Hostas are tough perennials — the staple for any shade garden — and mostly known for their varied, colorful, and textured foliage. They often have beautiful flowers, too. Many produce bright, colorful blooms in the spring, adding a splash of color to the shadows in your garden, but the foliage is what draws most gardeners [...]
A kumquat, two limes, two lemons, and one big, juicy navel orange: an impressive array of citrus trees are available from Wayside Gardens this season. And these aren't just any citrus trees — each one is a unique specimen of it's genus, a rare and impressive variety. Like many of you, I love citrus trees [...]
This week's Wayside Gardens' Plant of the Week is one of the most popular climbing shrubs on the market and the best climbing hydrangea around, Hydrangea anomala ssp.petiolaris. It will climb any wall, arbor, or tree with no additional support, and will keep on growing for up to 80 feet! If it has nothing to [...]
Cornus kousa Venus® is a brand new dogwood with bigger blooms, improved drought and cold tolerance, and better resistance to the most common dogwood diseases.The huge snow-white blooms float on the outside of this peculiar tree like big butterflies. Venus® has an odd but interesting habit, with branches all the way to the ground, creating [...]
Hydrangeas are a great choice for containers! With their interesting foliage, beautiful blooms, and enticing fragrance, they're a lovely, low-maintenance selection for the small-space garden. One variety that performs particularly well in containers is the dwarf marvel, Hydrangea CitylineTM Venice. Venice's compact habit contrasted with huge leaves and bright pink blooms makes for a pronounced [...]
Buxus is the most popular hedge shrub in the US – it's deep-green foliage and dense habit makes it perfect for the trimmest formal hedges. Borders, fences, topiaries, or knot gardens can be grown to architectural perfection with the right pruning and training, giving your garden impressive structure and depth. This week's Plant of the [...]
Born in Cambridge, England, Graham Stuart Thomas was a world famous horticultural artist and garden design who studied in the University Botanic Garden at Cambridge University. He won many awards and medals for his work from The Royal Horticulture Society, the National Rose Society, and the Garden Writer's Guild. The famed rose breeder, David Austin, [...]
If you subscribe to the Wayside Gardens Newsletter you may have already gotten this week's "Plant of the Week" newsletter featuring Heuchera 'Midnight Rose.' (Actually you may have gotten it twice – it was sent out without pictures the first time. Oops!) This is a really beautiful perennial that will add foliage interest and depth [...]