What to do now?

The dahlia will blacken after the first good frost, so clear it away to the compost bin along with any other spent foliage. I heavily mulch my dahlia’s & gladioli & have got them through a few winters like this. The alternative is to dig them up & store frost free over the winter. The other one is an English marigold & a heavy frost will kill it off but it will no doubt have self seeded itself around so will survive next year that way

The dahlia will blacken after the first good frost, so clear it away to the compost bin along with any other spent foliage. I heavily mulch my dahlia’s & gladioli & have got them through a few winters like this. The alternative is to dig them up & store frost free over the winter. The other one is an English marigold & a heavy frost will kill it off but it will no doubt have self seeded itself around so will survive next year that way

Couldn't have put it better myself.    What a pretty bed.    Mrs Bouquet

I've taken the Gladioli corms out and have them drying in the greenhouse in trays. The only little concern I had was that I read somewhere to cut off the dead stems about 2 inches long, but the stems just sort of fell out of the corms whole, is that ok? The Dahlia still have buds and are green, so I plan to leave those a while yet, does that all sound good?

Also there are lots of little balls attached to some of the corms less than the size of a pea, are they baby ones? There are so many I wouldn't know what to do with them.