150 New Dahlias and a Strange Plan

[@caitegraceify]

I got the Cafe con Leche Mix from Eden brothers. It’s my first time growing dahlias. I used to drool over them in the catalogs but I lived on a farm and my father said they were frivolous. I finally have my own land - I’m growing them! I don’t even care if I get flowers tbh im just so proud I bought them ❤

[@Victoriaxx08]

It’s so exciting getting your hands on flowers you’ve been seeing online for years! I grew cafe au lait last year after waiting for years and it was great!

[@tracycrider7778]

Bought sweet Natalie last year and it was my most prolific dahlia❤

[@pchoward]

You should grow them under 50 percent shade cloth. That is what we do for showing when it gets too hot. It will help save the color and the plants.

[@jeffhingson159]

Shade cloth is the answer.

[@lisajelle714]

My Milena Fleur dahlias overwintered in the ground here in zone 6A central Ohio, with no protection, came back just fine. Also Sylvia and about 90% of all the dahlia tubers I left in the ground as an experiment! I am so excited I can leave my tubers in the ground and skip the digging, storing, potting up, and planting out! (I’ll always order a few tubers each year just in case they all freeze.)

[@YanickaQuilt]

You "influenced" me into buying and planting 200 bulbes of Gladiolus and this morning I saw 2 little bud peaking out of the ground. All this is so exciting lol.

[@tamerarogers6170]

Haha same. Just not as many

[@cherylannesley937]

Such enthusiasm. A love story, Ian s soft side and your business side. Hey, all is complementary.

[@lilacmile]

Sounds like a good plan. I think dahlias are more sun-loving than heat-loving, there’s a difference. They’re from mountain regions, too hot and they’re not at all happy.

[@oasen-pa-asen]

Wine Eyed Jill! Super duper produktiv! Has really long steams as well. And the perfect mixture of colors that matches EVERYTHING! /Flower farmer in Sweden :)

[@lisal9488]

"My milkshake flowers brings all the customers to the stand..."

[@katherinelipari6610]

I’ve found that playing around with planting time has been great for me here in California. Our summers are hot and dry so most things planted in the spring get scorched. They just aren’t established enough by the time the rains go. Instead planting during the fall and letting them grow their roots during our winter rainy season really helps their health. I’m already well past the end of planting by May and we’re preparing to ride out the next five dry months.

[@littlemissbekah9722]

Ever since I started watching your channel I get so much more excited about certain flowers at the garden center. We went today and they had the most beautiful dahlias! I was so excited and got a pretty magenta one. They're a perrinial in my zone.

[@nano-ry6wc]

Great Silence dahlias are relatively easy and productive with good stems. They start out in shades of peachy pink, and the center develops more yellow as the flower ages. I love them.

[@LifeMoreColorful]

Rip city did really well for me in Florida zone 9. Gorgeous deep purple. Shiloh noelle was also very productive, but I tended to have a lot of bug damage on those. I would say I only got to use 1/3 of the blooms, so it’s a good thing they produced a ton of flowers.

[@bluebirdhomestead]

Wow so may dahlias! I added a lot of new dahlia varieties to our garden this year too. I am just a home gardener, but so I did not add nearly as many as you did, but our raised beds should have a lot of beautiful flowers this year. I am excited to see all of these blooming for you guys! -Cara 😄

[@maureenbrophy7852]

And earwigs 🪳( more legs) love living in petals & if u don’t shake them they can fall out on the table or wherever u have your vase💗

[@Rebecca.Robbins]

I always chuckle at how you never remember when Canadian Thanksgiving is! This year it’s October 9th! So pretty early on in October!

[@amyschmelzer6445]

What’s the rule? American Thanksgiving is the fourthThursday in November. I always cringe when people say it’s the last Thursday. It often is but during a year with five Thursdays in November it isn’t.

[@helenobrien60]

Big fan of the Cornell series and sports (I actually think Isabel is one of them) for productivity. But my favorite dahlia hands down is Lights Out! It is definitely not great producer but you just cant beat the color, it is sooooo dark and goes with warm or cool tones like a dream, especially for fall flowers.

[@kele1264]

Of the dahlias you bought this time, I'd have to say that I like Ruth Ann best. Can't wait to see all of them when they grow! Hope you're feeling great!

[@anapaulacrawford5837]

I just love them , i don't know anything how to grow dahlias but i guees i will learn with time . I got a few in my garden. Southeast Texas here where it gets hot to not even want to get out from may to November....

[@hobbithause9481]

I like seeing your excitement.

[@sunshinegal4294]

Dalia’s are gorgeous and beautiful!!! Ian is right.

[@victorial3293]

For me, the most productive and a florist fave is Cornel Bronze. Excited about trying a new one this year- Winkie Lambrusco 🤣 With that name, I just had to try it! Good luck with your experiment.

[@g.christelbecker6349]

What a wonderful name, Winkie Lambrusco!!

[@rachelj4970]

I love boom boom yellow and pompon white aster dahlias. They are small ball varieties and very productive.

[@krisinoregon6806]

I love the milena fleur, they actually sparkle in the sun. The petals have an irredescent shine to them.

[@kele1264]

Oh, I hope she notices and shows us when they grow. Thanks for the heads up! That's really cool!

[@melissamybubbles6139]

That's really good information. I have tons of grasshoppers in my neighborhood and so many plants haven't done well, including dahlias. I gave up on them. I hope grasshoppers don't carry diseases to zinnias, because that's what I substituted this year.

[@marcusseidel6824]

Last year due to heath and drought... Dahlias didn t move till august... Best flowers were in Oktober even November... Strange isn t it? I kept some in the ground as an experiment... This year... many Dahlias survived and grow more vigorous, strobg and healthy than the new ones I ve potted up in april. Also strang. Dahlias are full of surprises. I spray them with a garlic liquid to make them unattractive for slugs and snails. Give them tomato fertilizer and never cold water... water that is a bit adapted to the temperature outside.

[@lesw3803]

I live on the Florida gulf coast and I just started planting my dahlias two days ago. There were some that I left on the driveway over winter and they are actually budding out. So I’m calling them the survivors.

[@deshgouri]

Love the colors and varieties you picked. ❤ I fell in love with 'creme de casis.' Can't wait for them to begin blooming! What a unique and stunning color!

[@TheEmbrio]

Thinking outside the box ! This should work ! Lovely !

[@vivherman2296]

I love Maarn/Sylvia dahlia. It's very productive for me.I've cut way back on dahlias because of the blooms not opening up all the way. Only half of the bud opens....I never find any bugs and plant looks healthy. I ordered 5 tubers..and I'm going to plant them at another location to see if it makes a difference. I can't spend the money if I can't get the blooms! I also loved Pooh.

[@barbarafegley5566]

I am in zone 6a in the usa. Have not planted my dahlia tubers yet. Will plant them next week. Planting early doesn't mean they will bloom earlier here. So i am planting them later this year.

[@MlleMarisol]

Here also a fan of Cornel family for beauty and productivity!

[@everafterflowerfarm]

Aw I love Sweet Nathalie!

[@rina2072]

Привет, Сирена и Ян! Сорта георгин очень красивые и обязательно привлекут взгляды покупателей❤ Ян прав, что для продажи цветов нужны сами цветы) успешных продаж и видео!

[@arni.fy.14]

u from Rusia?

[@MrsLovelyPendragon]

I just LOVE this video, it was like a surprise 🎉 because we know Serena loves the monies and they weren’t that profitable before 😂 I’m starting to think she has a secret fondness for dahlias too! I’m really hoping this plan works out because I remember that cheese grin that Ian had showing these beauties in videos. #DahliasForTheWin

[@MeganSherow]

I love that you love orange flowers as much as I do! Maarn/Sylvia is my favorite dahlia too!!

[@ElderandOakFarm]

I'm growing a lot of these on the flower farm for the 1st time this year & I'm super excited! I'm growing some for just my flowerbeds too, because I- like Ian- love the dinner plates! 🤤

[@Bentonendflowerfarm]

We are planning to plant our dahlias next week, so behind this year, but hey so long as they are in!

[@nicomyth]

Crazy love is super productive for flowers and tubers. However it is a creamy white with lavender edges, so not a Serina favorite for color. I also love the decorative dahlia "fabulous". It is more fushia red. Very productive for flowers and tubers.

[@marley9904]

I love dahlias, I love the peach/orangy color. They're beautiful 🎉

[@greenysgarden4581]

I'd have to take to those with my scalpel and secerteirs and divide those clumps. Imagine how many tubers there would be then! Gorgeous colours :)

[@lisawellington1798]

This is exciting. I'm looking forward to seeing if your plan will work. Good luck!

[@Floraltherapyfe]

I just love nordjwicks glory, prolific tubers, more decorative but seemed to do well in a vase for me! I also love Sonic bloom and the tubers multiplied like crazy

[@yvettequiroz4706]

This reminds me of the Movie Documentary The Biggest Little Farm, Molly, and John viewed their farm as an ecosystem. In the documentary, they were solving problems all the time each year brings something different. I like that you are trying something different and if it works wow and if it does not work then you can try something else. Your farm is beautiful.

[@ElderandOakFarm]

I think sometime we cause ourselves more issues by trying to grow things outside of their normal Bloom times, & then we struggle with things like you mentioned in this video- lots of pests & diseases. A lot of people put dahlias in right after ranunculus, & I think that will work out great for you to!

[@freckles2437]

I have fallen in love with Dahlias, sadly lost my tubers last year as we had unusually cold winter. Good excuse to buy more, I have gone for a purple mix. I also grew some Bishop's children from seed, these are all dark stem & foliage and single flowers. Can't wait for them to flower to see what colours I have. Jo UK 🙂

[@liseforget1687]

Great information. Thorough. Good luck.

[@honeysuckle-end]

I think you would LOVE 'Daisy Duke"!! Small decorative/large ball in coral, salmon, fuchsia pink. Lovely, stocky plant, doesn't need staking and produces well!

[@WibblyWobbly]

Sweet susanne and orange one are my favourites. I dont grow them for cuts, hence my favourite is sebastian, its a decorative, with quite short stems, but its a gorgeous peach and floweres generously. Last year i liked beatrice, i guess it would be good for cutting it had strong long stem, peachy coral ball flower, it wasnt too productive, but it was the perfect colour. I wish there were true green flowered dahlias. Salmony peach and green floweres are my favourites :)

[@anamachado7508]

Hi guys you both work so hard god bless you and your children ,I, hope that you doing good with the flowers these summer take care🇨🇦💜💛💚🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀🌺🌼🌺🌼🌻🥀🌺🌺🌺

[@kele1264]

Grasshoppers grrrrrrr. Two years ago I started new tiny peppers and a couple of hot peppers (this was in addition to my regular pepper garden, which was thriving). Stinking grasshoppers decimated them in one day. Bold little b*st*rds. I went out there and there was at least one grasshopper at the top of each plant. They had already eaten all the leaves and were chowing down at the tip of the plants. I whacked one plant to knock of the grasshoppers on it, AND THEY FLEW RIGHT BACK ONTO THE STEM. Actually scared me. Then I got made and started whacking all of them. I also went into the house to get my BT Spray, and let loose on them. I haven't grown peppers since, but I will again (when I regain my strength). I'll be much more ready for pest pressure than I was then. Those are MY peppers (tomatoes, eggplants, squash, etc) NOT theirs.

[@coloradotulips]

Awesome help with identifying productive dahlia varieties! Thanks!

[@osmia]

Good luck. Sounds like a grand dahlia plan

[@MeegAnne]

This is a cunning plan! I have always resisted dahlias for all of the reasons you said… but you may have sucked me in for a late season succession!

[@rickyt3961]

thank you! 🌺

[@denisewyatt1877]

Zone 7A Kentucky here and it’s hot and extremely HUMID! I planted Dynamite dahlias this year next to my Dynamite Crepe Myrtle. Results remain to be seen, last year I planted too early and we got a hard frost so some of my tubers died. The ones that didn’t bloomed late September/October.

[@ninemoonplanet]

Two things I think 💭 might help. Spraying diluted whey from milk, sour cream, 10 parts water to 1 part whey. Possible other choice is something fragrant in pots, like mints, lemon balm, lavender, basil. I think grasshoppers are attracted by smell more than sight. Again, I think. Personally I hate grasshoppers grew up with them every summer, yuck. Your altitude may have an effect on the dahlia growth, but the use of the greenhouse might mitigate that. Foliar spray with whey is the one thing I think will help.

[@pnwgardenergal1325]

Like the Sweet Suzanne and the orange

[@EdensApple80]

Bridezilla is a white water lily variety that stole my heart last year and grew three large clumps from one single tuber

[@plaisirdelanglais]

17:23 Who said ORANGE out loud as I did? 😀

[@EVAGirlGamer]

Cornell series are really good producers and probably in tones you will appreciate like bronze. I am trialing next year a Buttercup Dahlia which is a small yellow pompom which is said to be a prolific producer

[@draganpower]

My favourite varieties for cut flowers are silver years, arabian night, cornel, cornel bronze, ivanetti, wizard of oz, petras wedding, and brown sugar to name a few. Longer vase life (for dahlia) and prolific Unfortunately to sell to florists, fleural, cafe au lait, and cafe au lait royal are three that brides seem to gravitate to. Dinnerplates and havr short vase life. The few weddings i have been to they seem to be a staple. I personally dont grow them because they are less prolific and hard to arrange. But its used a lot in wedding work unfortunately

[@sanniepstein4835]

I found that earwigs munched on dahlias, with the reliable exception of Arabian Knight.

[@christaljohnson3300]

I got Sylvia 2 here in nz as orange is also my fav colour ❤ they wer beautiful and I can't wait for them to bloom again nxt summer.

[@mmcreads]

Super cute jumpsuit btw 😊

[@natasha1369]

Hi Natasha from ON here, I just planted my dahlias yesterday, ugh 😩 some looked quite dry, some were ok because they already were sprouting, but I desperately hope they will grow.😢 first time doing this I just don’t know what to expect. Now after watching this video I know I will have to worry about pests. Good thing I am not doing this to make money, but being a (manorial) gifting garden I still hope they will grow. Next year I think I will need a used fridge for the garage to keep my bulbs and tubers. Man your tubers look so good compared to the crap I can get from Costco and Canadian Tire 😢 but I guess I’ll find out how these work out for the price and if not I might order some from wildwoods outdoor living centre in Victoria, BC. I ordered some zinnia seeds and Clematis from them this year and really happy with how quickly they sent things. You might know of them, not sure?! Also I got my gladiolus in, thanks to you showing me how, feel they might do the best. Have a wonderful day 😊

[@julievanerem9578]

PLEASE put out the Mothers Day Market video!!!!!

[@emilasmith4279]

Ohhhh dallias! My absolute favorite flower! I grew them several years ans they did very well. Except I was plagued by slugs. Tried everything to protect the plants but to no avail. Would come out in the morning and half a beautiful plant would be munched off overnight. Quite disturbing! I like your plan of delayed planting. I think you are on to something! Can’t wait to see in the fall! ❤

[@AllTheArtsy]

Pesticides exist for a reason

[@beccalarson5982]

You always talk about working with florists, I'd love to see a video on how that works. Do they come tour your farm and see things in person? Do you send them pictures? How does it work?

[@patty8991]

If you can get your hands on them, Crichton honey is super productive and makes beautiful yellow, peach, pink blended ball dahlias.

[@myrrhidian3166]

I also love Maarn/Sylvia, and am growing some this year. I'm also trying Wizard of Oz as I've heard lots of good things about it. The one I'm most excited about is Platinum Blonde, which is an anemone style dahlia that is a yellow poof in the center with white petals on the outside. I have horrible luck with deer eating my dahlias just as they're budding up, but I'm hopeful I can keep them away this year and get some lovely blooms :)

[@amoore0713]

Could you put mesh bags over the stems?

[@myrrhidian3166]

@@amoore0713 absolutely, that's a great idea :)

[@amberlockhart1386]

Thoughts on maybe succession planting dahlias? (fist succession bright summer colors, second the deep fall colors)

[@MrsLovelyPendragon]

Excellent idea!

[@thenodiggardener]

Very amused by the Sweet Suzanne actually being sassy, & refusing to be asleep. Since my name is Suzanne, and yep definitely me as a plant. My Son calls me a Chicken, because if the Sun is up. I'm up. Speaking of Chickens; that same Chicken Maths has definitely been used in the purchase of these Dahlias lol

[@chelso0o]

Girl.... You gotta split those tubers and have 1000 dahlia plants!! 😂😂😂😂😂 But Mikayla Miranda is great and lasts awhile in the vase

[@everafterflowerfarm]

I love Maarn too! I got a bunch of them this year.

[@sandrajohnson9926]

I love your new pink jacket. Dahlias - I've only grown once. I forget about them I'll have to grow them again.

[@tobyclements4812]

Love the dahlias, but we’re so excited for the Mother’s Day video 😅😬 all the best from Cambridge, UK

[@marthaduffy8386]

I'm the most excited about growing Wizad of Oz this year. I'm trying the the ones that are productive/work horses. Excited to see if you expiramenting works.

[@cherylelkins1403]

I'm new with dahlias whats the best way to harvest to get the longest vase life. Y'all are so inspiring thank you

[@paisleyjane9606]

Milena Fleur also looks like a beautiful bridge between pinks and oranges.

[@Dwynfal]

What a great selection guys! I was curious if you would try to lift and replant next year, but you answered that! 😊 Assuming you aren't going to sell the tubers, I'd be tempted to try to keep them over winter and plant them in your own garden in the traditional timeframe. With a bit of luck you could have some to add to early bouquets or just to enjoy at home. Yes, it's extra labour but it may pay dividends!

[@eyrerosecottage1970]

Decorative dahlias are my favorite! Beautiful assortment! I'm looking forward too seeing how well your experiment works this summer!❤

[@jessicaproulx7228]

Do you just know the color of every flower with just its name? Im totally amazed at your knowledge and I am excited that you are willing to find a better way to grow these flowers:))

[@jobo8819]

Giggled when you said Ian gets "Sad" when you say "No more Dahlias" 🤣🤣🤣 Darned grasshoppers. Like the sound of your cunning plan.

[@deannewilliams3321]

The only dahlia I have is red. I already had a cart full, so I only bought one. Only two choices were red or red & white. I figured I’d just keep dividing this one. I’m in no hurry 🤗 You look cute today! This is my first year growing ranuculus and they’re not too happy.

[@vinvin1715]

I would agree with some others you need to adopt a weekly spray schedule. Using some organic spray. Regards the sunlight issue you could always set up some form of lightweight framework similar to a fruit cage and apply shade netting to the top this could be 6-ft high made out of conduit or PVC pipe. The sides could remain open for easy access.

[@MyFocusVaries]

As she mentioned, they're looking for a plan that involves less labour; otherwise dahlias aren't worth growing for the numbers of blooms they produce.

[@vinvin1715]

@@MyFocusVaries Yes! I fully understood that requirement! However, it would appear the grasshoppers are all over the farm. Spraying is likely to be the only viable course of action. The shade netting is a semi permanent structure not to be removed. The growing area for dahlia not changing, potentially the dahlias being left in situ. With flowerpot covers.

[@catswambo9706]

You do realize of course what happens to lightweight net structures with 6inc plus snow falling on them

[@deshgouri]

Interesting! But I read that dahlia tuber size doesn't necessarily correlate to the number of blooms! And that it is, in fact, easier to plant the puny tubers to get the same number and quality of blooms! Wonder if it this true

[@Undine532]

i grow cabana banana and strawberry cream as test this year

[@katipohl2431]

New varieties, decorative and ball style: Isabel, purple/fuchsia pink ball. All varieties listed in video description.

[@karine_lane]

❤ just for beauty!

[@JessDivaTM]

Over here in Edmonton Dahlias never really work well for me LOL its either the heat.... or the Lygus bugs :(

[@KatesGarden]

All beautiful! I hope your plan works out, seems like it should. Will you consider light shade cloth or bug netting if you’re planting in a tunnel?

[@ivylll3397]

These varieties all look lovely! Wish you best of luck for this growing season! On a side note, $5/specialty Dahlia tuber, this is the price I can understand and am willing to pay. Unfortunately the Canadian farms are pricing the Specialty Dahlia tubers at around $15 PLUS shipping, and the “tuber” is literally just one tuber with a neck (which makes me wonder if they are viable). I can factor in the farm’s labor cost in, but that price point is not very wallet friendly for home growers. Wish we have a way to pool in for wholesale order😅

[@jacipie]

“I have no restraint when it comes to bulk buying” Can relate, currently looking for spots for my 60 calla lilies and 120 lilies. I don’t have a farm to justify it 😬

[@altheab.8907]

Laura on Garden Answer tried overwintering some of her dahlia tubers last year and they are coming up very well. I believe she put down frost cloth and then a thick layer of straw mulch. She did a video on it. You do get colder and have more snow so that may not work for you outside, but in the hoop house it may well work for you and you could have some early dahlias. Since you’re not going to save them it may be something to try. Why do you not store them? Is it too time consuming? Washing, drying and storing in wood chips doesn’t take all that long if you don’t cut them apart. I know you will be getting ready for the Christmas show in the fall so you will be busy….like there’s ever a time when you’re not busy.

[@rattriffic]

She used a silage tarp that's very different than frost cloth. You have to keep the moisture out of them that keeps them dry. No water is getting through that it's a very heavy tarp.

[@Lana-zq8vr]

@@rattriffic Laura is in zone 6 which I am pretty sure is warmer than Ian and Serina's area. Tubers absolutely can be saved, but it takes time to dig them out, which is why I presume Ian and Serina don't do it. Last year I dug mine out and stored them in the cooler wrapped in saran wrap (individually). This method worked well for me as they survived the storage (in great shape) and are growing now. But it would take a lot of time to do that on a large scale. But if you have time you can absolutely save the tubers for the next year. In fact you will get more tubers than you planted in since they multiply.

[@wuling09]

One of the Local lily growers sells their used bulbs, so people come dig up the bulbs $10 for a bucket.

[@barbarafegley5566]

My 2 most productive have been arabian nights, mickela miranda, and american dawn.

[@dawnelleodom8829]

I love your pink outfit!

[@bhavens9149]

Those arabian nights ones look fabulous, seems like they would be pretty with either the orange or some pink yellow or hey maybe with some chamomile, now that would be some contrast!

[@nano-ry6wc]

My Arabian Knights dahlias were a much darker burgundy. Smaller decorative with shorter stems but striking color.

[@grannyanniesfarm4972]

I just watched your radish seed pods video but comments were turned off. I bet they would be great pickled! My turnips are seeding so going to try the pods. New subscriber here.

[@victoriafren4832]

Thanks for another video! I had no idea that grasshoppers carry so many viruses! I am not sure I understand your dahlia plan. Are you planting them in the high tunnel? How will they get enough sun to bloom?

[@Booo858]

How do you guys store your dahlia tubers in the winter, I'm in Alberta and I am growing dahlias for the first year because of you❤