How to Grow

Dahlias are grown from tubers (similar to a bulb, but thin-skinned like a potato). Plant tubers in the springtime, about the same time as you would your vegetable gardens or when the ground is warm enough to work up and play in daily. Plant them in a full sun location (giving them 6-8 hours of direct sunlight) and enjoy blooms all summer long. They will bloom and provide you with color and abundant flowers for cutting and enjoying throughout the summer.
The more you cut a dahlia plant, the more it will bloom. Most cut dahlias will last up to 5 days once cut and treated.

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Diane
JUST LIKE THE PICTURES

First year with Chilson's Pride and have absolutely loved it! It's just like the photos, which doesn't happen too often! The pink is gorgeous, the plant is vigorous and the flowers have the longest vase time of any that I'm growing.

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Beth
It’s a sad little flower.

Not pink and not a 4 inch flower. The flower is cream/white and already looks sad before it is totally bloomed. Leaves have been eaten alive even with preventative care. I will be throwing it out after season.

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Sarah
Nice Flower

This is my 2nd year growing Chilson’s Pride. Each plant is a big producer. I will say mine have all bloomed white with no pink. And bugs definitely like them for whatever reason. But I’m still able to use it for cut flowers.

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Mary
Prolific and beautiful

Bloomed for months!

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KATY
Beautiful

I'm growing my Dahlias in 10 gal. pots, three blocks from the ocean, in frequent fog. They get a little less than a full day's sun and I feed them about every two weeks with Tiger Bloom. They are wonderful. Not as many flowers as I would get under better circumstances, but I'm very happy with what they have produced. Aside from Chilson's Pride I have a Bridezilla and a Thomas Edison. Wonderful flowers!

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Shannon
Prolific bloomer

Beautiful soft pink to white blooms, stems tend to be shorter and less thick but can support the flower. Vigorous growth so best if trimmed back. Looks beautiful in any arrangement, can be the star or back up! Zone 9b

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KATY
Beautiful flowers

First year with this plant. Growing in 10 gal. pot in less than full sun, three blocks from ocean in Santa Barbara so subject to summer fog. Feed liquid Tiger Bloom every two weeks. It's spectacular. Lovely pink, strong plant, lots of flowers. I'm delighted.

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KELLY
Very anemic looking

I agree with Elizabeth 100%. It’s nice enough but it is late blooming and bugs love them and they really are fragile looking they already look beat up before they’re even fully unfurled.

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Elizabeth
Very pale color

This variety grows very vigorously however the flower color is more white than the photo with only a hint of pink. Also for some reason it is my only dahlia that insects attack the petals right away so the flowers are all marred unless i pick them before opening so not great for cutting. I tried it in a different spot this year with the same result.

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SUZANNE
Love this flower for weddings

Combine these lovely pale pink flowers with lisianthus in a wedding bouquet, and people swoon. Chilson's Pride is big enough to be the focal flower yet small enough to be used in quantity along with pure white dahlias in the same bouquet. A standard that we grow every year. Also a good tuber producer.