It’s finally time for us to announce the NEW 2023 DAHLIA INTRODUCTIONS from dahlia hybridizer Paul Bloomquist!! Each year, Triple Wren Farms has the honor and privilege of growing out many new dahlias from a growing list of hybridizers, and it’s THE BEST when new...
Sharing beauty
THROUGH DAHLIA EDUCATION
• the latest from Triple Wren •
Sharing beauty
THROUGH DAHLIA EDUCATION
• the latest from Triple Wren •
Pinch to Keep Dahlias Blooming Consistently
https://vimeo.com/730008379 We pinch our dahlias to achieve a consistent flow of blooms throughout the season. One of the biggest benefits of growing dahlias is their “cut & come again” trait, but this quality really only exhibits when young plants are properly...
How We Grow Dahlias from Seed
https://vimeo.com/711318190 We hybridize and save our own dahlia seed each year, then plant it the next season to develop new dahlias. (It looks a lot like zinnia seed, and it is planted in a similar way.) We start our seeds in late winter in the greenhouse, 1 seed...
Planting out seedlings for our hybridization projects
https://vimeo.com/711321061 When it’s time to plant out the first-year seedlings from our ongoing Dahlia Hybridization Project, we trench a 8” wide x 6” deep trough in our field for each row of babies. Then we take each 4” pot with its soil and 1 seedling, and plant...
Dahlias All Year at Triple Wren
https://vimeo.com/711306586 At Triple Wren, we work with dahlias 12 months out of the year. It’s an annual cycle for us and our team:Plant, Grow, Bloom, Frost, Dig, Wash, Divide, repeat.And it’s really a labor of love to multiply and share this beauty with our flower...
Planting Dahlia Tubers for Beginners
Are you new to planting dahlias? Let us show you how we do it at Triple Wren! Despite being a large scale grower, all our dahlias are lovingly prepared and planted by hand. This lets us keep our literal fingers on the pulse of our dahlias’ health and gives us the...
A Rainbow of Legacy Dahlias Still Available
Hello Flower Friends! Thank you to those of you who have already purchased dahlia tubers from our shop! We wanted to let you know that there are still Legacy dahlia tubers available in a rainbow of colors. Here are some of the beauties still available in our shop....
Dahlia Flower Forms
Did you know that dahlias come in at least 18 forms (plus micro sizes of almost all these forms)? Here are some of the most common forms: Informal decoratives (like Belle of Barmera) are lush and romantic, the pillowy stars of the dahlia show. Belle of Barmera...
Sunny Golden Yellow Bouquets
These beautiful golden honey dahlias are some of my very favorites, and some of the most cheerful blooms in our collection. They’ll all be available in our upcoming dahlia tuber sale! These are Valley Tawny, Golden Scepter, Hamari Gold, Crichton Honey, and Blyton’s...
Truly Better Together
Some things are truly better together, like these dahlias. We think Shiloh Noelle, Bloomquist Compare, Bloomquist Wonderful, Irish Speckles, Bloomquist Tori P, KA’s Cloud, Bloomquist Endlesession, and Bistro dahlias make an incredibly serene, beautiful combination in...
Sure as the Sun
We have sooo many dahlias already washed and tucked away for the winter (go Team Triple Wren!!), and we’re hitting an amazing time of year here at the farm where it rains all day and is windy beyond belief while we’re working in the fields… but then just before sunset...
Triple Wren Nursery Sale
Not only are we busy digging dahlias right now, but we’re tucking in our perennial beds for the winter too. We’ll love them through the PNW winter and then pop lots of these beauties into our Day-Before-Mother’s Day Sale next spring.✨ Did you know we have...
Give Me All the Coral Dahlias
I’m pulled to everything coral lately and I'm loving this composition of Myrtle’s Folly, Totally Tangerine, KA’s Boho Peach, Sierra Glow, Linda’s Baby, and KA’s Keltie Rose dahlias by Dani Winters. ????✨ We also made a comparison of our coral dinner plate dahlias for...
Adding to the Legacy: Vista Dahlias
This year we’re super excited to begin carrying dahlia tubers from Jean Heeringa - a lifetime veteran dahlia grower and hybridizer from right here in Whatcom County! If you visited our hybridizer Q+A tent at Triple Wren’s 2021 Dahlia Festival, you may have met Jean...
Preserving the Past, Defining the Future
Here at Triple Wren, we specialize in growing dahlias. The beauty and diversity of their blooms have captivated us. We truly enjoy both the rhythm of caring for their roots through the winter and growing their plants well in summer. We're delighted by propagating...
Deep Beauty
Bloomquist “Arise” is just one of the many new varieties we’ve been quietly adding to our online store as we finish cataloging and photographing all. the. dahlias. (Isn’t she pretty?! Visit our store to see what other treasures we’re popping in there! We’ll re-stock...