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HappiLife Dahlia Collection Sale Open!

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The world of collecting precious dahlia tubers is a little out of of control! I admit to being bitten by the panic buying bug in the past, and fallen down the rabbit hole of thinking I could store thousands of tubers without a climate controlled solution.


In my 6th year in the dahlia game, I now have a really lovely small collection of tubers grown on our farm in a spray free environment; tucked away in the cold room in (reusable) vermiculite in reusable plastic bins; and on sale for only $10 ea. Generally my goal is 10 to plant and 5- 30 to sell based on the productivity of the variety of the tubers. (I'm fine tuning that formula each season by the way.)



My goal is to stay local, small and sustainable, and the tuber sale helps support the labor and costs of growing and processing fussy dahlia tubers. Each plant grows to be 3-4 ' and becomes a 3 ' wide bush that needs staking, and blooms beginning of August until frost. There's a learning curve but it's beyond worth it. Start with a few!


You can become fully addicted and dig them up and divide them, propagate them by root shoots - heck start your own flower farm. Most people just want to pop them in the ground in May, water with the rest of your garden, harvest armloads for your friends and home, and then say good-bye at the end of the season.


The 2025 'Pretty in Pink' 5 tuber collection available at happilife.ca
The 2025 'Pretty in Pink' 5 tuber collection available at happilife.ca

I've organized over 30 dahlia varieties by colour (there are tens of thousands of named varieties by the way) and included one extraordinary collection of vigorous 'Pretty in Pink' tubers. I have over 60 other varieties in development to plant our dahlia patch. I'm going to tuck the extras of these once I've carefully inspected all of ,my stock in the spring (along with some reliable producers) into the 'Happi Surprise' collection packs.


Setting up shipping is off the list for now, and I'm committed to selling for pick up at various dates and locations throughout the spring in the Sea to Sky. That way we get to meet, and I can meet the goal of reducing flower carbon footprints and hopefully the diseases that spread with mass harvesting and shipping.


I've put a Dahlia growers guide to download at happilife.ca. There are lots of great resources out there, but I wanted to focus on the unique needs of our intense weather conditions. Hopefully you will find some tips that add to your growing knowledge.


Like this first blog post (blogging has been on my wish list for many years) growing living things is a journey. I hope we can grow together with flowers that are good for people and good for the planet. Meredith

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