Staff Favorites
Aimée Damman
7 Things We're Buying With Our Swan Dollars

Do you know about Swansons’ Swan Dollars? This fabulous tradition is our way of saying “thank you” for shopping with us in the spring. Each April, May, and June, you collect Swan Dollars on every purchase you make. In July, it’s time to gather them all up and visit Swansons to redeem them. You can use Swan Dollars (from any year!) to save up to 50% on your purchase throughout July, even on sale items. Here are some of the things we’re using our Swan Dollars to buy this year. We hope it inspires you to come in and treat yourself!

7 Things We're Buying With Our Swan Dollars
Plants for Each Season
Aimée Damman
Shrubs with Beautiful Summer Flowers and Foliage

Many shrubs bloom in spring, and there are lots of choices for gorgeous fall foliage, but it can be harder to find the right stand-out shrub to highlight your garden in the summer months, especially if you are trying to complement colorful summer perennial or annual flowers. Here are a few of our favorites for summer flowers or interesting summer foliage.

Shrubs with Beautiful Summer Flowers and Foliage
Watering
Aimée Damman
7 Water-Wise Tips to Protect Your Plants This ...

When the weather is hot and dry, it's important to protect your plants and keep them healthy. Even established plants, like street trees, suffer from a dry summer, so get out there and water! Here are 7 water-wise tips to keep your plants hydrated and make watering your garden easy and effective.

7 Water-Wise Tips to Protect Your Plants This Summer
Garden Design, Plants for Each Season
Katy Lockwood
The Four-Season Fragrance Garden

Nothing can conjure up a memory like a certain fragrance. Whether we want to reproduce the scents of our childhood gardens, or simply create a new sensory experience, there are many fragrant plants to enjoy. We all know that roses and lilies smell amazing, but here is a collection of annuals, perennials, and shrubs you may not be as familiar with and which will bring unique and evocative fragrances to your garden throughout the year.

The Four-Season Fragrance Garden
Edible Gardening
Aimée Damman
Planting a Fall Vegetable Garden

We are so lucky in the Pacific Northwest to be able to grow veggies nearly year-round (with a little help from season-extending materials) but the fact is that many vegetable gardeners don’t take advantage of the opportunities that exist in mid-to-late summer to plant vegetables for fall and even extra-early spring harvests. This guide will help you get started.

Planting a Fall Vegetable Garden

Inspiration from our Neighbors: 7 Great Garden Ideas from the Edmonds Garden Tour

Inspiration from our Neighbors: 7 Great Garden Ideas from the Edmonds Garden Tour

I had the pleasure of attending the Edmonds Garden Tour this month and I came away filled with inspiration and excited to try out some new ideas in my garden. It may seem like “tour-worthy” gardens are unattainable, but the garden tour taught me that incorporating the fundamentals of good design and adding a dash of personality can really bring your garden to a new level. Here are seven of my favorite ideas from the tour.

Here are some of my favorite ideas that you can adapt to your own gardens. Enjoy!

11 Flowers That Attract Bees, Butterflies & Hummingbirds to Your Garden

11 Flowers That Attract Bees, Butterflies & Hummingbirds to Your Garden

Pollinators come in all shapes and sizes: bees, moths, butterflies, beetles, flies, and even bats, just to name a few. Knowing which plants serve our pollinators the best helps create a healthy and vibrant ecosystem where flora and fauna thrive. It also creates a diverse and beautiful garden for us to enjoy. Here are a few of our favorite flowers to attract bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds to your garden year after year.

Planting a Fall Vegetable Garden

Planting a Fall Vegetable Garden

We are so lucky in the Pacific Northwest to be able to grow veggies nearly year-round (with a little help from season-extending materials) but the fact is that many vegetable gardeners don’t take advantage of the opportunities that exist in mid-to-late summer to plant vegetables for fall and even extra-early spring harvests. This guide will help you get started.

Container Design for Sun: Simple Style Solutions

Container Design for Sun: Simple Style Solutions

Choosing the plants for a container garden arrangement can sometimes seem daunting. How do you decide which plants will create the multidimensional masterpiece you envision? It can be helpful to use a concept that breaks down the design process by categorizing plants into three categories: thrillers, fillers, and spillers.

 
 

Cultivate Your Relationship with Us!

Become a Swansons Plant Partner and you’ll receive members-only perks, like plant care resources and helpful gardening tips, notification of new arrivals and promotions, invitations to special events, and exclusive member discounts. Sign up now to receive 10% off your next purchase!

By signing up below, you agree to receive member benefits through our digital newsletter, approximately 2-4 times per month. Phone numbers are needed for record-keeping only.

Our promise: we will never sell your personal information or use it to make unsolicited contact by email or phone!

Subscribe

* indicates required
() -(###) ###-####