Post by jrae on Apr 20, 2012 13:50:56 GMT
If I till the soil for dahlias, how deep should I go and how far apart should I space them on a slope? We have tough red clay and I want to putt dahlias in here -- I'm thinking they wouldn't drown during the rainy season as water drains away quickly in here. Yep, I probably have to work in lots of compost and stuff don't have a problem with that as we got lots of it, it's just the hard work that's going to take quite a bit of time.
This is where I want to put them, I apologize for the crappy pictures as it was taken with my cellphone with a shaky hand (too much coffee)... The tree dahlia cuttings I managed to grow would go on top to as some sort of privacy fencing, then the rest of the dahlias (mostly dinnerplate dahlias) in a terraced hillside bed. I will adjust the depth and width of each level according to how much space each one needs.
This is where I want to put in terraced beds:
This one is what I want to put tree dahlias around:
Do y'all think that's a good location? Or would they suffer from too much sun in there? It's sunny in there the whole day as it's the highest spot of land. The "climber" is actually a large rambling hibiscus that we trained over the the metalwork. We tried climbing roses but it didn't like being buffeted by winds and fried by the sun all day.
This is where I want to put them, I apologize for the crappy pictures as it was taken with my cellphone with a shaky hand (too much coffee)... The tree dahlia cuttings I managed to grow would go on top to as some sort of privacy fencing, then the rest of the dahlias (mostly dinnerplate dahlias) in a terraced hillside bed. I will adjust the depth and width of each level according to how much space each one needs.
This is where I want to put in terraced beds:
This one is what I want to put tree dahlias around:
Do y'all think that's a good location? Or would they suffer from too much sun in there? It's sunny in there the whole day as it's the highest spot of land. The "climber" is actually a large rambling hibiscus that we trained over the the metalwork. We tried climbing roses but it didn't like being buffeted by winds and fried by the sun all day.
