When you want show-stopping plants with big flowers, nothing beats dinner plate dahlias. These tall, colorful, long-blooming plants feature flower heads that can grow to more than 12 inches wide.

Enjoy dazzling dahlias in pots all summer with this simple guide to choosing, ... Many of the largest dahlias, sometimes called dinner plate dahlias, are in the late-blooming category.

There are anemone, cactus, peony, orchid and waterlily types; singles, doubles and even dinner plate dahlias as large as, well, dinner plates. With 42 recognized species and hundreds of hybrids, ...

Dahlias may take a break from blooming when the temperature regularly exceeds 90, so some gardeners in Zones 9 and 10 dig them up in summer. In milder summer climates, dahlias should keep going ...

The dahlia show kicks off at Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park on Saturday, Aug. 26.

REILE'S ACRES, N.D. — The dinner plate dahlia started it all for Fargo gardener Kim Triebwasser, aptly named for its giant size. “There is something magical about a dinner plate dahlia ...

I’ve always adored dahlias — in other people’s gardens. As much as their cheerful appearance intrigued me, there was something about the planting, staking, digging up and storing-over-winter ...

Dahlias come in every shape and size imaginable. They’re easy to grow and so beloved that there are even local societies to celebrate these plants.

There are anemone, cactus, peony, orchid and waterlily types; singles, doubles and even dinner plate dahlias as large as, well, dinner plates. With 42 recognized species and hundreds of hybrids, ...