Hi All

I am a newbie to the site so hello to you all and a here's a bit of info about me.

I have a reasonable size plot round the back of the house and its south facing (Leeds, North England) so we get a decent amount of sun. Currently, mainly lawn with a border round much of it. We have a greenhouse and wood store in the bottom of the garden. I have helped out for a friends gardening business mainly landscaping so not afraid to get my hands dirty. I have big plans for the garden, my wife has just not told me what they are yet!

Anyway, i was watching Monty on gardeners world on friday and was taken by growing dahlias from seed rather than tubers. Now i have always steared clear of growing them from seed as i had it into my head that they were biennial from seed (not sure why or where i got the idea from), and i was not keen on having a section of the garden used for this alone. Anyway, not sure who the guy was but it sounded to me like i have been very wrong and that it is perfectly possible to grow from seed.

Does anybody have any experience of growing dahlias from seed and if so can you advise on which would be good ones to go for? My wife really likes the big pompon type blooms and i really like the idea of getting lots of seed for the same price as one tuber!

Any help or advice is appreciated.

Thanks
Brad