The dahlia was declared the national flower of Mexico in 1963. The flower’s wide range of colors, sizes, and forms mirrors the vibrant and diverse nature of Mexico itself.

The slightly florid name is only one of the dahlia’s problems. It is the Salma Hayek of flowers, a native Mexican who has unfairly encountered problems being taken seriously.

Did you know that you can successfully store dahlia tubers until next spring if you dig them up correctly? Here's how to do it this fall for more dahlias next year.

Dahlias are classic cut-and-come-again flowers, but is deadheading still necessary? Here's what two professional dahlia ...

Flower farmery Pretty Pickings is a self-proclaimed “dahlia heaven” that’s proliferated Robinson’s Belchertown home. She stores 60 tubs, each with hundreds of tubers, in her basement over ...

The American Dahlia Society estimates that there is anywhere from 18,000 to 20,000 dahlia varieties in cultivation at any one time. It’s that diversity that has long attracted Pearson to the flower.