How to deadhead a rose bush.
Learn how to prune any type of rose in Wayside Gardens’ latest press release! This short article will show you the How, When, and Why of rose pruning. These are all the basics you need to know whether you are pruning climbing roses, floribundas, shrub roses, or any other type!
Read MoreA lot of plants need pollination, which means every great garden needs pollinators. More and more gardeners are discovering that Mason Bees are the best option.
Read MoreIf you haven’t already planted your bulbs for next year’s garden, now is the time!
Check out Wayside Gardens’ latest press release for tips on how to make planting quick and painless!
#1 thing to do in the fall garden: amend your soil.
Wondering what to do in your garden this fall? Consult Wayside’s latest press release for tips on amending the soil and more.
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Praying Mantis Guards Tomato. Photo by VladUK.
When holes or spots start appearing on plant leaves, a lot of gardeners’ knee-jerk reaction is to reach for a chemical spray, and set out to eradicate the pests. But this “solution” doesn’t really address the systemic issues that led to infestation in the first place. Natural methods of pest control are not only better for the environment, but they are more viable in the long run. An unhealthy garden will continue to be plagued by problems and require more and more chemical help, while a well-designed and healthy garden will keep pests and diseases at bay the natural way, with little need for help from you.
Read More(Note: This is Part 3 in a series. For more info on this topic be sure to check out Part 1 and Part 2).
If your problem is not too much rain, but too little, again we can look to nature for solutions. In nature you don’t see lush tropical plants trying to grow in the desert. Rather, the flora follows the climate, with plants growing only as full and lush as the local water sources allow. We can learn from nature’s wisdom by adapting our gardens to suit our climate and by making good use of every raindrop the sky gives us! We can mimic the water cycle by carefully conserving and re-using our water supplies. We can mimic deserts and prairies by landscaping with drought-tolerant native species rather than “thirsty” turfgrass and ornamentals. And for those of us that are really ambitious, we can mimic the way that forest landscapes hold onto rain by utilizing techniques like Hugelkultur and swales.
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