8 varieties of hosta available at Vander Giessen's!If you're looking for easy plants to use in a shade or morning-sun garden around your house, you've got to have some hostas. Available in dozens--no, make that hundreds--of colors, textures and sizes, hostas are a gardening genre of their own.In my backyard at home, I have a very shady area made possible by the large chestnut tree just over the fence in [...]

In bloom now: Bonanza Deep Orange Marigold (NEW this year!)

April is a great month to get your spring garden projects underway. Despite the continued cool, wet weather we’ve had in the last month, plants are waking up from dormancy and temperatures are warm enough to plant any shrubs, trees or perennials. Most spring-blooming plants look their best in sunny weather. Rain just has a way of making even the hardiest bloomers look soggy. Not so with bleeding hearts, however. [...]

'Sedona' Coleus

This is the final installment in a five-week series of short articles designed to help you bring year-round color to your yard. Planning a landscape can be a daunting task--we hope that this series can help offer some suggestions for planning your yard. Check out our blog for the previous four installments--enjoy! Over the last month, we've covered all four seasons with ideas to provide color and interest in your [...]

This is the fourth installment in a five-week series of short articles designed to help you bring year-round color to your yard. Planning a landscape can be a daunting task--we hope that this series can help offer some suggestions for planning your yard. Check our blog weekly for the latest installment--and enjoy!  Winter--that wonderful time of year when you can put away your hoe, rake and garden gloves and kick up [...]

We've just finished planting over 1000 of our famous Lynden Baskets!

This is the third installment in a five-week series of short articles designed to help you bring year-round color to your yard. Planning a landscape can be a daunting task--we hope that this series can help offer some suggestions for planning your yard. Check our blog weekly for the latest installment--and enjoy!  Autumn can be a bittersweet time of year for gardeners. Even the most enthusiastic of green thumbs is usually [...]

This is the second installment in a five-week series of short articles designed to help you bring year-round color to your yard. Planning a landscape can be a daunting task--we hope that this series can help offer some suggestions for planning your yard. Check our blog weekly for the latest installment--and enjoy!  Some great color in early summer!Summer is a great time to be outdoors enjoying your yard. If you'd like [...]