Love Dahlias

11/09/2026

You asked me to show the actual dividing, so here it is.

If your dahlia clump has already started sprouting, don’t be afraid to divide it.

You do NOT have to wait for every clump to sprout before chopping, but if you’re a beginner, those little sprouts can make dividing much easier. You can clearly see where the active eyes are and which part of the crown needs to stay with each tuber.

And if a sprout breaks off or gets damaged while you’re dividing, don’t panic. The tuber is not ruined. It can continue growing from lower growth points, much like a plant responds after pinching.

After dividing, I give my tubers a quick dip in a light fungicide solution to help reduce the risk of rot. I use Thor 500 WP, a captan-based fungicide available here in South Africa and then I let them dry before planting them back into the ground.

So the takeaway is simple: you don’t need to wait for sprouts, but when you’re learning to divide dahlias, visible growth can take a lot of the guesswork out of it.

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26/07/2026

Hi Namibia. Here is something for you.

GIVEAWAY

We're giving away ONE ticket to our "Make a Blooming Start" full-day of workshops held on Thursday, 13 August 2026 in Windhoek!

Prize:
1 x Full-Day Workshop Ticket valued at N$2,500, giving you access to all three inspiring masterclasses:

• Growing Beautiful Dahlias with Mareli Visser from Love Dahlias
• Seed Starting for Cut Flowers with Teneale Coetzee from Femme Pétale Flower Farm
• Designing a Cut Flower Garden with Susie Leblond

If you've been dreaming of growing your own flowers, creating a cutting garden, or learning from some of Southern Africa's leading flower experts, this is your chance!

How to enter:

1. Follow the "Love Dahlias Namibia" page.
2. Like this post.
3. Tag 3 friends in the comments who would love this workshop.

That's it!

The lucky winner will be announced on 3 August 2026.

Can't wait to see if you're the winner? Tickets are available now!

Book your place here:
https://lovedahliasnamibia.com/collections/events

Good luck, and we'll see you among the blooms!

17/05/2026

Our online store is officially open for business.

You can now start pre-ordering your dahlia tubers and gladiolus corms for the new season. Dahlia orders will be shipped from early October, and gladiolus corms can be shipped together with your dahlia order so everything arrives ready for your summer garden.

Happy shopping, flower friends.

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23/04/2026

Wine Eyed Jill is one of those dahlias that makes you stop and stare. Soft petals, a deep wine-coloured eye, and that perfect mix of gentle and dramatic. She is elegant, a little moody, and very hard not to fall in love with.

15/04/2026

To all our new followers, welcome. We’re delighted you found us. Settle in, enjoy the flowers, and prepare to fall in love with our beautiful dahlias.

Tineke Hanekom, Marié Coetzee, Mandara Oberholster, Marga Faure-Den Engelsman, Dominic Bernadino, Mariska Barnard Franzsen, Leandra Marlene Hattingh, Aletta Brendell, LuanCeleste Mouton, Heloise Steyn, Marvel Tjombonde, Helen Prinsloo, Mevoline Michelle van Zyl, Marilize Brown, Erna Myburgh, Louwrette Boshoff, Azille Schulze, Jeanne Schutte, Mariza Fourie, Sharlene Boshoff, Joane Boltman, Celeste Erasmus, Carla Stewart

12/04/2026

A sea of chrysanthemums and a very big job ahead of me.

I have officially started documenting all my heirloom mum varieties. It feels a little daunting when I look at how many there are, but these old beauties deserve to be named, recorded, and remembered properly.

This is the start of something special.

05/04/2026

Proudly South African, holding a bouquet of Pinelands Princess.

This beautiful variety was bred by South African dahlia breeder Cyril Higgo in Pinelands, Cape Town. There is something extra special about holding a flower with roots so close to home, a little piece of South African dahlia history in full colour.

Pinelands Princess, you are pure local magic.

04/04/2026

Soft, fluffy, ridiculously pink, and wearing the most perfect name possible: Hollyhill Cotton Candy.

I saw her this morning and honestly thought, well yes… whoever named this girl understood the assignment. Because there could not be a more fitting name for a bloom that looks this sweet, this airy, and this delightfully delicious.

She is pure pink fluff, and I am completely obsessed.

30/03/2026

PEOPLE OF NAMIBIA — welcome to the Love Dahlias family.

We are so excited to share that Love Dahlias now also has a Namibia store, where you will soon be able to order dahlia tubers grown in Namibian soil.

For a long time, dahlias have been difficult to find in Namibia, and good cut flower seeds have also been a scarce commodity. That is exactly why this new chapter matters so much to us. We want to make it easier for Namibian gardeners and flower lovers to get access to beautiful flowers grown with their local conditions in mind.

Our Love Dahlias Namibia stock will start loading in April 2026, and we cannot wait to share it with you. This will include a selected range of dahlia tubers as well as cut flower seeds for gardeners who want to grow beauty at home or start cutting flowers from their own patch.

We are incredibly excited about this step and so grateful to be able to grow into Namibia in a meaningful way.

Keep your eyes on our social media pages — the Namibia store is coming soon.



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