Bonsai @ the Garden Center Originally uploaded by Wayside Gardens. Some of my favorite plants here at Wayside Gardens are the Bonsai trees. We offered them on the web this past spring, and we were all so excited about them! We eagerly awaited the first shipment of the mini trees, shrubs, and fruits to arrive… [...]
Greetings to Randy and Kay! I didn’t know we had so many Butterfly Bush fans here at Wayside! Okay, let’s get down to brass tacks. B. davidii is so hardy that it’s considered a weed in parts of Europe now, and it’s getting a grip on the West Coast too. So that should mean it [...]
To Ebbett Monroe: Is it true that Buddleia shouldn’t be transplanted in fall? I have a gorgeous Strawberry Lemonade growing in a large container, but it’s time to get it into the ground. I wanted to put it in the garden of my place at Isle of Palms this fall. My yard service does a [...]
Eb, I got to thinking about your Butterfly Bush question. I had to dig up a couple Black Knights over at church last fall so they could extend the parking lot, and I like to have killed them. I cut them back first, then dug up a real big hole around the roots and moved [...]
Good afternoon, folks. My name is Ebbett Monroe, and I’m one of the garden "answer guys." I think most everyone in Customer Service knows me, but some of you other folks might not. I hide out on the second floor in a cubicle in the corner, and the phone pretty much keeps me tied to [...]