| Show ow You and Your Garden Dahlias Allow Gardener Extensive Color Variety By Genevieve ic II H. Folsom Fol om Telegram Garden Editor Brighten your summer and fall garden with the thc versatile and beautiful dahlia Its many types sizes and colors give unlimited opportunity to the gardener for variety Just a few of those these flowers planted in your garden will make male it a show place of the neighborhood Lovely flowers can be obtained from seed from tubers or from I green plants set out In the spring when danger of frost is over For Forthe ForI Forthe the amateur flowers from tubers I will be best but if you are arc the I type who likes to experiment try I green plants or growing the dahlias from seed Order Plants Order your green plants when you send in your order for tubers They will be delivered to you at atthe atthe atthe II the proper time for planting inthis in inthis inthis this area This is usually around the first of June The advantage of green plants is that you can secure more costly varieties at much less cost than the tubers Green plants as a rule produce more flowers than the tubers but butin butin butin in our experience we find they donot do donot donot not produce as large tuber clumps Dahlias are easy to raise fr from m seed and they will bear flowers and form tubers the same year they are planted The seed while expensive is worth procuring for forit forit forit it is a real adventure raising your own dahlia seedlings seedling The seedling seedling seedling seed seed- ling will not come true to the parent but you may produce a seedling of rare value Plant Seeds Plant your dahlia seeds indoors indoors' in February or early March when you are arc planting your other seeds I You can plant them in flats or 01 we l like ke to use the small paper cups such as you buy to take on picnics The cups should be placed I in a flat to make it easier to care care for them Use a very light soil soH Some prefer to mix plenty of sand into good mountain or garden soil or you may prefer a mixture of vermiculite and soil This last mixture is very satisfactory for starting the seedlings If you use individual paper cups just place one seed in each cup cover cr with the vermiculite or a shallow layer of soil not more than quarter one-quarter inch deep and keep moist until germination takes place When Then the second pair or the II true leaves have developed transplant transplant transplant trans trans- plant the dahlias into larger pots or into another flat Care for forthe forthe forthe the seedlings seedling's indoors as you would any other flower They prefer a cool temperature If the plant becomes too tall it can be pinched back I Transplant into the garden when danger of frost is past |
