How to Use dahlia in a Sentence

dahlia

noun

• Next to the ocean, a spectacular dinner table adorned with red dahlias awaited attendees.
  — Ian Malone, Vogue, 15 July 2024
• Favorite plants include dahlias, basil, zinnias, sunflowers, peppers, eggplants and goldenrods.
  — Pamm Cooper, Hartford Courant, 3 Aug. 2024
• Zones: 3-8 Dahlia One of the finest summer-blooming bulbs around, dahlias produce large, elegant flowers that are perfect for cutting.
  — Viveka Neveln, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 June 2024
• Comprising a series of terraces overlooking the sea, the gardens teem with local vegetation and geraniums, dahlias, and broom flowers.
  — Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 9 July 2024
• Try dahlias in the fall or white hydrangeas in the winter.
  — Jen Derose, House Beautiful, 8 Oct. 2013
• Want tall, back-of-the-border plants with huge blooms like a dahlia?
  — The Editors, Good Housekeeping, 13 Aug. 2018
• The next six-eight weeks are a good time for planting dahlias.
  — oregonlive, 26 Jan. 2023
• But Lopez Chavez works at a flower farm, and the rain destroyed the roots of the dahlia crop.
  — Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2023
• And a small bouquet of flowers, maybe dahlias and tulips on the table.
  — Dawn Davis, Bon Appétit, 4 Sep. 2023
• For Every Site Want tall, back-of-the-border plants with huge blooms like a dahlia?
  — The Editors Of Organic Life, Good Housekeeping, 3 Mar. 2017
• Dahlias were in bloom as was the liatris and shasta dasies.
  — Tom MacCubbin, OrlandoSentinel.com, 24 July 2017
• Lake Bell in a fishnet visor-like mask adorned with black dahlias.
  — Sarah Bray, Town & Country, 13 Apr. 2015
• Fuming thoughts fueled her across the stranger’s yard, toward the tall red dahlias.
  — Nicolette Polek, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024
• Provide support by staking or cut off the legs of a tomato cage, flip it over and put the large end of the cage over the dahlia.
  — Carol O'Meara, The Denver Post, 9 June 2017
• The last questions have to do with when to start gladiolas and dahlias.
  — Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Mar. 2018
• The guests walked past a bubbling fountain where large white dahlias were floating.
  — Jane Napier Neely, La Cañada Valley Sun, 14 Oct. 2019
• White marigolds and green onions are planted to help deter the skunks, raccoons and squirrels that like to pull out her dahlias.
  — Lisa Boone, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2024
• For fall color, plant asters, crimson flags, dahlias, mums, and pansies in pots.
  — Deanna Kizis, Sunset Magazine, 14 Aug. 2023
• Gladiola corms and dahlia tubers: Let the first frost cause dieback and then dig them.
  — Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Sep. 2023
• Most of his dahlias were grown in fields where the Eagle Elementary School now stands.
  — Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp, Indianapolis Star, 15 Aug. 2019
• The chuppah was decorated with red and pink dahlias, as per the color scheme.
  — Alexandra MacOn, Vogue, 2 Nov. 2023
• The [Strange Flowers] packaging is covered in dahlias and lilies.
  — Ashley Weatherford, The Cut, 12 Apr. 2018
• My dahlia beds are in mostly heavy clay soil but some of them are in a sandy soil with an organic mixture in it.
  — oregonlive, 6 Feb. 2021
• Can a vase intended to hold dahlias compare to an oil painting?
  — New York Times, 24 Mar. 2023
• The Great Hall of the People was festooned with purple dahlias the size of cabbages and tumbling bows of pink bougainvillea Monday.
  — Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2019
• Too much moisture or too little spells doom for dahlia tubers.
  — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 July 2023
• Wander a field of dahlias of all colors and breeds to get your flower fix at the Swan Island Dahlia Festival.
  — oregonlive, 30 Aug. 2019
• Some history of the dahlia is helpful to understand how to grow them in Northeast Ohio.
  — Susan Brownstein, cleveland, 1 Nov. 2022
• Its dahlia motif lends the room a garden feel, tying it to the rambling roses just outside the window.
  — Maile Pingel, Washington Post, 13 Sep. 2021
• There are flowers that do not frame well, including lilies, dahlias, and orchids.
  — Michaela Bechler, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2018

Last Updated: 13 Oct 2024