I ordered from Corralotis Gardens earlier this year. I'm in Central Florida and my plants have been in the ground about a month. They arrived in great condition due to the packaging. They are very healty and are flourishing..between 2' and 3' depending on varity. No buds yet but I am very pleased so far. Hope yours do well.

Sending plants instead of tubers is an indication that they are cloning them. They aren't doing you a favor, but rather increasing stock -- probably don't have a big area to field grow the tubers.

Nothing wrong with this, just mentioning why they would send plants.

Or they could be cuttings.

In response to Ron's posting - cuttings are primarily what we sell at Corralitos Gardens. We also sell potroots that are used by serious dahli hobbiests to make their own cuttings.

We grow about 5,000 dahlias each year and have not planted a tuber in over 65 years. Cuttings arre the only way to go as far as we are concerned. Much more uniform growth, no waiting for tubers to sprout, and never any rotting of tubers.

Ooops! That should read 6 years, not 65. We have only been growing dahlias for 18 years.

We made the switch to cuttings 6 years ago.

How does one propagate dahlias from cuttings?

Anna

Put a tuber or potroot on the bench, when it sprouts and is an inch or so high, cut off, dip in rootone and put in soil or oasis, put a cover on it and wait for 11-21 days. By that time, it will be rooted and can be put in a pot to grow on until ready to go outside. This is a very simplified explanation. Here is where you can find the steps in detail.

Teresa

Here is a link that might be useful: Colorado Dahlia Society