Guide to Dahlias for Your Office

Beautify your business with the colors and scents of dahlias
By Angela Roe

Add dahlias to the landscaping and interior of your business to make your business colorful and pleasing to the eye. A pleasantly decorated work space helps improve the morale and productivity of your employees, and a pretty exterior can have a direct impact on the amount of foot traffic you see.

Buy dahlias from a dahlia florist or a dahlia farm for indoor use. Create a dahlia bouquet to use as a centerpiece, and purchase dahlias to brighten up corners and entryways. Dahlia flowers are easy to grow both indoors and outdoors, making them a good option for beautifying your office.

1. Find information about dahlia flower care.

2. Order all types of dahlias from reputable companies.

3. Hire a landscape company to maintain your dahlias.

Action Steps

The best contacts and resources to help you get it done

Learn how to grow dahlias Ignore the reputation that dahlias have as being difficult flowers to grow that require endless time and devotion. Today's dahlias are hardier and healthier than they've ever been and are suitable for both indoor and outdoor planting.

I recommend: Plant Ideas provides you with the information you need for growing dahlias. The BackyardGardener.com gives you all the information you need to create a beautiful landscape with dahlias.

Shop for high-quality dahlia bulbs Take advantage of gardening catalogs that allow you to peruse the company's selection of dahlias bulbs at your leisure. Such catalogs will help you with not only descriptions and prices of the bulbs they sell, but also with photographs of what your dahlias bulbs will grow to look like in your landscaping.

I recommend: Swan Island Dahlias has a wide array of dahlias for you to choose from, making it easy to find the colors and shapes that suit your landscape. Lynch Creek Farm will provide you with all the dahlias you need to create a beautiful landscape and office.

Contract with a landscape company to grow your dahlias Shop around and find a local landscape company who will maintain your dahlias for you, freeing up your time so you can run your business. The professionals typically perform landscape maintenance discreetly so your landscape seems to thrive on its own. You can contract for service for your outdoor plantings, indoor plants or a combination of both to allow your plantings to grow successfully.

I recommend: ValleyCrest has offices across the country and is happy to provide you with the landscape maintenance you need. Chapel Valley Landscape Company provides all types of commercial landscaping from the initial planning to the routine maintenance so you can enjoy your landscape.

Tips & Tactics

Helpful advice for making the most of this Guide

Know your growing zone so you buy dahlias that grow in your climate. You can find your growing zone in any catalog that supplies bulbs or seeds for sale.