Wayside Gardens

Wayside Gardens is a specialty perennial plant and bulb nursery offering a curated selection of unusual, hard-to-find, and premium ornamental plants—perennials, flowering shrubs, ornamental grasses, bulbs, and specialty plants that go beyond what local nurseries and home improvement stores carry. Founded in 1888, Wayside Gardens is one of America's oldest and most respected horticultural catalog companies, known for introducing European and exotic plant varieties to American home gardeners.

Their plant catalog emphasizes distinctive, garden-worthy varieties selected for performance, beauty, and unusual characteristics that make Wayside plants stand out from standard nursery fare. Hostas in dozens of varieties, daylilies in unusual colors and forms, ornamental grasses for architectural garden interest, tender perennials grown as annuals in northern climates, and rare bulb varieties fill the catalog with options for garden enthusiasts who have progressed beyond basic planting.

Wayside Gardens' seasonal order cycles align with shipping windows: fall bulb orders (August–October) for spring bloom, spring plant orders (March–May) for summer establishment. One-year plant guarantee covers failures under normal growing conditions, reducing the risk of premium plant investments. Comparing against White Flower Farm and Proven Winners Color Choice for similar specialty plant categories identifies the range of available horticultural quality in the premium mail-order plant market.