7 April 2021

Dahlia Planting

Since returning to work after my extended Easter holiday I have been planting up Dahlia beds. The weather has turned quite cold here so as it's a job that involves some digging it's proving to be quite beneficial, especially as the soil is also dry and working well.

Below is a picture of one of the Memorial Garden beds with the tubers set out ready for planting. If you are planting a whole bed with a limited number of plants it's best to set them out first so as to get an even spacing They are planted in staggered rows but once they get going they soon become a single mass and even when planted that far from the edge of the lawn they will eventually grow up to the edge. So as you can see from that it's good to give them plenty of room, especially if you are planting large tubers. If you click on the (Memorial Gardens) label you will see what I mean.

Before placing the tubers I also give the ground a dressing of general purpose fertiliser which then gets worked in to the soil as you do the planting work. To finish off the job I went round the borders with the edging shears which I always think is a worthwhile thing to do if you like it nice and tidy looking.


4 comments:

Susan Heather said...

Interesting, just as you are planting your dahlias ours are in their final stages.

Doc said...

Are they all one color variety or are they a mix?

Rob said...

That's right Susan, I often think the same. Also it's surprising how fast it all changes round the other way too.

Rob said...

These two beds are all the one colour as usual and the reason for that is that if you look in the picture just off to the left are a couple of rose beds and the Dahlia bed is designed to match up with the rose beds which are of a similar colour. The variety of Dahlia is Border Princess.