Overwintering dahlias

Dazzling in the late summer garden, dahlias are tender perennials grown as annuals or lifted for winter storage. Find winter care tips here!

Learn how to overwinter dahlia and store it for the cold season. Covers lifiting dahlia bulbs, cleaning, prepping, and storing them.

Learn how to store dahlia tubers over winter to keep them safe until spring. The successful methods use paper bags, newspaper, plastic wrap, and crate storage.

Dahlia flowers are a subtropical species cultivated worldwide, and you can preserve them through the cold months with a process known as overwintering.

Dahlia tubers can withstand one or two frosts if the ground is still warm. If dahlia tubers spent multiple nights outdoors in temperatures between -4 and

Curious about whether your vibrant dahlias will survive winter? This guide reveals if you can leave dahlias in the ground and tips on how to keep dahlias over winter. Learn how to ensure your dahlias make a comeback each spring. For expert advice on overwintering dahlias and maintaining their beauty year after year, click to read more!

Kelly Welk on Instagram: "I’m okay if you don’t agree because we are fully committed to our dahlia obsession!! This blank patch of dirt will fill into an overflowing patch of flowers this summer. Follow along for all the fun as it grows in AND comment DAHLIAS to add some to your garden. We have several gorgeous varieties available in our shop and can ship them to you! We’re in the PNW, growing zone 8-9, and we’re just now planting our tubers. In about 3 weeks this bed will be full of little…

Janae & Chris ~ Flower Farm on Instagram: "🌱Overwintering Dahlias 🌱 One of the biggest changes we have made with our dahlia growing methods over the last few years has been transitioning to keeping most in the ground over winter, rather than pulling and storing them each year when they are dormant. A very clever grower near Philadelphia, Jennie Love, got us into it a while back, as she has successfully overwintered her dahlias for years now, and has spoken about it extensively in her…

Storing dahlias can be challenging. Here are some great tips on how to store dahlias over winter, so they will be safe and snug until spring.

Dahlias are summer and fall blooming flowers, but in colder climates, their tubers will need to be pulled to overwinter where the freezing temps can't kill them off. Overwintering isn't necessarily hard, but it takes some planning. In this article, certified master gardener Liz Jaros outlines the proper steps to overwinter your dahlias this season if you live in a cooler climate.