We’re super excited to announce that Triple Wren Farms has officially expanded into Canada! This year, Steve and Sarah are beginning to build what we hope will become a truly beautiful, thriving Canadian flower business that will eventually bring all our amazing varieties to gardens all over Canada. New Canadian Website In winter 2025, our […]
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We’ve talked a lot about storing dahlia tubers over the years, and that’s because it’s one of the hardest parts to figure out when growing dahlias. Some of you live in warm climates and don’t always have to worry about digging/overwintering your tubers, but for those of you who need to dig and store your
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This video is from October 2022, and while we’ve improved our method of pollinating and collecting seed so that now the number of “keeper” dahlias we grow is much higher, this still gives you a good look at our methods for growing and harvesting tubers from seedlings! Each year we plant a few thousand dahlia
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Every year we get lots of questions about storing dahlia tubers from new dahlia growers and experienced gardeners who have had trouble storing their dahlias over the winter. Here are answers to some of our most frequently asked digging and storing questions. Do I have to dig and store my tubers? Can I just leave them in the ground?
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Are you new to digging dahlias? Or just need a refresher because it’s been a whole year since the last time you dug up your tubers? Follow along as we dig up the precious tuber clumps of Bloomquist Wild. Make a Plan It’s easy to get mixed up after you start digging everything, so go
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The lower sections of our field were nipped by frost earlier last week, so we’re going to start digging dahlias this week. It’s hard to believe this season is almost over! We dig our tubers each fall so that we can preserve them from freezing, wet conditions outdoors and so that we can assess their
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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 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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At Triple Wren, we plant about 50,000 dahlia plants in the ground each year. Despite our long rows and larger scale production, we still plant every tuber and rooted cutting by hand. We also check every plant for pest damage and disease on a two-week rotation throughout the season. We weed manually and monitor for
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Here’s how to take care of your dahlias in the early summer before they bloom, but after they’ve started growing.
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