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Over thirty years ago we operated Golden Rule Dahlia Farm, shipping dahlias around the world and growing many hundreds of varieties. We specialized in dahlias for the exhibition grower featuring the latest introductions. We learned to grow what the Europeans call “pot tubers”. Rather than planting the dahlia to the field, it spends its life confined to a pot such that it produces a compact tuber that ranges in size from a walnut to baseball size (we prefer the smaller ones as they are easier to ship). We rarely divide pot tubers. Instead we send you the entire “clump” complete with the smaller roots that let the dahlia take off quickly once dormancy is broken.
We generally ship these in their pots and we include instructions on how to deal with them. Sometimes the pots are completely full of the tubers and hard to get out without cutting the pot off. And sometimes they are as small as a walnut or so. We have a 99% success rate with pot roots and of course guarantee your satisfaction.
However, for 2025, we have a combination of pot tubers and the more traditional single dahlia tubers (or chicken legs, as the Brits call them). We grew out a few thousand plants in a high density planting that proved to be successful for most varieties. We will list them as either “tubers” or “pot tubers”.
We have been on River Road in Sequim, Washington for some six years now. It has an unusual climate for the Northwest; the mountains and the sea work some magic so that we have an inordinate amount of sunshine for the region. Dahlias grow very well here. These days we aren’t so focused on the latest varieties. Instead, we look for dahlias that are prize winners in their class, and primarily the varieties that are well suited for cut flowers. And these days, dahlia health is a key criteria. It is an ongoing effort to ensure plant health in the fields. So instead of many hundreds of different varieties, we now grow no more than a hundred different cultivars. And that gives us a marvelous cut flower garden.
We are inspected by the Department of Agriculture and are cleared to ship dahlias to all states.
As we get time, we will scan in some of the old catalogs, many from the old Golden Rule Dahlia Farm that we operated in the 80s. It was the oldest dahlia farm in the country, in business since 1923. We have interesting catalogs that are almost a hundred years old. You will be surprised.
We scanned the oldest one we have – 1929. Remember that 1929 was the beginning of the Great Depression: 1929 Golden Rule Dahlia Farm Catalog
