All about dahlias
Gardens
The types of dahlias you need in your garden this year
With their intricate shapes and kaleidoscopic colours, dahlias are some of the summer's finest flowers. We've asked designers and florists to recommend their favourite types of dahlias so you can get planting
Flowers
How and when to plant dahlia tubers and how to care for them
Clare Foster explains how and to plant dahlia tubers, how to care for them, whether they are perennials, and chooses favourite varieties
How to grow flowers for cutting
Erin Benzakein of Floret Farm and her 850 glorious varieties of dahlia
As part of a series on specialist plant growers, Clare Foster talks to Erin Benzakein of Floret Farm in the Skagit Valley, Washington, whose prize flower crop is 850 glorious varieties of dahlia
Gardens
Inside an Englishwoman’s dahlia-filled garden in Connecticut
Clare Foster meets Pom Shillingford, an English gardener who has created a dahlia lover's paradise at her New England house
Gardens
How to take dahlia cuttings in early spring
Garden editor Clare Foster takes you through the steps to prepare your dahlias for the warmer months
Flowers
Dahlia mania is back: here are our favourite pictures from Instagram
Late summer in the garden means one thing: dahlias, with their showy shapes and colourful petals, are back. We've showcased our favourite examples from all over Instagram