Pikes Peak Plants (2024)

04/09/2022

Millicent, guardian of the peppers 🌶 🫑

16/08/2022

🌻 Flower girl 🌻

10/03/2022

Millie is our Colorado Mountain Dog being trained to guard our flock of Ancona ducks. As a livestock guardian dog, she loves to work and will assign tasks for herself to do. At almost a year old, she may look giant but is still very much a puppy at heart.

Follow us for more fluffiness!

01/03/2022

S🌸P🌺R🌼I🌹N🌷G - Meteorological? Astronomical? Ecological? When did we have so many definitions of spring and what do they mean? 🤔

Spring refers to a season and also invokes ideas of rebirth, rejuvenation, renewal, and regrowth.

In the northern hemisphere, meteorological spring starts on March 1 and lasts for three months. This period of time precedes the three hottest months (meteorological summer) and the three coldest months (meteorological winter).

Others consider the first day of spring to be when days and nights are approximately twelve hours long, with daytime length increasing and nighttime length decreasing as the season progresses. This is also known as the start of astronomical spring, aka the spring (or vernal) equinox.

However, if you live in a northern area, it may not feel or look like spring on March 1 or even March 15. The beginning of spring is not always determined by fixed calendar dates. Instead, those who follow ecological spring refer to biological indicators, such as blossoming of a range of plant species, the activities of animals, etc.

Living in Colorado, Mother Nature can be quite sneaky. Today is March 1, bright and sunny. If you stand outside with your eyes closed, you could convince yourself that it’s summer already! 😎 However, the abundance of brown everywhere says so otherwise. ❄️ Who knows? We could be experiencing another bout of winter weather as early as this weekend! 🥶

We are still about 13 weeks away from being able to safely plant heat loving plants in the garden so we will soak up as much sun as we can in the meantime. ☀️

What does your part of the world look like today? 🌎🌍🌏

PS: See this little shoot coming out of the tiny muscari bulb? Bertha (pictured) decided to unearth it to check on its progress. So far so good!

26/02/2022

Go away! I’m hard at work, can’t you see?

Millie is our Colorado Mountain Dog. She grew up in a rural setting and has adjusted very well to living in suburbia. She comes from working parents and although she’s one of the more mellow puppies from her litter, she still has a drive to work. However, her definition of working and choice of where to work from can be questionable at times…

24/02/2022

Lesson learned: Mother Nature always wins…

2021 was the first year my Ancona ladies were mature enough to start laying eggs. There were fresh eggs daily starting on Feb 1.

This year, Feb 1 came and went, yet we didn’t see any signs of eggs. I wasn’t sure what the delay was but figured when it was time, the ladies would start laying again. I supplemented with extra freeze dried mealworms and grubblies, hoping that increasing their protein intake would help.

The ladies have been extra moody these past few days with the hi temps barely in the single digits. I figured they wouldn’t start now with this arctic blast. Guess I was proven wrong…

06/07/2021

Peeking through the forest to see how all my little baby tomatoes are growing 🍅👀

We're in the first full week of July and have lots happening in the garden! Loads of leaves to convert UV rays from the sun into plant nutrients to fuel flower formation and fruit production.

40 plants, 20 varieties 🍅

Swipe through to see if you can guess at some of the pictured cultivars/varieties! 🤔🤓

03/07/2021

Who doesn't like garden surprises? Earlier this month, I had a kale plant pull through the ducky attack and matured into a wonderful leafy plant. Today, I discovered that my sugar snap peas are still producing in the tomato/pepper forest that this raised bed has become!

Peas are a cold weather crop (Spring/Fall). When planted in the Spring, they usually give up when the summer heat comes around. With the amount of rain and cooler temperatures we've been getting lately, I guess they decided to keep trucking on!

Swipe through to check out how excited my Ancona ladies are about these determined spring crops that won't give up just quite yet! 🍽

Find anything crazy in your garden this week?

25/06/2021

SURPRISE! This spring, I planted a whole tray of 72 kale plants. In one afternoon, my Ancona ladies decimated all of them. 😬🤦‍♀️

Turns out, they missed one!

This one lone survivor is thriving under the shade of a Stupice tomato plant.

At this point in the season, there's plenty of bugs and other grubs to snack on within these raised beds so this kale plant has remained untouched!

We shall see how long this kale plant lives for... In the meantime, I will start harvesting the outer leaves to encourage the plant to continue sending out new leaves. 🍽

Have you had any happy surprises in your garden?

24/06/2021

Gardening is a journey and you will encounter mistakes and failures along, but don't let that deter you!

I had glorious plans of planting 100 clumps of multisown beets that should have yielded 400+ beetroots.

However, mother nature had other plans...

First, I battled a momma bunny convinced that my beetroot bed was the perfect spot to have babies.

Then, we had about two weeks of true spring weather before the brutal 90+ degree weather hit us.

After that, we had cabbage moths that laid eggs, which hatched into worms that ate through the leaves (last pic).

All in all, we ended up with these lil stunted beets. I guess the silver lining is that they are all perfectly bite-sized? 🤷🤦‍♀️

Have you encountered part of your garden going in the complete opposite direction that you thought it would?

16/06/2021

Duck patrol reporting for duty! 🦆🐛

Our Ancona ladies are constantly foraging for bugs that find our veggie, flower, and herb plants tasty. This natural pest control method not only saves me lots of time, but also rewards us with extra tasty, nutrient-dense ducky eggs.

Although nightshade plants (leaves, stems) are poisonous to ducks, our ladies have a wide diversity of plants in the garden so they leave my tomatoes and pepper plants alone. However, because the modified hugelkultur fabric raised beds attract lots of worms and other decomposers, the ladies are always checking back for more snacks.

In the front, I planted various types of peppers. In the back, various determinate tomatoes. And of course, lots of mulch to cover the soil and reduce water loss!

What pest control methods do you use?

13/06/2021

Second Week of June Garden Update:
Lots happening in our garden space as we approach the middle of June. A little behind with so much to do and only so much time. 😅

Pic 1: Our gladioli are coming up nicely. Excited to see them bloom in a couple months! 💐

Pic 2: Planted our first round of basil! When planting, I like to also pinch the set or two of leaves. This reduces the amount of transpiration on the new transplant, making the transition less stressful.

Pic 3: Our small harvest of Basil with fresh ducky eggs 🥚Made yummy pesto with this harvest and had it over scrambled ducky eggs 🍴

Pic 4: Our dahlias are coming up too! Still have about 15-20 that I had started early in pots that need to be transplanted. Hail structure for the flower space needs to be set up as well... Hopefully will get around to it today, we'll see 👀

How is your garden doing?

12/06/2021

First tomato flowers (that get to live) of the season!

I usually pinch flowers from tomatoes and peppers for the first two weeks after transplanting.

When plants become root bound, it pushes them from the vegetative phase into flowering and fruit production.

Once in the flowering phase, the plant allocates the majority of resources into forming flowers and fruit. This means there are fewer resources for stem, leaf, and most importantly, root development.

These tomatoes have been planted in the raised beds since May 15, within the protection of Wall-O-Waters. I had been meticulously picking off flowers to encourage more plant growth. Now, time to patiently wait for tomatoes to form!

Are you growing tomatoes this year? 🍅

07/06/2021

Can't believe we've had this fluffy pup-tato for 16 days already!

Millicent and I spend hours outside in the garden with the ladies. Feathered animals are hard for puppies to resist, especially when they run and flap as it initiates the prey drive.

The goal is to get her to pretend like the ducks don't exist. NO staring, NO pawing (that giant paw will take one of our ladies out for sure), and definitely NO chasing!

Because Millie is still a puppy, she needs lots of activities to keep her attention away from the ducks. She gets chews (pictured). We do perimeter walks. We play with toys. We even have our meals and do basic obedience training outside! All of this is in the pursuit of normalizing existing in the garden with our ducky ladies.

What have you been up to in your garden?

07/06/2021

Got 45 peppers planted this weekend!

We are experimenting with different spacing for peppers. Peppers like to "hold hands" with other peppers. This not only helps reduce water loss from the soil, but also protects the pepper fruits from the dreaded sun scald.

When planting, you want to account for spread of mature peppers. I'm comparing distances of 9" from center to center vs the traditional 12" from center to center.

Featured here is a shish*to pepper. You can see the leaves of neighboring pepper plants along the left and right edges of the picture.

Shish*tos are an early maturing pepper variety, which is very important for us in short growing seasons. They are also extremely prolific. The added bonus of continuously picking these peppers when they are green and ~3-5 inches in length is that it promotes the plant to send out more flowers and produce more peppers!

How far apart do you plant your peppers?

04/06/2021

Happy ! Here's another edition of "what am I??" 🧐🤔

This tree sends out an abundance of creamy off-white pom poms blooms.

As we haven't spent a full season on the property yet, everyday is a surprise with what plant will leaf out, what plant will bloom, etc.

I'm thinking of snipping a couple branches to bring inside the house to see if I can use it as a cut flower! It sure looks pretty outside and would add a nice look to our kitchen island as a center piece (assuming it has a decent vase life...).

Let me know your guesses below!

03/06/2021

Loving the variegation on this Japanese Murasaki pepper!

This variety of heatless pepper is new to me this year. So far, I've been very impressed with its growth habit.

You can see in the center where I have pinched off the main (apical) stem to promote more branching to try to create a bushier plant.

A bushier plant has a lower center of gravity and performs much better in a climate like ours with high winds. A tall, leggy pepper loaded with fruit is way more prone to snapping than something bushier.

PS: Don't forget to pinch flowers for the first two weeks after transplanting! By delaying the flowering phase, you force the plant to stay in the vegetative phase for a bit longer, which allows the root system to develop in its new home and help stabilize the plant better!

Have you seen variegation in any of your veggies?

01/06/2021

Garden inspectors making sure everything is up to ducky code 🦆🦆🦆🦆

About three weeks ago, I transplanted individual lemon balm plants from their 2 inch wide, 2 inch deep pots into 2.5 inch wide, 3 inch deep pots.

As part of the mint family, they are very vigorous growers and quickly filled up their new pots in this short time frame (pic 5).

Given that today was rainy and the forecast doesn't look like it's going to be too hot for the following couple of days, I decided to transplant 20 of these little ones into their new homes (pic 6).

These lemon balm plants will make up the second row of my perennial beds (pic 7). In the first row, I have a mix of thyme, oregano, and more lemon balm.

Still debating what to plant behind all these herbs. Leaning towards something dramatically tall. Not a perennial, but perhaps some amaranth?

Leave your suggestions below!

31/05/2021

Hail NO! 😬😫🤬

For whatever reason, we seem to always get bad weather over Memorial Weekend. The past two years, we've experienced snow. This year, we were fortune enough to stay above freezing.

However, we had huge storm systems come across the state and was plummeted by pea-sized hail today.

All my plants under the hail net survived damage free. These two tomatoes (1st pic) were unfortunately forgotten about and left out in the open. Our beds of Austrian Winter Peas (2nd pic) looked a little like chopped lettuce, but will quickly bounce back!

Check out one of the many hail piles around the edges of our hail structure (3rd pic) The sloped netting allows the hail to bounce and roll off, instead of accumulate on the netting and pulling the entire structure down.

Our deck (4the pic) looked like it snowed! 😱🤪

How is your Memorial Weekend going?

28/05/2021

My garden helpers and I put in a new perennial bed with asparagus and strawberries! 🍓🌱🌿

These two plants are natural companions! Both are early spring crops that will begin to produce after the last frost date. They root on different levels to maximize the nutrient return in your garden.

Asparagus likes well-drained soil. Too much soil moisture will rot the roots. I added my custom-made raised bed mix as the growing medium. This bed is built on a gently sloped part of the garden, which will also assist in keep the soil from being too wet.

Asparagus likes full sun but will grow with some dappled shade. I built the bed on the West side of the garden, giving this patch morning sun and shade during our intensely hot CO afternoons.

Thinking of using that circular area next to this bed as an overflow strawberry bed... Thoughts?

27/05/2021

Prepared for hail season!

Here in the Springs, weather is one of the biggest challenges that we as gardeners face.

In March, April, and May, we worry about snow storms that can easily wipe out days, weeks, months of hard work.

In June, July, and August, we worry about hail storms decimating our plants.

Although some may think a hail structure is unsightly, I would rather be prepared than panic. Hail starts very quickly here, with little warning. With nine veggie raised beds (pictured), three perennial beds, and three flower beds, there isn't enough time for me to run out there and cover everything. That is assuming I happen to be at home while it hails...

Swipe through to see aerial views of this 15x25 ft veggie garden space! L side of pic: North, R: South. I am still deciding whether to put in another raised bed in the empty space in the middle or fill that space with containers. Open to ideas!

Does it hail where you live? If so, how do you protect your plants?

26/05/2021

3SF Millicent (Millie) - Pikes Peak Plant's ducky guardian dog in training

Millie is a G3 Colorado Mountain Dog outcross. The CMD is a beautiful dog, taller and leaner than some livestock guardian dog breeds, with soft silky hair that doesn't mat, and long full manes and tails. The distinguishing trait of a well bred CMD, above all others, is that they should be welcoming to humans who are visiting the farm who they do not know, never shy, hostile, or aggressive, unless they legitimately detect a threat. This is very important to us as we will be hosting garden tours with (hopefully) a steady trickle of visitors this summer!

Millie has grown up around chickens and we are slowly making the transition to guarding our Ancona lady ducks from predators. After all, ducks are quite tasty!

Initially our Ancona ladies were not pleased with this new addition to their garden. However, curiosity got the better of them and they slowly ventured closer and closer to check out this new creature. Now the ladies seem accepting of Millie, especially because she comes with a fresh bowl of water that they can drink out of and leave mud in! 🤣

Friends, I need your help coming up with a unique, witty hashtag for Millie! Our Ancona ladies are . Leave your suggestions below!

22/05/2021

Glad to have 'em in the garden!

Gladioli are part of the iris family. In Latin, gladius means "sword", so a "gladiator" was a person armed with a sword. "Gladiolus" actually means "a little sword," and gets its name from its sword-shaped leaves.

This year, we are growing two of the Large-flowering (Grandiflorus) types:
💐 Espresso, whose buds really are jet black, in pure silk velvet, opening to a deep burgundy-red.
💐 Fiorentina, whose buds are white on the edges and burgundy inside

Hopefully, we'll start getting blooms by the end of July/early August!

Are you planting any corms, tubers, or summer bulbs?

18/05/2021

Perenial Herb Garden Grown From Seed: Three Month Progress Check 🌿🌱

Our oregano (pic 1), thyme (pic 2 background), and lemon balm (pic 2 foreground, pic 3) have come a long way since their humble beginnings in late February!

Swipe all the way through to see just how little they were when they first germinated on February 18th! We mass sowed the seeds in 30 2-inch pots.

Once they filled out these little pots, each clump was split in half and transplanted into 2.5 inch pots (pic 4). This brought us up to a total of 60 pots on March 18th.

I tried to push the limits a little more with transplanting lemon balm. Instead of only dividing into clumps, I took several clumps and separated them into individual baby plants. I ended up with 50 individual lemon balm plants in 2 inch pots, with the majority still alive after a month.

This past weekend, the herbs in 2.5 inch pots got bumped up to 3.5 inch pots and the lemon balm in 2 inch pots were upgraded to 2.5 inch pots. We now have about 100 perennial herbs to plant in ~2 weeks.

While these plants fill in their new pots, I will be busy preparing their forever home. I have my eyes set on a giant patch of sandy loam soil, approximately 16 ft by 6 ft... 👀

It won't be long before we are making lemon balm pesto and cooking with fresh herbs!

Do you have plans for an herb garden this year? What are you looking forward to?

17/05/2021

The newest edition of Who Did This??!! 😤😠

Discovered my beet bed tunneled into with dirt and mulch everywhere. Poor little beet seedlings were buried under the soil.

The ladies are usually very alert and will chase off all intruders (squirrels, birds, etc) in the garden space. But they did not know what to make of this bunny that managed to sneak through a gap in our fence.

Will have to teach the ladies that bunnies are NOT welcome here and to give chase if they ever see it set foot in their space again.

For those with full fenced-in backyards(5ft privacy fence), have you encountered unwelcome guests in your garden? Any suggestions for deterring them from coming back?

16/05/2021

Chicken or duck? Can you tell which is which? 🧐🤔

We had the pleasure of visiting a neighbor's backyard farm today. They had lots of different breeds of chickens, Nigerian dwarf goats, Angora rabbits, bees, and even a Kune Kune mix pig! 🐔🐰🐐🐝🐖

We were gifted a fun mix of different colored eggs. In return, we'll be bringing by some of our duck eggs and some plant starts! 🥚🌱

Do you share and swap homegrown/home-raised goodies with your neighbors?

15/05/2021

Just finished repotting all our peppers today! These babies got upgraded from their 3.5 inch pots to their new one gallon pots. 🌱🌶

We still have 2-3 weeks before ground temperatures will be consistently above 60F. Peppers are tropical plants and need warm soil temperatures to thrive. If planted too early, they will sulk and not grow.

I have plans for 10 different varieties, for a total of 50 pepper plants:
🌶 Lemon drop
🌶 Lemon spice jalapeno
🌶 Tam jalapeno
🌶 Shish*to
🌶 Lipstick
🌶 King of North
🌶 Sheepnose
🌶 Japanese murasaki

I have not had much luck growing any type of bell peppers in our high desert, super short growing season so I am very excited for the King of North and Sheepnose bell peppers. So far, the King of North plants look more promising, but the Sheepnose could have a great comeback when it comes to being the first to set fruit. Only time will tell... 🧐

Although the hot peppers look much smaller than the others currently, they will explode in growth when the summer heat begins.

Do you live in a high altitude or northern climate? Any recommendations for bell pepper varieties that are heavy producers?

11/05/2021

Spring in Colorado: A toss up between 70+ degree sunny weather and freezing winter conditions (snow storm included)

We planted our 50 clumps of multi-sown beets exactly a month ago (last pic). Since then, we have had three snowstorms. Of the 38 clumps that have survived, they are sending out larger leaves and hopefully doing their magic underground to form beetroots.

Cylindra and golden beets are supposed to be harvestable around 60 days after planting. I'm hoping that in a month or so, these lil beets will be big beets ready to go from garden to table!

I am very excited for lots of roasted beets, pickled beets, and sauteed beets leaves! I would love to hear about your favorite way to eat beets! 🍽

10/05/2021

Happy Mother's Day! Apparently Ruth wants to be one too! 🦆🦆🦆🦆

She has gone broody and is sitting on the eggs laid by the other ladies in an attempt to incubate them and hatch little ducklings. Maybe someone should tell Ruth that we don't have a little boy ducky so all the eggs are infertile... 😅🙄

This phase also corresponds with hormonal and behavior changes. A broody duck will stop laying eggs. She will also reduce food and water intake, and even begin holding her oops until she is off the nest. This instinct decreases potential pathogen exposure to her ducklings and decreases the likelihood of predators finding her or her eggs via scent in the wild.

Have your lady ducks gone broody this spring? If yes, are you expecting any ducklings?

09/05/2021

Over 200 of our tomato and pepper starts went home to their forever homes this weekend! 🌱🍅🌶

This is always a bittersweet moment for me as I have meticulously cared for all these veggie starts for the past two months. I started them the last week of February and watched them germinate and grow into the beautiful starts that I had the pleasure of sending to new homes this weekend.

This year, the King of North pepper had the most vigorous growth (featured in 1st pic). This variety is new to me so I'm excited to see how soon it starts producing bell peppers!

Which veggie variety are you most excited for?

08/05/2021

Happy Flower Friday! I've been wondering what tree we have in the front yard ever since we moved in. Now that it flowered, I'm one step closer to figuring out its identity!

It has these beautiful flowers that have a light honey fragrance only detectable when your nose is right next to the flower cluster.

My guesses:
A) Sand cherry
B) Ornamental plum
C) ???

What species do you think this tree is? Let me know ⬇️!

06/05/2021

Seedlings aren't as fragile as you think they are (well, some at least...) Take a peek at what survived the snow storm that came through a couple days ago!

Our cover crop of Austrian Winter Peas will be taking off shortly. These guys love the cooler spring weather and thunderstorms that we get here in the Front Range.

I have two beds, each 4x22ft, filled with these seedlings. By the first week of June, I expect to see a carpet of green in these beds. By end of June, they will be going to seed. It will be a battle between the ladies and I to be the first to the seed pods. I am going to try to save them so I can reseed our beds in August. The ladies consider them garden fresh snacks.

Bonus pic of kale, which also survived the ducky onslaught that took out ~140 baby bok choy...

05/05/2021

Happy Tomato Tuesday! 🍅 We spent almost all of day folding newspaper pots, pulling orders, repotting tomatoes into these newspaper pots, and sending them home to their new families!

We chose to go with newspaper pots for a couple of reasons:

🍅 We wanted to reduce the amount of single use plastic we sent out the door that may ultimately end up in landfills.

🍅 The newspaper pot acts as a great indicator for when to water. If the entire pot is bone-dry, it is time to water. If the newspaper is damp, skip the watering for the day. If the newspaper is disintegrating, you're loving your plants a little too much! Remember, less is more.

🍅 The newspaper pot is a method for air pruning roots. When roots meet air, they stop growing and sends a signal to the plant to send out more roots from the center. In plastic pots, plants do not receive this type of feedback, which results in the roots circling the pot causing a root bound plant.

What do you think of newspaper pots? Let me know ⬇️

03/05/2021

And this, my friends, is why we must patiently wait for Memorial Weekend to safely plant warm weather plants outside without protection here in COS. 🙃

Despite the balmy 80+ F weather we got on Saturday, Sunday and today was a whole different story. Sunday started off nice and sunny, but the storms clouds quickly came in and greeted us with a much needed rain shower all afternoon. 🌧

When I went outside to let the ladies out this morning, there was a good 3" of snow on the ground. ☃

Luckily snow is a great insulator and helps protect young seedlings from frost damage!

Our snap peas, Austrian Winter Peas, beets, and kale will receive a nice slow drink of water when the snow melts. 🌱

How was your Monday? Anything surprising?

03/05/2021

Let's talk about season extenders! What do you use to add a couple of weeks to the beginning and end of your growing seasons?

Here in Colorado Springs, we have a super short growing season (~100-120 frost free days). To maximize the amount of time we get to enjoy our summer garden, we use wall-o-waters to heat up the soil faster and protect our tender tomatoes from light frost.

This circular contraption has lots of vertical tubes that you fill with water. Water has a great heat capacity! This means that water is very good at holding heat captured during the hot days and releasing it during our chiller nights. This fantastic chemical property of water helps offset the wild temperature changes we get here in the Front Range of Colorado and keeps the ambient temperature inside the water teepee relatively the same.

I got less than half of them set up today before the rain came in. Hopefully I will be able to get the rest done after our potential snow storm tomorrow. (Go away winter!) If things go according to plan, I will be transplanting my first round of tomatoes into these Wall-o-waters next weekend!

02/05/2021

This may not look like much but we are very excited that our cover crop of Austrian Winter Peas is finally coming up strong!

These beds will be filled with flowers this summer: zinnias, celosias, dahlias, and gladioli. We're planning for a wide array of colors at various heights to fill the South part of our garden, making for the perfect foreground to our gorgeous Front Range mountain view.

However, some of these flowers we plan to grow require fertile soil. In addition to adding compost, we also like to practice ecosystem-friendly practices like planting cover crops that fix nitrogen and return this valuable nutrient into the soil that in turn feeds our plants. Cover crops also act as a living mulch to help minimize water loss.

What's happening in your garden? 🌱

30/04/2021

Looking to have the best veggie garden in town?

We've got you covered here at Pikes Peak Plants!

Lots of unique, heirloom tomato and pepper plants. Grown in organic medium using organic methods at 6800ft. Plants live outside in a protected environment during the day (weather permitting) and are exposed to the elements (sun, wind, etc), which makes for stronger and healthier plants than indoor grown starts.

Porch pickup: Near Briargate/Research

Cost: $5 per plant

Varieties and brief descriptions in pics

*Plants need to be either brought inside at night or live in a protected environment until after our last frost date (~May 15)

**Ducks not included

28/04/2021

How do you grow your tomato plants?

When I transplant my tomato starts into individual 3.5 inch pots, I am usually left with some maters too small to thrive by itself. I gather all of these wee babies and pot them together into one pot (pic 2).

Once all the little baby tomatoes have at least two sets of true leaves, it is time to separate them!

After soaking the soil with water and letting it soak in for ~30 minutes, I gently separate each seedling with its root ball intact (pic 1).

Each seedling is laid diagonally across the pot, on top of ~1 inch of custom made potting mix (pic 3).

All leaves below the top lip of the pot are clipped off. As these plants are still quite small with our last frost date coming up in ~3 weeks, I want to these plants to be as big and strong as possible by taking the time to develop a strong root system. By burying the stem, all the little hairs will transform into roots (pic 4)!

27/04/2021

Look what's coming to life! Any guesses as to what this plant is? 🤔🧐🌱

This plant can be grown from tubers or seeds. From seed, they most likely won't be true to the mother plant but can make for a fun experiment and surprise at blooming time.

For those with short growing seasons like us in CO, you can get a head start by potting the tubers up and letting them come out of dormancy. After the last frost date, the tubers and sprouts can be safely planted in the garden.

It can take 8-10 weeks after planting for this plant to bloom, but it will bloom until first frost. One well-established plant should yield 20 marketable stems! 💐

If you guessed dahlia, you got it!

Are you growing any dahlias this year? Let me know which types below!

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