Wayside Gardens (One Big Scam!)
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Wayside's Thuja 'Green Giant in Huntsville? (Zone 7)
Comments (4)I bought two in 2004. They were already 4 feet tall when I bought them. So far, their circumference has doubled but their height has only increased 2 feet. The other legends are true; they are incredibly beautiful, hold their shape, smell wonderful, and require no maintenance. They are standing in dense, red clay and get SW sun. As far as the growth rate is concerned, I'm not so sure about the numbers. To see if location and soil makes a difference I bought another 4 footer and placed it in loamy soil on a mound with a little shade. As with everything involving gardening, time will tell....See MoreWayside Gardens Garden Center
Comments (6)I was waiting for someone with more knowledge to pipe up - but... I went with a friend about 5 years ago, shortly after I moved here, and wanted stuff to plant, NOW. It was an open day, so I got plants and seeds on sale, but I have to say that it wasn't anything special. Many of their display/trial gardens were growing veggies, which was interesting, but not enthralling. I would NOT bother to drive the 2 or so hours to get there again. If you want a good public/show garden in the Charlotte area, try the Daniel Stowe Garden, to the east of Charlotte (I think). I've only been driven there once, and came from the west, so can't give you directions, but I thought it a very good exemplar of gardening in the South, with both the standard stalwarts and interesting, innovative, display plantings....See MoreWayside Gardens
Comments (12)I've ordered from Wayside 2 or 3 times, but always when they had extraordinary sales (when I got special codes from people on GW or straight from them). I've been happy with them. I can't recall exactly what I got from them as opposed to Bluestone Perennials (the only mail order people I've dealt with) but I know I got from Wayside, among other things: 2 The Fairy roses (on grafted roots, doing beautifully), blueberry bushes (1 died), Tamora and Heritage roses. The Austin roses are iffy for an organic gardener; Tamora died and Heritage loses its leaves every summer and looks bad but I leave it because the Heritage rose has got to be one of my all-time favorite flowers! Anyway, just my experience. Wayside gets dissed a lot but I think they're okay. Rose...See MoreWayside Garden Helleborus
Comments (20)As an outsider with no axe to grind, and no possibility of ever ordering from these places. Looking at the website on A-Z of perennials, it seems funny to list hardy Begonias under H and Hellebores under L (lenten rose). Call me picky but???? Their rare plant list, reads as a 15 item list of micropropagated factory grown plants, expensive too. Their general list reads like a wholesale clearing house, rather than a nursery where things are developed, propagated and grown on by them. I would suggest they buy in by the truckload and their sale is prompted by trying to clear out stock that wasn't sold this year. If these hellebores flowered and weren't sold, are they worth buying at half price?? On the other hand, this is a good time to plant hellebores, let them get their roots down while there is still a lot of warmth in the soil. If the pine knot strain has the plants as shown in the pictures, they are certainly worth the $9.95 in the sale, good clean colours, not the 15 variations on a muddy red spotted mix that the others look like! Cheers Greenmanplants...See Morei_dig_it
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