What a year it has been! 2023 was a gorgeous year in our expanded display gardens here at Garden Crossings in Zeeland, Michigan. With fairly moderate temperatures and decent rainfall, our plants flourished, creating a vibrant swathe of color across the front of our retail garden center. Let’s take a look back at our top
With so many fun new plants to try each year, how do you choose? Start by taking a look at Heidi and Rod’s top 10 new plants for 2022. They know a good plant when they see one and since they have the advantage of growing many of the new varieties before they are introduced,
Wondering where to start when there are so many fun plants to grow? Choose these award-winning varieties that represent the best in their class and are poised to flourish in your garden. Proven Winners’ National Plants of the Year are chosen by plant experts for their outstanding garden performance, iconic appearance and being easy to
Enjoy a trio of color with our three in one plant combination! Enjoy the beautiful colors of SUPERTUNIA® LOVIE DOVIE™, SUPERTUNIA® MINI VISTA™ White, and TRUFFULA™ Pink planted in your landscape or in your container gardens. The combination Eternal Love has a mounding/trailing habit mixed with pink and whites, along with a pink thriller that
Running a garden center is challenging but definitely has its benefits. In this blog, we’re going inside Garden Crossings to see how this family business works on the daily, which plants members of the staff enjoy the most, and looking at this season’s ups and downs. I interviewed owner Heidi Grasman and a few members
Interested in adding window boxes to dress up your home’s curb appeal? We’ve got you covered with these window box ideas for summer. Here are some helpful planting and maintenance tips plus ten fun recipes to try this year. Window Box Gardening Tips Growing plants in window boxes is a lot like growing them in
Meet the national plants of the year 2024! Each year, Proven Winners awards top prizes for their most exemplary annuals, perennials, shrubs and container recipes under the National Plants and Recipes of the Year program. This makes it easy for home gardeners like you to identify the very best plants in each plant category. If
