While browsing a few news articles for tidbits about Wayside Gardens I came across this article, “Ooty’s Wayside Gardens Go to Seed”, on the front page of The Hindu, India’s national newspaper. My first thought was (foolishly) “why would we be mentioned in an Indian newspaper?”– we don’t ship to India. It is actually a [...]
I’ve been getting a few emails asking about care information for azaleas, and thought I would share the information from the Wayside Gardens culture files. If you would like to browse through these, just take a look at GardenerHelp.org. All of the horticulture notes and articles available to the Wayside Gardens customer service team are [...]
Wayside Gardens was mentioned in the New York Times because we are one of the few US carriers of the super hardy Kordes roses. The roses from German breeder, Kordes, have been selectively bred since the early nineties to be resistant to everything that rosarians hate about growing roses. No harmful chemicals are necessary to [...]
Anyone who spends time outside knows the fear, the shock, and the lasting pain erupting from an attack by stinging insects. You’re tending your business and your garden, and this villain darts out of some unseen burrow to strike down the spade-wielding giant. You swat, you squeal, you retreat, but to no avail. You’ve been [...]
I hope everyone got the Wayside Gardens Newsletter today. It was very pleasant because it reminded me of driving around town– everybody’s trees are in bloom. The town is starting to look beautiful, and I want my yard to look like this. These trees are perfect. I especially love the Japanese Cherry. It reminded me [...]
An espalier is a tree or shrub trained to grow flat against a wall. The technique was used in the middle ages to decorate outside walls with two-dimensional trees. The technique is not only aesthetucally interesting, but also provides a few benefits for the plant. Espaliered trees collect as much light as other trees, but [...]
I’ve thought that maybe asking a gardener to specify a favorite plant would be like asking a painter to pick a favorite color. “Favorite color of what?” he’d say, knowing that the best color for a particular job, depends on the object that is a certain color. Colors carry a lot of weight, they have [...]
Planting a rock garden is one of those projects that really allows the gardener to become an artist. Texture and color are paramount when planning a rock garden, and beyond a few conventions, the yard becomes an uncarved piece of marble, bracing for the sculptor’s creative touch. The touch must be sensitive, however, because the [...]
The purpose of fertilizing your garden or lawn is replacing soil nutrients or amending deficient soil. In nature, organic material falls to the ground and is reincorporated within the soil. An area rich with life constantly replenishes itself. In domestic situations, the soil is cleaned of debris and any interfering organisms that might be future [...]
This morning when I opened my email, I found a message that was a little disheartening. A reader wrote to me to say that she really loved the Japanese Apricot ‘Peggy Clarke,’ and she wanted to know why Wayside Gardens could not ship it to her home in California. She seemed so disappointed, and I [...]