The common wisdom is to cut back dahlias in fall after the first hard frost, but can you cut them before the frost? Here's ...
Cold can kill dahlias left in the ground, so digging up the tubers and storing them for winter can ensure you'll have a beautiful flower garden next season.
These beautiful cannas are tropical plants that will die over winter unless their underground bulbs are dug up and carefully ...
Keep potted mums thriving by giving them half a day of sun and watering them when the top soil dries. Deadhead spent blooms ...
As temperatures cool down, the garden seems to come alive again, especially with the recent rains. Dahlias, zinnias, and phlox all appear to deepen in their colors, providing one last burst of beauty ...
Harmony Harvest Farm in Weyers Cave is featured in the November print issue spotlighting the farm's heirloom chrysanthemums.
Tender summer plants, such as bananas, cannas and pelargoniums, can be quite an investment in cost and time. So it would be a ...
Shelbie Grayce Emmick, 25, is an eighth-generation farmer in Lewisport, where she and her family grow soybeans, corn and wheat on their 800-acre farm. Earlier this month, she opened The Dilly Dahlia, ...
The ‘Ruby Mound’ chrysanthemum. Chrysanthemums are technically ‘short day flowers’ that bloom as nights lengthen in later summer (Photo: Wendy Wesley/RHS) Domed dwarf potted chrysanthemum plants or ...
When earlier blooming flowers are fading, dahlias, if grown correctly, will be in full bloom, bringing a crescendo of late season color until the first hard frost. In some gardens, dahlias seem to run ...