Does your garden take itself too seriously? The answer to a garden that needs a little playfulness could very well be to grow some onions. Not, of course, the sort of onions that you eat (though that’s not a terrible idea, either). What I’m talking about is ornamental onion plants, Allium. "Allium" refers to the [...]
Today is an exciting day for us here at Wayside Gardens. We're shifting our main website over to the fall season offerings, which means a great deal of work, but it also means that we get to start talking about all of the great new plants we've got available this year. I have my copy [...]
A clean, well-maintained landscape generally takes a great deal of work. There are always some areas that take a lot more work than others: sunny spots with plants that need to be watered every day (or more) in the summer, shady spots where grass just won’t grow, slopes that make mowing a huge hassle, areas [...]
This weekend I bought a big bag of kumquats. I had never actually tried one, though I’ve been fascinated by the little guys for years. Not only is it one of the most fun fruit names to say, they’re like tiny, perfect little oblong oranges. I was pretty sure that you’re supposed to eat the [...]
Each year, Wayside Gardens and Park Seed open up our amazing trial gardens to the public. For one day we have our professional horticulturists give guided tours of these beautiful 9 acres of garden. This year we will have over 2,000 varieties of plants at their peak, and anticipate that thousands of visitors from hundreds [...]
We're always on the lookout for unique and interesting trees and shrubs, and it always pleases us to find a quality plant that will really stand out in your landscape. Our Korean Fir 'Horstmann's Silberlocke' (Abies koreana 'Horstmann's Silberlocke') is definitely one of those plants. Korean Fir is a real show-stopper, featuring dark green needles [...]