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Help your Dahlias flower right up til the first frosts…

Deadheading Dahlias, Buddleias and Cosmos through August will help you get a continuous autumnal flowering display – if you cut back the right buds, and to the leaf joint

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Other flowering plants you can deadhead like a Dahlia…

Deadheading Dahlias, Buddleias and Cosmos through August will help you get a continuous autumnal flowering display – if you cut back the right buds, and to the leaf joint

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If everything grew back like a Dahlia…

Deadheading Dahlias through August will help you get a continuous autumnal flowering display – if you cut back the right buds, and to the leaf joint of course

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Cut right back to the stem when deadheading Dahlias…

Deadheading Dahlias through August will help you get a continuous autumnal flowering display – if you cut back the right buds, and to the leaf joint of course

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Deadheading the right bud for continual flowering…

Deadheading Dahlias through August will help you get a continuous autumnal flowering display – if you cut back the right buds, of course

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Deadheading Dahlias for a better blooming Autumn…

Deadheading Dahlias through August will help you get a continuous autumnal flowering display

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Wishing you every success growing dahlias this year

front cover of pdf - a worm's eye view on dahlias. This pdf covers the types of dahlias you get and advice on growing them from seed, tuber through. Sharing common knowledge and advice on supporting the plants to produce flowers all summer long

How to grow dahlias. With a little effort you can grow dahlias that put on a show of flowers from June to the first frosts. Dahlias come in a wide range of varieties, colours and sizes. Summer isn’t summer without them!

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Not a variety I know of, dahlia maintenance?

A cartoon about growing dahlias. This cartoon shows two worms iin the soil looking at dahlia shoots. One os rounded, the other is pointed. The text on the cartoon reads, ‘Ongoing dahlia care: Regularly pick flowers or deadhead. Water once a week and feed fortnightly/‘ Looking at the stems One worm says” The round buds make new flowers. Deadhead the buds with points..” The other worm says, “And what do points make?”

How to grow dahlias. With a little effort you can grow dahlias that put on a show of flowers from June to the first frosts. Dahlias come in a wide range of varieties, colours and sizes. Summer isn’t summer without them!

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It’s not just you who likes Dahlias, you know!

A cartoon about growing dahlias. This cartoon shows two worms in a straw filled pot, upside down on a pole. The worms are both in the pot. The copy reads: Dahlia pests include earwigs, who eat the leaves and flowers. Use pots on canes filled with straw to entrap them. One worm says to the worm under the flower” Earwigs crawl in the them, in the heat of the day” ...” The other worm says, “So that’s not you tickling my foot?”

How to grow dahlias. With a little effort you can grow dahlias that put on a show of flowers from June to the first frosts. Dahlias come in a wide range of varieties, colours and sizes. Summer isn’t summer without them!

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Want to go large? Don’t pinch.

A cartoon about growing dahlias. This cartoon shows two worms in a border with a dahlia plant. On elf the flowers has fallen over and is lying on top of one of the worms.. The copy reads: To produce more flowers and bushier Dahlias' remove all but five of the shoots sprouting from a tuber. One worm says to the worm under the flower” Feed fortnightly with a high potash feed, like tomatoes” The other worm says, “Don’t forget to tie them in too”

How to grow dahlias. With a little effort you can grow dahlias that put on a show of flowers from June to the first frosts. Dahlias come in a wide range of varieties, colours and sizes. Summer isn’t summer without them!