It’s time to order your dahlia tubers and dream about warm summer days full of vivid colour. There’s plenty of choice, because they’re riding high in the plant fashion stakes, and deservedly so. After ...

They are great for colourful borders and fantastic in a vase. Sarah Raven chooses her top 20 dahlias to order now Dahlias add a shot of vibrant colour to borders Is there anyone out there who still ...

Frank Campise carries a pearl-handled pen knife in his pocket. With a quick flick, he flips it open to cut diminutive dahlia stems in his Arlington Heights front yard, poking orange, pink, purple and ...

For those who love dahlias, Cindy Sprague’s home garden is paradise — spheres of brightly colored petals rise above the forest of leggy stems. The Loveland resident, who has 180 dahlias in her back ...

Called after the storybook bear of the same name, this collerette-type dahlia has jaunty red and golden flowers and is a favourite of Irish champion dahlia grower Christopher White. Height 100cm.

‘I never use less than five, seven or nine of one variety, so if you lose one or two, the display is still good enough to hold its own’ This year, they may also be in short supply, because one major ...