Tuber and Plant Sale Maps

5 – Cherry Blossoms 4 – Daffodils blooming 3 – First Swallows of the year (Photo by: Jen Goellnitz) 2 – Victoria Dahlia Society members start returning from places like Hawaii and Arizona (sorry, no photo)   1 – Dahlia tubers eying up for the VDS Plant and Tuber Sale (April 30 at Westshore Town…

The 70th Annual Dahlia Show (2016) will be held Saturday September 10 and Sunday September 11 at the Prospect Lake Community Hall, 5358 Sparton Road.  The doors will be open to the public Saturday 1pm to 5pm, and Sunday 11am to 3pm.  Admission is free.

If you’ve ever wondered about how the Victoria Dahlia Society, the Pacific Northwest Dahlia Conference and the American Dahlia Society all fit together then this post is for you. One way to think about it is to imagine a dahlia plant. The American Dahlia Society is the main stem, Dahlia Conferences are the branches and…

Our March meeting featured two excellent presentations. One by Dwight from Integrity Sales and Distributors on fertilizer and the other by Cathy on Mason Bees. Fertilizer We all know that dahlias and other plants require certain nutrients to thrive and many of us apply fertilizer to help supply those nutrients. The question is how do…

It’s early-July and the dahlia garden is starting to come to life in Victoria. Below is a photo of Jomanda growing in Rob and Sarah’s garden – what’s growing in your garden? Send your dahlia photos to vdspublicity@shaw.ca so we can post what’s blooming in your garden.

Below are photos from member gardens taken in summers past.  Want these gardens?  Come out to our Plant & Tuber Sale. In this photo, dahlias are being protected from expected rain showers. This is done in preparation for our Annual Dahlia Flower Show held each August.