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We've just finished planting over 1000 of our famous Lynden Baskets!
Four Seasons of Color…Really? Part III
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 [...]
Four Seasons of Color…Really? Part II
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 [...]
Brighten Your Garden with Early Spring Color
Have you taken a look around your yard lately? After a couple years of unseasonably early spring weather (never mind the fact that last year then decided to go back to winter until June!), this year appears to be a little bit more normal—so far. As I write this, I can see crocuses in bloom in my neighbors’ yards and the tulips I planted last fall are beginning to [...]
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'Cherry Star' calibrachoa--sure to be a hit this year!
Four Seasons of Color…Really? Part I
This is the first 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! One rule of gardening I'm a big believer in is creating four seasons of color in your yard. [...]
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"Fanciful Gardens" have arrived! Great dwarf and miniature shrubs for containers or rock gardens.
Here We Grow Again!
Springtime has arrived at Vander Giessen's! Our first loads of shrubs and trees are arriving, and the plants look great! Check out our wonderful selection of heathers, hellebores, nandina, rhododendrons, azaleas, bareroot fruit trees, periwinkle, and a lot more. New stock is rolling in daily, so be sure to check out our Facebook page for the latest information and pictures of what's coming in--or just stop by if you can't [...]
Tips for Early Spring Pruning
I almost hate to say it, but it’s sure starting to feel a little bit like spring! Of course, this weekend's forecast includes the potential for snow, so winter's not over just yet. But with several beautiful days recently, it’s easy to think that spring is coming early. And after last year’s miserably cool, wet spring, I think we’re all hoping for a nicer season ahead. So as the [...]
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Potted hyacinths now available!