Dahlias, cut fresh each morning
Flowers by the stem and by the armful all season long, and tubers once the clumps come up in the fall. Everything follows the seasons here — and our season in Hanford is a generous one.
Cut flowers
Gathered in the cool of the morning and ready the very same day. Single stems, mixed bunches, or a whole bucket if you love to arrange them yourself.
Fresh blooms
Whatever is opening in the patch that week — and it changes constantly, which is half the joy of growing dahlias.
Tubers
Divided from our own healthy clumps at the end of the season, so you can grow these same beauties in your own garden.
A wonderfully long season
Nearly everywhere, dahlias are a summer-into-fall flower. Here in the Central Valley our warm weather lingers, and the patch keeps giving long after other gardens have finished.
That means we have blooms to share over a much longer stretch of the year than most growers can manage — so it's always worth asking, even late in the season. The answer is lovelier than you might expect.
Tubers come around the other way. Once the plants have finished for the year we lift and divide the clumps, and those go out ahead of the next planting season — a little something to look forward to over the winter.
What's blooming right now
Rather than post a list that's out of date within the week, we'd much rather tell you what's actually standing in the patch the day you ask. Call (559) 836-2880 or write to connect@melloacres.com and we'll share what's open, what's just about to be, and how long we expect it to last.
Planning something special — a celebration, a wedding, a standing weekly bunch for the kitchen table? Tell us the date. Dahlias keep their own calendar, but we'll give you our honest, hopeful read on what that week should bring.
First blooms and tuber season.
Two happy announcements each year: the day the patch starts producing, and the day our divided tubers are ready to go. Send us a note and we'll make sure you hear about both.