Wildside
Gardens
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Wildside Gardens is a combination
of
my home garden in Henderson, KY, and a garden site I
maintain in
Boonville, IN. The
name Wildside Gardens comes from the natural condition of the Boonville
garden
site when first started. It had been used as pasture land for both
horses and
cows for several years, and then remained dormant until recently. As a
result, it was grown up heavily with the usual weeds,
but also wild roses, blackberries, and never ending poison ivy. (the
poison ivy is still with us, scratch, scratch, scratch............)
As a result of being a pasture land for so long, the condition of
the soil is excellent for growing daylilies. (good black soil
everywhere) About 700 varieties of daylilies are grown at Wildside
Gardens with new additions as space permits. There's a natural
creek (Critters Creek) that runs alongside the gardens that
provides a plentiful source of water for irrigation. If one
is looking for a perfectly groomed garden, highly organized, and weed
free, then Wildside Gardens is NOT it. And, while daylilies are the
main plants of the garden, there is always room for most anything along
the lines of flowers, herbs, or vegetables. I make several styles of
birdhouses that provide many of the local bird families with
comfortable living quarters. Frequent garden visitors are
deer, raccoons, muskrats, moles, frogs, toads, snakes, wild turkeys,
hawks,
and various other local wildlife.
I hybridize in my garden and usually have several hundred seedlings in
various
stages of growth. My wish list includes a greenhouse where I can grow
year round, but that's still just a dream. The photo gallery on this
site contains pictures of daylilies I have taken in my gardens. Hope
you enjoy looking at them as much as I enjoy growing them, and
exhibiting them at local daylily shows.
Enjoy your visit!!
Tim Bleichroth
AHS Senior Exhibition Judge
AHS Garden Judge
All Eyes credit goes to: Kurt Grigg -
http://website.lineone.net/~kurt.grigg/javascript Original idea by
demigod@psxexchange.com - http://www.psxexchange.com