November is the start of winter for your plants, so now is the time to protect tender bulbs such as dahlias, gladiolas and canna and to turn outdoor coleus plants into indoor plants for the winter.

But the dahlias making the biggest splash are grown from tuberous roots. Garden centers, mass merchandisers and garden catalogs all sell colorful packages of dormant roots. And they generally grow as ...

The long stretch of warm weather, courtesy of El Niño, has kept our southeastern Michigan garden soil warmer than we would expect for this time of year. That means plants that would normally have been ...

Don Kinzler provides all the tips and tricks for getting in on the latest social media trend of growing big, beautiful ...

At a time of the year when many garden flowers show the ravages of having endured a long oppressive summer, dahlias are most spectacular. Although they flower throughout the summer, the warm days and ...

I recall that you have written about how to handle canna bulbs for the winter. What about dahlia roots? What temperature should they be stored at? Treat them just like canna roots. Store them in peat ...

QLast winter my dahlia roots seemed to shrivel and shrink. How can I store them better to prevent that this winter? Would storing in sand work? AIt might. I store mine in peat. I check them from time ...

In the Western Washington climate, you can gamble with dahlias and leave them in the ground over the winter. Cut the stems off at ground level then cover the soil (with the tubers still buried ...