Anyone who grows dahlias can save dahlia seeds, but experienced growers tend to develop their unique methods for saving and collecting dahlia seeds. Their specific methods yield the fantastic results we see in their hybrids over and over. There are several ways to influence the results of hybridization, and since dahlias have way more chromosomes […]
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Dahlias grow tuber each summer to multiply themselves, but did you know that dahlias also make seeds? In fact, every dahlia you love was grown from a seed and discovered by a hybridizer. If you’d like to learn more about seeds, you’re in the right place. We’ve gathered up all of our best resources about
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Did you know that after your dahlia blooms fade, seed pods can form? If your flowers are well-pollinated, after the pods turn dry and papery, you can harvest lovely seeds to plant next spring. Each one will be a unique, hybrid dahlia, often looking nothing like its “mother.” If you feel your seed pods won’t
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Every single dahlia you love was once a seedling in a hopeful gardener’s dahlia patch. Dahlias are really rewarding to grow from seed. They’re easy to start, they bloom within a few weeks, and if you keep them harvested, they’ll bloom their sweet little heads off all summer long for you. But dahlias grown from
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Will these seeds grow flowers that look like the dahlias that produced the seed? Answer: No, not usually! Dahlias have 8 sets of chromosomes, which means they have some marvelous genetic diversity. The seeds from one “mother” seed pod might make flowers which all look dramatically different from each other depending on their pollen “fathers.”
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We focus on dahlias here at Triple Wren, but did you know we also grow about 100 other cut flower varieties? For the past several years we’ve been selecting and perfecting our own “TWF Antiques” zinnia mix, and I have to say it gets better every year. We save seed from the best plants each
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