Starting seeds indoors before spring gives you a head start on the growing season and increases your chances of a healthy, ...

Planting at the wrong time can cause the tubers to rot. Jacky Parker Photography / Getty Dahlias are true showstoppers in the garden, and it's easy to see why. Their unique petal arrangements come in ...

Extend the flowering season of dahlias by starting them early indoors. Dahlia tubers need warm soil to really get going. By starting them early indoors we can get them flowering earlier for the season ...

Q: I bought dahlia bulbs and want to jump start them in peat pots. How soon do you think I should plant them? If we plant dahlias directly in the ground in May, they barely start blooming when fall ...

Get a jumpstart on the gardening season by starting seeds indoors. If you've never grown anything from seed, it's easy to write the idea off as difficult or labor-intensive, but that couldn't be ...

Depending on your hardiness zone, here's what you can start growing in January to get a jumpstart on your spring garden. The gardening department at your local hardware store is often overlooked in ...

This column contains a string of motives. First, it’s about a very popular group of garden plants: Dahlias. Many gardeners find dahlias very appealing, along with roses, irises, succulents and ...

We just celebrated Valentine's Day. This means that, mathematically, we are halfway to the first of March. March is the beginning of spring on the meteorological calendar. Since we are getting close ...

In many parts of the country, spring has finally returned and the soil is warming up. It’s time at last to get your spring gardening going to get this year’s bounty growing. This variety pack includes ...