“Hi, I’m Samantha!”
I’m the owner of Sea Change Farm & Flower. I love dahlias, and I want you to love the dahlias you get from our farm!
All of our tubers are grown using organic methods on our small-scale flower farm in Accord, NY.
Sea Change is a cut flower farm, so we select dahlias for their traits as cut flowers. I especially love soft colors, so you’ll see a lot of those here: blush & pink, peaches, butter yellow, etc.
We’ve been growing dahlias since 2018 and selling tubers since 2020, so you can rest assured knowing we have experience under our belts.
If you have a question that isn’t answered below, please send me an email! I’m here to help.
When will the tuber store open?
Our tuber store will open some time in late winter 2025.
To be the first to know, join our mailing list! Email subscribers get a “head start” in our sale, before we make the opening fully public.
When will my tubers ship?
All dahlia tubers will ship in the spring, from March through May when the weather is warm enough that they will not freeze in-transit. We cannot accept requests to ship tubers early, or at specific times. Our climate in NY state is colder than many parts of the country.
If you opt for “Local Pickup”, we’ll be in touch about when in the spring you can stop by to pick up your tubers.
I had a dahlia in my cart — now it’s “sold out” 🙁
I’m so sorry!! The way the online store works, items in your cart are not reserved for you until you checkout. The same item could be in multiple shoppers’ carts at the same time. We can’t change this, unfortunately.
To ensure you get the dahlias you want, proceed to checkout quickly, and don’t leave tubers in your cart too long. You can place multiple orders, and we will combine the shipping (read below).
You can also create an account on our site ahead of the sale opening, and save your shipping & billing address ahead of time. This may help you proceed through checkout more quickly.
Can I get a bulk discount?
Some varieties listed in the store have a bulk discount option. For those varieties, when you select a 5-pack or a 10-pack of that tuber, you’ll receive a discounted price.
If a variety doesn’t already have that bulk discount option, or if the 5-packs and 10-packs are sold out for that variety, then we cannot offer a bulk discount for it.
Will you combine shipping?
Yes, we will combine shipping! Please read the following carefully:
To avoid paying for shipping twice, at checkout please select “Combine Shipping with a Previous Order” as the shipping method for any subsequent orders after your first one. And, in the Order Notes at checkout, please write “Combine my shipping with Order #xxxxxx” with the order number of the first order that you placed.
If the shipping you paid for in your first order won’t cover the tubers you add on in subsequent orders, we will reach out in the spring and ask for you to pay an additional shipping cost. This can happen if your first order is very small (say, one unicorn tuber) and your subsequent order is much larger (the 20 other tubers you wanted!).
What is a dahlia tuber?
A tuber is like a bulb made by a dahlia plant as it grows.
The only way to grow the same dahlia variety as another grower is to plant a child tuber from the original plant. At Sea Change, we only sell dahlia tubers that we’ve grown ourselves, using organic growing methods in our no-till fields in upstate NY.
To learn more about dahlias, please read our article “How to Grow Great Dahlias.”
How do I grow dahlias from a tuber?
If you’ve never grown dahlias before, no worries! Dahlias are one of the most rewarding flowers you can grow, and we highly recommend that you give them a try if you are curious 🙂
We will send out a dahlia growing guide with every tuber order. Please read our free guide, “How to Grow Great Dahlias,” for information on growing these beautiful flowers yourself.
What about dahlia virus & gall?
We do our best to ensure that you receive beautiful virus-free, gall-free tubers from our farm.
We strive to eliminate dahlia virus from our dahlia stock by aggressively following the “when it doubt, pull it out” rule. We cull any plants that are showing signs of disease in our field, or that are simply not thriving. We also sterilize all our cutting tools with bleach and/or dish soap whenever we use them on dahlia plants & tuber clumps. We do not currently employ tissue testing on our farm.
We don’t offer refunds for dahlia plants that contract a disease, because they can pick up a virus in your own growing environment as well as ours. The exception is if there are visible signs of gall on your tuber within 7 days of receiving it from us–which we really hope won’t happen!
If a tuber that you planted from us is showing signs of disease, please email us at flowers@seachange.farm, and we will do our best to help you troubleshoot. Please note that many environmental factors can cause leaf discoloration in dahlias besides disease, including: overwatering, underwatering, nutrition issues, spider mites, leaf hoppers, etc.
What if my dahlia tuber isn’t viable?
We work hard to ensure that every tuber we sell has at least one eye, a firm body, and an unbroken neck.
If you think you’ve received a tuber without any eyes, or that is otherwise damaged and not viable, please email us a clear, in-focus photo of the questionable tuber at flowers@seachange.farm. We guarantee that all of our tubers have eyes, or we will issue you a refund!
Note, we can only honor refund requests due to tuber quality / missing eyes if you contact us within 7 days of receiving your tubers.
What if my dahlia isn’t true-to-variety?
We do our best to make sure you are receiving accurately-labeled tubers! But every once in a while we do make a mistake. Growing conditions, soil pH, temperature, etc can also influence the way a dahlia bloom appears. Occasionally a bloom will look very different in your garden than ours!
Please email a clear photo of the bloom in question to flowers@seachange.farm. We will try to identify the questionable bloom for you, and if it’s not what you ordered, we’ll issue you a refund.
Can I choose between a refund and a substitution?
We make every effort to only list dahlia tubers that we feel confident will store until the spring. However, storage failure does happen.
Our default policy is to refund you any tubers in your order that we cannot fill. But, if you would prefer a substitution dahlia variety instead, you can write that in the “Order Notes” section at checkout, and we will do our best to honor your request.
Please note, if you request a substitution, you agree to accept whatever substitution we provide. We cannot issue refunds for substitutions that aren’t to your liking. We will do our best to choose a variety for you with similar qualities to your original order.
How much is shipping?
Orders of $35 or less – shipping costs $10
Orders over $35 – shipping costs $18
We can combine shipping if you place multiple orders–please see the above FAQ about that!
Please note, in some situations we may pack your order in a box other than a USPS flat rate box.
Can I pick up my tubers instead of paying for shipping?
Yep! You can. Tuber orders can be picked up at our farm at 340 Queens Highway, Accord NY 12404, by appointment in the spring. Simply select the “Local pickup” option at checkout, instead of selecting USPS shipping.
Local pickup in Accord is by appointment. We will reach out to schedule your pickup with you some time in April.
