tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8458988100990689523.post3537508331209865779..comments2023-11-03T08:58:51.231+00:00Comments on Blackberries From My Passport.: Ordering The Veg.Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07181200914575879730noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8458988100990689523.post-47973535113610144982009-12-07T20:21:28.131+00:002009-12-07T20:21:28.131+00:00Hi Pam, Thank you for the comment on my blog conce...Hi Pam, Thank you for the comment on my blog concerning lifting the Dahlia's. You are of course right to question me about leaving them in the ground over winter and I must stress that the ones I left in are there to take their chance so to speak are just ones that I'm not really bothered about. I did make a point of lifting and storing safely two of each variety. Any that are left are ones that I have an abundance of. However having said that there is a good chance that most of them will survive as they're in a pretty sheltered position. Some have already survived two winters without being lifted. I recorded a temperature of minus five last winter and I only lost half a dozen or so. So really the thing is that if you have Dahlia's that you value in the slightest don't take the chance but if you have some that you are prepared to lose then take a chance with them. If you want to give them a bit of an extra chance pile some compost or soil over them and then in spring level it off over the border. I hope this is of some help to you. I think we are in Hardiness Zone 8bBobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07181200914575879730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8458988100990689523.post-3589074824610221972009-12-05T05:36:48.914+00:002009-12-05T05:36:48.914+00:00What is the garden zone where you are? I am in the...What is the garden zone where you are? I am in the south west part of Michigan in the USA and I have to lift dahlias and glads ect.. ro they will not winter over.Clinthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01358507682032422874noreply@blogger.com