Why disbud dahlias

These 3- to 5-feet-tall plants are loaded with flowers that transform from lilac to mauve to lavender-blue and then finish with a display of white petals. Increase the size of these and any dahlias with a bit of disbudding. Remove side buds if you are looking for one large, knock your socks off, bloom per stem.

Disbudding reduces the number of flowers, but increases their individual size. Going for quantity? Then leave all the buds intact. You will have a lot more flowers, but they will be much smaller. Both methods create a colorful display. But if you leave all the buds, you'll have lots more blooms, but they'll be smaller. It's your choice.

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Skip to main content Skip to main menu Skip to search Skip to footer. Search for:. It is very easy to inadvertently snap off the bud you had intended to nurture, so pinch very lightly. Pinch off the side buds cleanly where their stalk reaches the main stem of the plant, this will normally be butting up to a leaf. Disbudding a Dahlia If you are a keen dahlia enthusiast and want to see what it would be like to grow a very large specimen bloom, then it is worth knowing that there is a method of making the flower heads grow considerably larger than normal.