This summer we grew out thousands of our own tissue culture rooted dahlia cuttings so that we could compare varieties grown from cuttings with varieties grown from tubers. Here’s what we found:????The varieties that were grown from cuttings flowered before the tuber grown dahlias.????The cuttings-grown plants were just as vigorous as the tuber-grown plants.????Both types […]
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Did you know that the American Dahlia Society (ADS) has created 10 color groups + 5 color blends to categorize dahlias? Dahlias bloom in such an incredible spectrum of colors! Because of the amazing genetic diversity contained in the DNA of these glorious plants, hybrid seed crosses can produce every color except blue and the
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Did you know that dahlias come in at least 20 forms (plus “micro” forms of most?)? Because of the amazing genetic diversity contained in the DNA of these glorious plants, hybrid seed crosses can produce a vast array of different-looking blooms. These forms can show up in many different sizes, too. Here are photos of
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Have you ever made a dahlia flat lay (aka “flatlay” according to Cambridge Dictionary, but I usually stick with two words here)? It’s easy to do with your extra blooms or “deadheads.” Your flowers don’t even need to look great on the back for this project! They just need beautiful fronts and they need to
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It might seem early, but this summer is actually the perfect time to begin preparing next year’s cut flower garden. You may still be in the dreaming phase of growing dahlias, or you may be planning to expand your dahlia patch. You may even be considering growing in a different spot next year, if you’re
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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 ability to curate our
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Good healthy soil was one of the main things we considered when we purchased our farm, because a foundation of soil health is essential for growing healthy food, flowers… and, of course, especially dahlias! ???? So today we want to talk about the 4 most important things for cultivating healthy soil in your home garden.
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It’s the first year of our exciting new Novice Hybridizer Program! We designed this program to help growers overcome the biggest barriers to sharing their dahlia creations with the world, and we are so pleased to introduce to you today the 8 dahlias beginning their journey here at Triple Wren. Each of these new hybrids started just
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Let’s compare dahlia rooted cuttings with dahlia tubers. ???? + ???? 1. Both are clones of their mother. 2. Both have roots. (This tuber clump has fully formed storage roots. Cuttings have a younger, fibrous feeder roots.) 3. Both bloom bountifully the first year they’re planted. (The rooted cutting will often bloom first.)4. Both produce a tuber clump
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Of course weather, air and soil temperature, and soil nutrition can also affect bloom color, but I believe the number of hours of daylight your plants receive is the *strongest factor* that contributes to color ???? change within a season. Dahlia plants begin blooming in mid-to-late summer as we move towards autumn and days get
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