Planting & Care Instructions
Here is practical planting and growing information intended to help you get your new plants off to a good start. If you are an experienced gardener, you might want to go directly to our Growing Guides by Plant Name and search for cultural instructions for specific plants that we sell.
When your plant or flower bulb order arrives
This includes information about how to handle dormant plants, bareroot plants, actively growing plants. You'll also find suggestions on what to do if you can't plant right away. Your plants are living, breathing things and can't remain in the packing box for weeks, but we understand that life sometimes interferes with our good intentions.
How to prepare the soil for planting
If you can prepare the soil before your order arrives, so much the better.
Basic planting advice for bulbs, perennials, annuals, shrubs, and vines
Learn how to handle bareroot and potted plants, whether dormant or actively growing.
Tips for planting Roses, and instructions for aftercare: feeding, watering, pruning, and overwintering. Includes advice on growing and overwintering Standard Roses.
After you plant: watering, mulching, & fertilizing your garden
Pointers of fertilizing, watering, pruning, dealing with pests and diseases, winter protection.
How to grow plants in the south
Our gardening experience has come from the Northeast, but we have culled some advice for gardeners in South.
We offer general care instructions for your houseplants.
How to Design a Deer-Resistant Garden
A hungry herd of deer can quickly decimate a garden.
Here are some tips on planting, feeding, and grooming annuals in containers, and growing standards.
If you can do only one thing to improve your garden this year, build a compost pile.
We'd like to de-mystify this term a bit, and explain how location should play into your selection of plants.
Advice on how to care for your plants.
It’s Easier Than You Think
Bulbs are easy to plant as long as you follow some basic guidelines.
WFF Forced Bulb Collection Guide
Many spring-flowering bulbs can be tricked or "forced" into bloom indoors
It helps to understand the common terminology used to describe their growth habits.
When it comes to growing tomatoes, it seems every gardener has an opinion about how to get the biggest and best harvest.
As with all vegetables, homegrown Cucumbers taste so much better than those you can find at the grocery store.
