So I have a number of dahlias in various parts of the plot which I need to consolidate into what will be next years late summer hardy tropicalesque bed (yes, I know....). Anyway, I generally leave my dahlias to overwinter but I really need to move quite a few anyway, just to replant my new 'dry garden'. I am a bit anxious about lifting them and immediately replanting to overwinter. I honestly would like to avoid digging them out and storing inside over winter because the greenhouse is already stuffed with really tender stuff (pelargoniums and salvias) and all my winter sowings. What do you reckon the chances of survival are, if replanted outside? Is it riskier to dig up now, while still in growth mode...or wait another month or so until frost has intervened? I seem to have a lot of stuff going into pots while desparete to get other stuff out of the pots and into the ground. Quite a merry-go-round.

I cannot guarantee any sort of dormancy either, so unlike those of you with snow-cover and real winters, my plants do tend to stumble on endlessly, only going dormant in pots if I withhold water.

Probably just need to get my head around the next stage of seasonal gardening...while attempting renovations and new schemes and ideas.