We were really pleased last year when our customers seemed to like the Echinacea ‘Coconut Lime’ as much as we did around here. That’s a big part of why we’re really stoked to be offering the Echinacea ‘Cotton Candy’ this fall. Cotton Candy is a real improvement over the popular Razzmatazz, with significantly larger blooms [...]
In Greek mythology, Narcissus was a young man of unparalleled beauty who was so entranced by his own reflection in a pond that he wasted away gazing lovingly on his own form. Where he sat on the shore, a flower of similar beauty, the Narcissus, grew, leaning lightly, as if to gaze into the water. [...]
Here at Wayside Gardens, we see a lot of our plants. Around the grounds, in the greenhouses, even in some of our offices, we’ve got our plants. Most of us here have a lot of Wayside products in our own gardens, of course, as do our friends and families (what, you think we give CDs [...]
Every time I flip through the Wayside Gardens Fall catalog (and I flip through it a lot, as I’m sure you can imagine), I’m stopped by the photo on page 13 of the Paris polyphylla flower. With it’s unusual leaf-like green petals arrayed symmetrically around ruby red stigma and long yellow anthers, it really is [...]
In most of the country, now is the time to divide your Bearded Iris. You should do this every two or three years in midsummer, after blooming but before the weather starts to turn (July or August, usually). Regular division of the rhizomes does wonders for preventing root rot and borer damage. Plus, it encourages [...]
I love even, soothing plantings. I love a garden full of small delights. Very often, though, what a garden needs to really spice it up is something absolutely stunning, a plant that you absolutely can’t ignore. For a real centerpiece, Lilies are some of the very best. Quality lilies feature lots of well-formed, interesting blooms [...]
The popularity of most plants comes and goes and comes again as time goes on. Some, though, are always in demand. Hostas are one type of plant that we're always on the lookout for. A great Hosta can make as much difference to the look and feel of your garden as any other plant, especially [...]