Sarah Raven - How to grow dahlias | Good Housekeeping UK

Although originally a native of Mexico, dahlias have become a British classic. A few years ago though, they fell out of favour with gardeners who thought of them as an old fashioned, gaudy and time consuming plant their great granddads grew on their allotments.
Fortunately after decades in the doldrums, they are enjoying a revival due to their vast colour range and fantastic flower power - those with single blooms are also a magnet to bees and butterflies. This has made them a real crowd pleaser and popular garden plant.
We visited Sarah Raven's cutting garden in east Sussex where she grows an incredible range of dahlias.
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[@shanlynwebb]

I still have my grandmothers dahlias .. they are decades old and fantastic

[@sueholmes8375]

How wonderful :)

[@ClassicRoyal]

That is so great that you have her dahlias- you’re carrying on with history!

[@NettiGaming]

How lovely. I love how we hold a sentiment to plants my mother still has my grandfathers fuscia decades old

[@kimkoch3272]

Do you take them put of the ground?

[@shanlynwebb]

@@kimkoch3272 no not usually. But I do break off some of the bulbs when it gets too big. I generally leave it all year in a big clump in the ground.

[@1Thedairy]

I love listening to Sarah as she is so articulate. Her description of the flowers is so rich that if I couldn’t see them I would have a vivid image of what they look like in my mind.

[@ClassicRoyal]

I love England! My fav country and the gardens are fantastic! I’ve always been a city girl, but the English countryside changed my mind! I do so love creating a peaceful ambiance and beauty in my backyard!

[@taravaotahiti]

How blessed you are to be surrounded with such splendid beauty.

[@katipohl2431]

Molly Raven is really supreme. Waltzing Mathilda will move to my garden too together with Sarah Raven. .

[@AJsGreenThumbLLC]

Thank you for the wealth of knowledge on a fast becoming favorite flower of mine!! I have dived head first into dahlias and am now nursing 50+ for the upcoming summer season. Thanks for all the inspiration.

[@ClassicRoyal]

I’m starting with 15 for my first year! Gardening is my peace and joy at 56! What a wonderful time I’m having!

[@AJsGreenThumbLLC]

@@ClassicRoyal bravo! Some fret but I enjoy the process. There will be a few misses but that’s ok. Best of luck!

[@karenhart4316]

Sarah your garden is absolutely gorgeous ! Thank you 🧤👒🐨🦘🇦🇺🙌

[@SimplySueLee]

I’m starting my first cut flower garden and this was so informative. Dahlias are so beautiful.

[@ulricawalfridsson8869]

Molly Raven is my absolute favourite Dahlia. Early blooming and with sooo beautiful color and dark stems! Love it! 🤩

[@RoseTorn411]

Thank you for these very informative videos on Dahlias. I live in zone 7b and bought my first Dahlias and learning all I can for my first spring with them.

[@odettendayi3964]

I love love your garden 🎉. Thank you so much 💕

[@Laura-zs7ys]

Theyre all so beautiful!!

[@johnkulcsar1649]

Fabulous video & informational too. Thank you Sarah for sharing.

[@INDAYMJTV]

Beautiful garden with diffirent kinds of flowers love thier colors

[@carolinamoonslilenglishgar8580]

Love Sarah raven so knowledgeable

[@kylalove6129]

I'm in love with this garden

[@MercylifeintheUk]

Hi Sarah, I just planted today dahlia bulbs and to my surprise seen this video, very nice flowers, thanks for sharing. I am from the Philippines but living here in UK. I subscribe to your channel cos I want to learn more about planting flowers.

[@christiensgarden3325]

Absolutely fantastic video

[@vincentbynumbers]

Lovely video! Thanks for the information!

[@maryhairy1]

Perfectly beautiful!

[@radha5325]

Dahlias are my fav flowers thank you💐🌹🏵️

[@flexwinggpipi]

Just had 10 small plants from you. They look really healthy. Just potted them on can't wait to get them in the ground

[@theblazephotography]

Very nice flowers garden, superb

[@helenpruzan6970]

Fabulous!!!

[@Katya-zj7ni]

I’ve just bought a couple of your Molly Ravens, it’s exquisite, I can’t wait to introduce them to their dahlia friends, I think they’ll be perfect amongst Cafe au Lait.

[@sparrowavenue5692]

So beautiful

[@subhashri1234]

Nice collection

[@ninelaivz4334]

I planted some dahlias tubers in a border that was bordered by grass. When the tubers produced stems and leaves at 8 inches high I noticed that one of the dahlias was decimated whilst the others were untouched. I threw down pellets and beer traps but caught nothing. I few days later I decided to trim the grass edge as it had overgrown in length and was covering the border. I lifted the grass up to cut it, underneath right by the decimated dahlia I found 20 slugs and a few more next to the next dahlia along. I scissored them in half and learnt my lesson. That dahlia which was left with denuded stems made a comeback and it's buds are about to open 6 weeks late. I couldn't believe it and I'm happy I left it there as I figured I'll use its tubers next year.

[@paulhunter123]

sarah is as beautiful as her flowers

[@ruthhevia9217]

WOWWWWW BEATIFUL. BEATIFUL. AND BEATIFUL

[@donaldwilliam6498]

Hi dear how are you doing over there ?

[@alancarlyon3928]

Hi Sarah, I have just taken over the chores needing done in our gardens due to my wife's illness! I see my neighbours gardens full of these glorious colourful flowers which I would like to grow and show in my gardens! When is the best time to plant Dahlias seeds and holy hock seeds? I live in Scotland, so the temperature will differ from down south! Many thanks!

[@annecanty1227]

So lovely!

[@donaldwilliam6498]

Hey dear how are you doing over there ?

[@moniquelynwone8228]

Great information thank you so much🥰✨👍🏽 Beautiful garden

[@veronicavinci7474]

L’unica cosa che mi dispiace è non poter acquistare queste meraviglie da te.😔 sono in Italia, ma presto verrò a trovarti e visitare il tuo meraviglioso giardino, se sarà possibile. Nel frattempo continuerò a seguire i tuoi preziosi consigli😏

[@mohsen7021]

Thank you

[@bearpickin]

Thank you for sharing your passion on Dahlias ❤️ Just how large is your back yard flower garden ?

[@wandasinger7713]

I love your dahlias they’re so beautiful, I’m speechless 😶. I grow dahlias in pots. I live in California. Can I put more than one tuber in a large pot? I plan to leave my dahlias outside this winter. We don’t get snow and not much rain. When you apply mulch for the winter what kind do you use? Do your dahlias get rain on them in the winter? Thank you and God bless you

[@alisonburgess345]

Great advice re digging them up - DONT! I've really damaged mine (even though I was extremely careful and stored them by the book) and will never lift them again. Yep, just cover them with compost - they can take a lot more cold than we think.

[@truthtalker4038]

Earwigs ate my huge Dahlia within 4 days.. it went from healthy and huge to completely dead in 4 days!

[@edwardetherington8031]

Great video thank you 🙏 just ordered these tubers..Dahlia Procyon - Dahlia Sneezy & Dahlia Sunshine..I need to put these in pots as I have no garden as such (courtyard) First time for me so any info on planting these in pots would be appreciated- Happy Gardening 👩‍🌾

[@garyraab9132]

Snow did in the dahlias, the tubers are now safely in storage…October!!! All were potted, and I lugged a few of the smaller pots inside. Question What will the effect be of growing the dahlia indoor until spring?

[@bulbboy7097]

fantastic.....my dahlia is about to bloom i live in holland

[@jupitersailing]

Do any of you more experienced plants people have any idea what the plant is 26 seconds in? It looks like some sort of desert plant, a Euphorbia of some sort? I really would love a few of those for my sub-tropical Hampshire garden.

[@1satishrawat]

Nice

[@nanmcd1320]

sorry was so thinking about my slug problem I as about it.....not what I was thinking , I was wanting to ask what and how you steak the dahlias up?

[@vapurzaa]

Thanks for the video. Do I need to transfer the dinner plate tubers from the 3l to pot to any bigger size after 4 weeks or 3L size is good to grow please?Thank you.

[@sueholmes8375]

I love to garden but I'm not overly successful! Struggle to get my Dahlia tubers to sprout - any tips please?

[@lauremacca4821]

Very nice thank you. So if you treat them as perrenials, how cold does is need to get to kill them ? I live at the altitude of 750 m and it gets minus 10 , just 2-3 days a year, but most of the Winter it is less cold. So with a goog lyer of mulch, plus branches, leaves, etc...they will come back the fallowing year ? I will try, thank you.

[@lbmitchell1777]

We planted just one city light lavender pink dahlia in early April in North Carolina. After the 4 blooms died off, the plant grew wider and wider with no new blooms but lots of green leaves. Filling up the spaces in our butterfly garden. Don't know if we should trim back some of the green leaves of wait and see what happens. It is now early summer and temperatures have reached 85-90 degrees on some days. What do you think we should do? We are fearful it might take up too much space. Thanks

[@johnnyrebel4267]

I just planted 20 tubers in my flower bed, and it's supposed to rain everyday for the next week in Texas. What should I do?

[@Gardenofenon]

Hi Sarah! Great video! I would love to try to mulch them heavy here in zone 6a/b here in Ohio. I’m wondering if they can winter over in this zone? What zone are you in? Thanks so much!!

[@haypat9761]

Beautiful. Unfortunately none of mine flowered. There were buds. But no flowers

[@sophiastedman9867]

Mine did the same and I think my issue was not enough root space

[@nanmcd1320]

Sarah would you tell me what you do for slugs? Thanks for any help you can share with me.

[@miniwini5901]

Absolutely stunning garden can someone name the white trumpet flowers at 7:58 ? I'm obsessed!

[@Tea_and_thyme_2012]

Looked like Nicotiana to me but I’m not a gardener just a newbie.

[@sardiniangirl1866]

I have planted dahlias very small plants at the moment they have buds .. should i remove the flower buds until the plants are taller..there that small at the moment they don't need staking.. should I remove flwer buds.. ?? Australia.

[@Ellofez]

Anybody knows the name of that orange semi cactus with red stripping at the end of the video?

[@Gachartales7124]

Hi Sarah is it possible I will get bulbs for all types of Dalia

[@istvannekacsora4850]

Lenyugozoen szep a kert sarah gyonyoruek adaliak magasak sok szinek formak ragyognak nekemis vannak nemigenyelnek nagy gondot persze torodest igen es a hala a ragyogasuk nemleget megunni mert sok szinuek igazi szepsegek gratulalok csodalatos kerthez tisztelettel koszonom ❤❤😂😂🎉🎉🎉

[@johnboy1042]

Wen planting dahlias will they spread?

[@duncanmcdonald2887]

Can you please tell me what the orange and red stripey cactus type dahlia is called that appears @ 9.33, and if its available for sale, as I havent seen it on your website shop ?

[@mountainboy007]

It looks like a "Nick Sr." variety.

[@duncanmcdonald2887]

@@mountainboy007 thank you for that i will google it. the nearest i found was striped vulcan but its more yellow than orange with red stripes.

[@anetteglansholm6960]

I livebilder Gotthenbug, and se have just 5degrees in day. Its my firat year whith dahlias and I love them like my grandfather. They grow right now really well but tjey want to go out in the garden ore something else. Its 5 degrees celcius now. Do you think I should try to pur them in the garden whith Done protektion?

[@clairemcconway6266]

frost and freezing temperatures will kill them except in winter when they are dormant and under deep mulch.

[@michellewaite4207]

hi can you tell me if i can get seeds from a dinner plate dahlia i know you can get seeds from most smaller ones :)

[@marie-theresehayes6875]

My dahlias have been so disappointing this year. Hardly any blooms, and the buds I have are tiny.

[@judieahmed98]

What zone are you in?

[@sisterinspeed]

What growing zone are you in?

[@allotmentdave4049]

Sussex is in Southern England - Mildish Winters and Warm Summers

[@lewisgauci6270]

Can you grow dhalias from seeds pls

[@itxasoarenaza7997]

Subtítulos en español por favor

[@theresatotesaut1207]

Which my garden can look like that

[@gopurajeshreddy]

U r garden is so nice...... Could u plz send me seeds....

[@jamesb486]

im sarah raven and im a massive tory

[@Sea_Enjoyer]

Lol. I don't know or care about her politics but God she's unbearably snobby. A packet of her seeds costs more than a small house.

[@blackarrowmemes]

DILLY DALLY

[@Sara11396]

This video has colonialism written all over it... Pretty dahlias though

[@lucybrown8902]

Jesus wept that’s a reach

[@mariap2899]

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