Can dahlias be grown as perennials?

Are dahlia flowers annual or perennial? The flamboyant bloomers are classified as tender perennials, which means they may be annual or perennial, depending on your plant hardiness zone. Learn more dahlia plants in this article. read more

Perennials are plants that live for at least three years, while tender perennials won’t survive cold winters. Tender dahlia plants are actually tropical plants and they are perennial only if you live in USDA plant hardiness zone 8 or higher. read more

The wikipedia article on dahlia says that they are perennial plants. However, the dahlia section at my local garden center claims (in their little info booklets) that they are annuals. Upon further research, I found that: Generally, seed grown varieties of Dahlias are started as bedding plants and then treated as annual plants. read more

These dahlias look great in the front of a perennial bed mixed with other late-blooming perennials, such as phlox and asters. In addition, all border dahlias can be grown in containers. For something different, consider cactus-flowered dahlias, which have distinctive rolled petals. read more