February checklist
FLOWER OF THE MONTH
Dahlia
t’s been a couple of hundred years since plant hunters first brought dahlias from Mexico to Europe, and there are now hundreds of varieties of this late-summer perennial available. From cactus and orchid to waterlily and peony, double or single, giant or small, there’s a dahlia to suit the most finicky of horticultural palettes. If you have good, well-drained soil, you can grow them (from seed, seedlings or tubers) in a sunny spot out of the wind. In colder districts, grow from sprouted tubers to get them cracking during
