Dahlias with Margaret Ullman-Hess

Our flower friend Margaret from Ballard Urban Flowers is back on today's episode to talk about dahlias! She fills us in on why dahlias are the backbone of her business, the criteria she uses to select varieties, how temperatures and soil health can influence flower color, the natural environment of dahlias, anatomy of a tuber, how she starts her dahlias (pre-potting indoors), conditions for planting out, the dreaded dahlia virus and more. We also each picked 3+ varieties we're super excited about growing this year - you'll have to listen to get our recs!

In the intro Sarah talks about a wedding she designed for this past weekend, and an Australian podcast she just found called Dish the Dirt. She also is looking for guest recommendations for season 2 of the podcast.

This week's flower facts both have to do with dahlias (tune in after the interview with Margaret), and the song of the week is Wildflowers by Dolly Parton.

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