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Dahlia question?

12 years ago

In the spring, I purchased 5 dahlia plants from the nursery. They were in either 4" or 6" pots. They grew just over a foot tall this summer, but kept blooming and blooming and got nice and bushy. Does this kind dahlia sound like an annual or perennial? I can't tell. Thank you kindly.

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mytime
12 years ago
All dahlias are tubers. If you bought them in 4" pots, they were likely started from seed (I don't know about the 6" pots), but will have formed a tuber now. Have you kept them in the same pot all summer, potted them up, or planted them out? If you kept them in a pot, you might be surprised at how large they will get if planted out. I'm not sure if they will winter over in your zone, but what I read says they probably will.

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