Welcome to Nichole’s Wild Horse Gardens, LLC. First and foremost we are working to create a resource of information in more detail than what is commonly found on business pages that provide a brief run down on plants. We have reported how the varieties we grow do in our coastal climate 8b grow zone. There are many factors that go into successfully growing Dahlias, and our Tips and Trick’s page has information to help you grow.
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Near the mouth of the mightily Columbia River and the shores of the Pacific Ocean, in a wild little piece of heaven was born Wild Horse Gardens. The mild marine climate and temperate rainforest provides a sweet little spot to grow dahlias and more.
We are a hobby garden and as such, not looking to make the garden a full business. To show our diligence to healthy gardening, we do have a nursery license and and ODA inspector that we work with to verify clean gardening practices. We plant 1-3 plants of each variety, so do not have bulk tuber availability. We only have a few of each tuber grown to share.
Nichole, our main gardener is first and foremost a college instructor and biologist. A teacher at heart, she is hoping to provide easy to understand information to help people interested in starting to grow dahlias
Crown gall is interesting in how it causes the systemic infection, but very spreadable garden disease.
Leafy gall bacteria won’t necessarily kill your plants, but it can spread to many other plants and its important to recognize and remove infected plants.
Before we can understand the specific diseases affecting dahlias, we need to be aware of the basics of plant cells and how bacteria and viruses are different.
This quick project yeilded 77 copper coils to be placed around emerging shoots with the goal of preventing slug attacks.
Dahlias are an eatable tuber like a potato and were once a food staple in areas they are indigenous.
Its an exciting thing to see what kind of tubers the dahlias made each year. Once the frost hits, it’s time to dig and this year we were able to document the process to make some helpful pages to walk others through the process in their gardens.
Finding peace and joy in the art of growing flowers.