Fresh, juicy strawberries are coming into season, vegetable gardens are bursting into growth mode, and daylight hours stretch long into the evening—summer has arrived in the Pacific Northwest. While you may be slowly finishing the last of your spring planting of annuals in containers and flowerbeds, planting season is far from over. As the seasons change, June is an excellent time to shift focus to planting shrubs and perennials. Here [...]
Early summer is here, and whether you've just been too busy to plant your flowers up until now or discovered a few more pots or blank spots in your flowerbeds that could use extra color, now is a perfect time to plant for blooms you can enjoy through summer and into autumn. To help your gardening budget go further, nearly all of our annuals in the greenhouse are now [...]
For those of us who love to garden, time spent working the soil isn’t a chore, but a joy. Even so, finding time to garden can be a challenge in today’s busy world. With a little effort in choosing the right plants, though, your garden can flourish with color and abundance with minimal time spent tending. Here are six of my favorite plants that bring all the rewards with none [...]
Hanging baskets--and in particular, our famous Lynden Baskets--are an easy way to add beautiful, long-lasting color to your front porch or back deck. And while caring for hanging baskets isn't complicated, there are a few tips we like to share with our customers to ensure success in growing and caring for these beautiful plants. Follow the steps below and you'll enjoy the beauty of our Lynden Baskets through summer [...]
Although not explicitly a Christmas song, “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music has long been associated with Christmas, regularly playing on radio during the holiday season. Truth be told, for us gardeners, the spring season holds more than a few of our favorite things never mentioned in the classic song. As we enjoy a gloriously sunny break from the wet weather that dominated March, here are a few [...]
For the home gardener, nothing is quite as rewarding as harvesting fresh, ripe produce from the garden. Growing your own food is one of life's special joys, and whether you're a first time gardener or have shopped with us for years, we're excited to help make your gardening budget go further with Tomato Days! Each year, in late April or early May, we offer a selection of some of [...]
At Vander Giessen's, we're proud to grow a wide selection of Proven Winners annuals, our preferred brand for unique colors, plant vigor, and overall performance where it matters--in your garden! Our selection for 2026 includes more than 80 varieties, including the items listed below. Please note that this list does not reflect current stock on hand but does encompass the entire selection of varieties we will be growing throughout [...]
As with the selection of Proven Winners annuals we carry each year at Vander Giessen's, we're proud to grow and sell a wide selection of Proven Winners perennials, our preferred brand for unique selections, resistance to insects and disease, and overall performance in your garden year after year. Our selection we're growing for 2026 encompasses more than 40 varieties, including the items listed below. In addition to those varieties [...]
Spring is here, and along with it comes the perfect time to plant fruit trees in your your garden for a great harvest in the years to come. At Vander Giessen Nursery, we carry a great selection of fruit trees ready for transplanting into your yard. Most of the fruit trees we carry are dwarf varieties, meaning that while they'll bear a full crop of fruit, they won't take [...]
The late Robin Williams famously said, “Spring is nature’s way of saying, ‘Let’s party!’” For gardeners, it’s easy to understand the sentiment—with bulbs bursting into bloom, flowering cherries and forsythia showing off their bright spring colors, and a kaleidoscope of other spring flowers soon to come into bloom, the fun time of year in the garden is just beginning. As you start working around your yard this month, here are [...]
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