City of San Francisco, CA designated the dahlia as its official flower on October 4, 1926. Mexico, a country with over 30,000 native flowering plants, chose the simple Dahlia pinnata as its ...

Flower farmery Pretty Pickings is a self-proclaimed “dahlia heaven” that’s proliferated Robinson’s Belchertown home. She stores 60 tubs, each with hundreds of tubers, in her basement over ...

He puts a 30-11-11 mixture of nitrogen, phosphorus and calcium in the hole when he plants each dahlia, then after they bloom he adds 10-54-10. And oh, yes, these beauties are not hardy.

The American Dahlia Society estimates that there is anywhere from 18,000 to 20,000 dahlia varieties in cultivation at any one time. It’s that diversity that has long attracted Pearson to the flower.

Due to some quirk of nature, the versatile flowers never show up in that hue. "You can't get a blue rose, either," Bob Yeomans said. The Burwood man has been growing dahlias for 35 years, after ...

Cindy Sprague, past-president of the Colorado Dahlia Society and a dahlia grower for about 20 years, is preparing for the Colorado Dahlia Society show, set Sept. 7-8 at the Loveland Public Library.

Visitors to the town centre will also be able to enjoy three towering sunflowers, an impressive wildflower, and a striking electric-blue dahlia flower. Tickets for the 2024 Flower Show are ...