2019 Tuber and Plant Sale

The 2012 Victoria Dahlia Society Show catalogue is now available to view online. Click on the link below to see the catalogue and begin planning your entries for the August 25/26 show. 2012 Dahlia Show Catalogue You can also click on the Victoria Dahlia Society Show link at the top of the page for more…

Thanks to Wendy and Pat we have the following description of how to create tuber labels for the sale using the Avery software. Download and install the Avery software from one of these links. (If you don’t already have it) Avery for PC Avery for Mac The following description is for a PC Save the…

We grow our dahlias from tubers because that way we know what we are getting (each tuber cut from a clump will produce the same flower). However there is another way to grow dahlias and that’s from seed. With this method you are never quite sure what you are going to get because the seed…

Ever wondered what dahlia growers and sellers are talking about when they say Vassio Meggos is an “A ID L LV10” or Mr Ralph is a “B FD DB BR/OR”? Confused about the difference between a “Formal Dec” and an “Informal Dec”? Not quite sure what the following sentence means “The ray florets are involute…

Are you interested in beginning to learn how to judge dahlia’s. If so then you are in luck. Barry will be putting on a one day seminar for new judges. The seminar will take place on Sunday July 24th from 9 until 4. If you are interested please email Ken (kbeswick@shaw.ca) or let him know…

In 1946 the Victoria Gladiolus Club was created and it held annual shows in the Crystal Gardens. In 1951 or 1952 two Club members, Bill Kempster and Dorothy Eveleigh started growing dahlias and exhibiting them in the Club shows which were then held in the Victoria Curling Rink. At about this time the Club changed…