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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. On a mobile device you will access these pages by clicking on the double lines at the top of this page.

We hope you find some helpful information here. Please consider leaving a comment, review, or a like to let us know what you like or would like to see more of. Thanks for visiting.

  • Looking down the rows, we planted 20-26 dahlias in pairs on each row. You can see the grape in the background.
  • Looking diagonal across the rows with the greenhouse in background.
  • All three dahlia rows of 2022are visible here with the patch in full bloom.
  • Blooms in red, oranges, white and pink looking towards the forest with the grape tendrils in the background.
  • Looking to the forest in the background, there are big Lady Liberty dahlias in front, Maarn midgroung, and Cheers towering at nearly 6 feet in the background.
  • Taken in a studio mode, the flowers are in focus, but everything in the background is blurred. This picture shows two blooms in the center of deep dark red with a few white petals in the center.
  • This image shows the plant with several blooms and buds. In the background are other plants. This plant shows Jason Matthews Dahlias. long stems.
  • Garden Bloom 2022 shows three rows of dahlias with a grape in the background
  • Three rows of dahlias running away from the camera to the grape in the background.
  • Image has a rawhide dahlia in the lower right and the rest of the image shows rows of dahlias in various states of bloom.
  • View of back of dahlia patch where the Holly Hill Black Beauty and Lady Liberty dahlias are looking down the dahlia rows from the tall plants to the short and the cedar tree near the garden fence is glimpsed in the back ground of this image.
  • The best image to show the darker purple hues of the Jason Matthews Dahlias, this image has two blooms in the foreground and green plant in the back ground.
  • Dahlia garden in full bloom with grape and sunflower in back ground.
    A thick dahlia patch can be accented with plants like grapes or sunflowers in the background that add more texture to the garden.
  • Dahlia patch in 2021 with Chloe Janae beaming from the foreground and a tall sunflower in the background against a forest backdrop.
    A view of the dahlia patch summer 2021.

About Us

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

From the blog

  • Dahlia Disease Biology Part 3 – Crown Gall

    Dahlia Disease Biology Part 3 – Crown Gall

    Crown gall is interesting in how it causes the systemic infection, but very spreadable garden disease.

  • Dahlia Disease Biology: Part 2 Leafy gall- Rhodococcus fascians

    Dahlia Disease Biology: Part 2 Leafy gall- Rhodococcus fascians

    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.

  • Dahlia Disease Biology: Part 1 – Bacteria vs Viruses

    Dahlia Disease Biology: Part 1 – Bacteria vs Viruses

    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.

  • Copper Slug Prevention

    Copper Slug Prevention

    This quick project yeilded 77 copper coils to be placed around emerging shoots with the goal of preventing slug attacks.

  • The Incredible Eatable Dahlia

    The Incredible Eatable Dahlia

    Dahlias are an eatable tuber like a potato and were once a food staple in areas they are indigenous.

  • The Great Dig and Divide

    The Great Dig and Divide

    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.

  • Playing with Pumpkins

    Playing with Pumpkins

    We love fall and we love dahlias, so when we saw a few social media posts making pumpkin bouquets, we just had to try it.

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