GPOD on the Road: Dahlias at Butchart Gardens

Looking back at the classic blooms of summer

Today we ’re start on the route with Cherry Ong to check out some incredible dahlias atButchart Gardensin Victoria , British Columbia , from last summer . So forget the cold and snow outside ; remember the warmth of late summer , and relish these beautiful heyday .

It is a good time to depend at dahlia blossom because now is a great time to order Dahlia pinnata tubers for plant in the spring . Native to Mexico , Dahlia pinnata were long cultivated by Native Americans primarily to use the tuber as food and the long , hollow base of some species as water pipe , as well as for their beautiful heyday . Europeans concenter more on the flowers , hybridizing a few species in the genusDahliato produce the mod intercrossed Dahlia pinnata we enjoy today . The theme are hardy in the terra firma at around Zone 8 or 9 , but everyone else can dig them in the spill and store them in a cool spot during the wintertime before replanting in the spring . flush start in summertime and often peaks at the end of summer , just before the first Robert Lee Frost turn off them down . Taller , long - stemmed varieties are superlative cut flower , while curt ones are first-class additions to the landscape painting . Really , there is no wrong direction to mature and delight a Dahlia pinnata !

Unfortunately , there are no variety names to go with these photos , and the sheer numeral of Dahlia pinnata cultivars pull in it pretty difficult to forecast out what cultivar they might be , but if you see one you get laid , you should be able to find standardised varieties for cut-rate sale from nurseries differentiate in these marvelous plant .

We lie with seeing your visits to public garden , specially in the wintertime when so many of us are waiting for outflow to come . If you ’ve get photos from gardens you ’ve visited in the past , I go for you ’ll send them in for our GPOD On the Road serial !

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