Lots of people will be uploading photos and videos of themselves picking dahlias in July but the truth is, they're unlikely to be first year tubers (based on growers in the UK!)
First year tubers usually flower around the beginning of August, depending on the weather and how early they were started off. If however you planted dahlias last year and managed to successfully overwinter them by covering in a thick layer of mulch, these should be flowering pretty soon.
Second year tubers are much bigger AND because they haven't been disturbed, they'll flower earlier and produce more flowers during the season.
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