A Gardeners Forum Forums Gardening Reference Gardening in 2006 Dead heading dahlias.

Can anyone one advise me if you are supposed to dead head dahlias? I was not sure and did not want to start doing it if not necessary. Any help on this would be appreciated. Thanks....

I've always done it. Even just for asthetic purposes.

Me, too.
Looks so much better.

I've always deadheaded until early fall then I leave a few to mature for the seeds. Deadheading keeps the plant looking pretty all season. :-)

Rosie, have you had luck growing them from seed you've saved? Do they bloom first year? Sorry to hijack...

My mother-in-law has the most lovely dahlias. She is constantly taking off extra buds... she makes it so there is only one flower blooming... and wow! what a flower!!! She is actually a member of a dahlia society or something! I remember her saying that if you restrict the plant to producing only one flower at a time all the energy goes into that one flower and it is SPECTACULAR.
~Muskrat

John, I've had really good luck with starting them from seed. I don't grow the large ones, however...just the small, Dahlia Rigoletto Mix. I got the original seeds from Park or Burpee several years ago. They are great front of the border plants in lots of spectacular colors.

Thank you for the good info about Dahlia's. I wondered about removing some of the buds and now I will try it. Pansey from Virginia

Tulsa rose

Has it correct......i agree 100%.


dodge

My dearest friend is Edna Comstock, for years a famous breeder of dahlias.
The Edna C. dahlia is named for her. Bred by her husband.
With dahlia seed, you won't know what color of flower you'll get, but if you store the tuber over winter, it will reproduce in kind.
You can see the famous Edna C. online.
She is a wonderful, sweet lady, almost 94 now.

Deb L

Thanks I will check it out.


dodge