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Wight's Home & Garden
Wight’s Home & Garden
5026 196th St SW
Lynnwood, WA 98036
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Specials for May 10th – May 16th, 2017. All Sales Final
Nursery
Why is Wight's Nursery a gardener's destination in the Seattle area?
Great plants
Our Nursery stocks only quality plant material, featuring new introductions as well as, the classic favorites from the region's finest growers.
Great service
Wight's staff is WSNLA certified professional horticulturists, passionate gardeners with years of hands on experience dedicated to your success. Delivery available.
Great space
Paved, covered walkways lined with displays of an extensive selection of plants and great signage. Large tree, shrub and conifer sections featuring specimen quality stock in a variety of types, sizes and prices.
Seasonal color
No matter the season, if it is color you want, we've got the best Mother Nature has to offer.
Nursery Highlights
Tips to making the most of your time at the Nursery
Make a list of 'must have' plants like those that need replacing or particular favorites.
Write a list of needed amendments, tools and other needed supplies.
Take pictures of your garden, especially those areas that you will be working on.
Measure beds and pots for easy spatial reference.
Do some research. Remember the 'right plant- right place' rule and use products for good soil preparation. Proper planting will save you time and money.
Talk to your nursery professional. They have years of experience in their own gardens as well as mentoring 1000's of other gardeners.
And for fun
Introduce a new plant each year. You could discover a new favorite!
Walk the whole nursery. You never know what's around the corner.
Shop in every season. Getting to know the year-round offerings will fill your garden with growing treasures in every season.
Annuals
Annuals are plants whose natural life cycle (grow, bloom, set seed & die) is one season. They are the workhorse of the spring and summer garden providing continuous color from last frost to first frost. Versatile and vibrant annuals enhance every part of the garden. Beloved for generations, annuals brighten shady corners, create enticing patio spaces or create instant street appeal, as well as being perfect for planters, borders, window boxes, beds and hanging baskets.
Spring Blooming Annuals
Summer Blooming Annuals
Fall Blooming Annuals
Plant Suggestions
Sunny spaces
Geraniums, Petunias, Marigolds, Snapdragons, Zinnias, Verbena, Marguerite Daisies, Alyssum
Shady spaces
Pansies, Lobelia, Impatiens, Begonias, Coleus, Monkey Flower, Fuchsias
Container planting
Colorful flowers and foliage
Hanging baskets
Trailing plants for sun: Bacopa, Supertunias, Calibrachoa, Lobelia, Diamond Frost Euphorbia; Trailing plants for shade: Begonia, Fuchsia, Impatiens, Creeping Jenny, Lamium, Ipomoea (Sweet Potato Vine), houseplants
Fragrance
Stock, Heliotrope, Sweet Pea, Brugmansia (Trumpet Flower)
Cutting flowers
Snapdragon, Sunflower, Love-in-a-mist, Phlox, Marigold, Cleome
Hummingbird attractants
Hollyhock, Mimulus (Monkey Flower), Pelargonium geraniums, Zinnia
Butterfly attractants
Cosmos, Sweet Pea, Sweet Alyssum
Annuals Highlights
Tips
To extend and enhance your perennials and seasonal bulb planting, annuals mix in nicely.
Conifers
Simply put, conifers are cone-bearing (or cone-like) trees and shrubs.
The term is often used interchangeably with evergreens BUT not all evergreens are conifers and not all conifers are evergreen. Common conifers include pines, firs, spruces, junipers, hemlocks, cedars, yews, cypresses, larches, redwoods, Japanese cedars, and sequoia. Wight's carries numerous dwarf and weeping conifer varieties (as well as standard ones) collected from the finest arboretums around the world.
The year-round color in a variety of shapes and textures that conifers bring to our landscapes makes them very popular.
The selection is truly endless - from tall and narrow to short and stout, from yellow to blue to every shade of green, from the miniature to the massive - there is a conifer for every spot in the garden.
Make sure you always check their growth rate before selecting one for your landscape
we always want to help you get the right plant in the right place. Growth rates will range form 1/4" to 3 feet a year. There are numerous dwarf cultivars available as well, to add to the color spectrum in your landscape. Many even turn colors during colder winter months. They can be grown in containers for a few years and are also a favorite of bonsai enthusiasts. Wight's carries smaller 4" and one gallon sizes of many dwarfs as well as specimen sizes in larger growing plants. Stop in and explore the wonderful world of conifers at Wight's!
Conifers Highlights
Washington IS the "evergreen" state!
Ever eat a pine tree? Many parts are edible.
Euell Gibbons (in a 1974 TV commercial for Grape nuts cereal)
Fruit Trees and Berries
There is nothing more satisfying in gardening than growing your own edibles. Fruits and berries are both easy to grow and so delicious to eat!
Wight's carries an excellent selection of fruit trees for growing in our climate.
We have partnered for years with our local Skagit Valley grower and the varieties we carry have been tested for a number of years in Mt. Vernon to insure disease resistance and production in our mild climate.
All fruit production comes from two factors - heating units (how warm and long the summer is) and chilling units (how long and cold the winter is).
In Western Washington we have minimal chill and not the most heat - thus we choose trees that produce easily under these conditions. Most trees need to be pollinated but there are exceptions.
Have room for only one tree?
We carry combination fruit trees as well - multiple grafted apples, cherries, pears, plums, and Asian pears, in either tree form or espalier form to train along fences or posts. These allow one tree to cross pollinate itself eliminating the need for a second tree and ultimately saving space.
Most varieties we stock are available in dwarf rootstock as well as semi-dwarf - again saving space with a smaller size tree.
The Gisela rootstock cherries in particular are outstanding dwarfs as are our mini-dwarf apples - small enough to grow in a whiskey barrel! Come in and see our selection of Apples, Cherries, Plums, Pears, Asian pears, Peaches, Nectarines, Apricots, Nuts, Persimmons, and Figs and let's get eating!
You will also find a huge selection of berries at Wight's suitable for Western Washington gardens.
From Strawberries to Blueberries, from Raspberries to Marionberries, from Gooseberries to Currants - Wight's has what you need to make any pie, cobbler, crisp, jam or jelly! Looking to make your own wine or grow some good table grapes? We have a nice selection of good Western Washington grapes as well. You will find many other edibles at Wight's including but not limited to Rhubarb, Horseradish, Asparagus, Kiwis, Seed Potatoes, Onions and Garlic.
Grasses
Ornamental Grasses bring great richness of texture, variety, and beauty to set off your finest flowers. These are the darlings of garden designers and are easy to grow and maintain. Grasses add interest to a garden by changing with the seasons. They don't disappear; instead evolving throughout the year.
Cool Season Grasses
Cool season grass will start to grow early in the spring and may even remain semi-evergreen over the winter. Cool season grasses also seem to do better and have better foliage quality when temperatures are cool or if they are given sufficient water during drought periods. Some of the more popular cool season grasses include, Fescues, Blue Oat Grass, Tufted Hair Grass, and Autumn Moor Grass.
Warm Season Grasses
Warm season grasses will do better during warmer times of the year and remain good looking even when temperatures are high and moisture is limited. Warm season grasses do not begin to show growth until the weather becomes stable and the soils warm. Some warm season grasses include Northern Sea Oats, Japanese Silver Grass, Hardy Pampas Grass, Perennial Fountain Grass, Switch Grass and Prairie Cord Grass.
Grasses Tips & Ideas
Tip
Cut back ornamental grasses in March when the new growth is just beginning. Check the variety's needs first. Some should be cut back hard; some varieties should be cut down two thirds and do not cut members of the carex family at all.
Ground Covers
Ground cover is typically used where it is not practical to grow a lawn
for instance on a slope, in rocky or shady areas. They also can be used to unify an area landscaped in shrubs and/or trees.
A ground cover planting is essentially "living mulch"
suppressing weeds, softening surfaces and conserving the necessary moisture in the soil. The roots of these plants are helpful with erosion control on rockeries and hillsides. Working with ground covers offers endless choices and possibilities for your garden design. Let us help you sort out the best solution for you.
Here are some things to consider:
Evergreen/deciduous/herbaceous; Foliage color/texture; Bloom/no bloom; Container/planter; Foot traffic; Height/spread
Some of our favorite ground covers:
For sun: Heathers And Heaths, Ceanothus, Creeping Thymes, Euonymus, Sun Rose, Kinnikinnick, Cotoneasters, Hypericum; For shade: Pachysandra, Vinca, Salal, Bunchberry, Blue Star Creeper
Ground Cover Highlights
Four types of groundcover
Herbaceous plants (non-woody plants), Sub-shrubs (low-growing, spreading shrubs), Vines, Moss
Tips
Be a good "steward of the earth". Do not plant invasive plants that can overgrow their boundaries and become a problem plant in your neighbors' yards or especially in a native environment.
Ground cover success is dependent on
Correct plant choices for the area
Soil preparation when you plant
Maintenance until the plant is established
Possible fall trimming and/or grooming (depending on what kind of plant you choose
Herbs, Vegetables and Edibles
Discover the joys of edibles gardening!
Imagine you are planning a dinner party or barbecue
and all you need to do for fresh produce is to step outside into your garden and fill up your shopping basket with all your favorite ingredients!
Successful "shopping" in your garden begins with careful planning.
Where you plant does matter. Almost all edibles must get at least 6 hours of sun per day. They must be plants agreeable to our Pacific Northwest climate. The concept is called "Right Plant, Right Place". Your success depends on it.
From large raised beds and small backyard gardens
to those grown in containers on lanais and decks, any size garden will surprise you with its ability to produce abundantly.
Why grow herbs, fruits and vegetables?
You can be sure no pesticides were used on or near your produce.
It's less expensive than buying food from the grocery store.
Home garden veggies taste better and the nutritional value is multiplied significantly.
Eating well is the ultimate reward for growing your own vegetables.
Getting your children involved with planting and picking the food they eat is a great way to teach them the importance of healthy eating.
And they may be more inclined to eat veggies that they've grown themselves.
You can't text a tomato, they must be planted, watered and cared for, giving kids and adults a wholesome alternative to all that technology.
There is a real satisfaction to sitting down for a meal prepared from produce you've nurtured yourself.
Vegetable gardening is fun! It is fun to watch a seed turn to sprout and then grow into something good to eat.
Want to get started? All you need is...
A sunny spot (heat-lovers will do best against a south facing wall)
Some good quality soil
Use potting soil for containers, it will drain better and allow oxygen to get to the roots. If you are planting in the ground, you can improve your soil with compost.
Fertilizer (why not use organic?)
Some learned advice. Read a book and/or seek out a good nursery professional
These folk have not only grown their own veggies, but helped 1,000's of others reap many bountiful harvests.
Seeds or starts
Appropriate tools for the size of your garden
Remember, it is better to water deeply with a soaker hose twice a week than use a hand-held hose every day.
These are a few tips for planting:
Some seeds may require soaking overnight.
Read the seed packet for helpful hints on this as well as spacing and planting depth.
When it comes to timing in your garden, temperature over rules calendar date.
Our average last frost date is April 7th, so about half of the time it will not frost again and it will be safe to plant tender plants. A definite safe date is not until April 30th. Tropicals like tomatoes and peppers do better getting planted out at the end of May and basil, not until mid-June! Garden timing is always a gamble in the northwest!
Some years our NW summers are not hot enough for certain heat loving vegetables
like tomatoes, peppers, and pumpkins to ripen, so consider buying gallon size starts to advance the growing season or choose varieties that require less time to mature.
Be sure to leave room for sprawling vines (peas, tomatoes, squash, pole beans) to spread out or grow up a support.
Start the gardening season in March with cold-hardy vegetables that tolerate frost, such as peas, salad greens, cole crops, beets, and chard.
Extend your harvest into fall with a mid-summer, second sowing of these same cold-hardy, short-season vegetables so they mature after you harvest your main crops.
Edibles Hints & Tips
Herb Tips
Herbs don't have to be grown in a proper garden bed. They may be planted in pots, baskets and window boxes as well as mixed into the landscape. The more you snip and pinch your herbs the more they respond with added growth.
Vegetable Tips
For best selection, buy your seeds in January to plant out when weather permits. Soak your legume seeds in a seed inoculant for a bigger and better harvest. Extend your vegetable gardening season with products from the garden center like: Frost cloth or "Wall of Water" to hold in heat and prevent damage from frost. Protect your vegetables from insects and pests with "Harvest Guard." Keep the fruits of your labor away from the birds and critters with bird netting.
Japanese Maples
Japanese maples
(including the species Acer palmatum, Acer japonicum, and Acer shirawasawanum) are smaller deciduous trees and shrubs prized for their spectacular foliages and colors in Pacific Northwest gardens. They do well in containers and many are favorites to train as bonsai as well.
It is easy to get "hooked" on collecting Japanese maples that have different colored and shaped foliages.
Their form can be vase-like, domed, upright, or weeping in any height or spread from 2 feet to 30 feet. Spring and summer provide changing foliage colors and of course in autumn the maples light up the landscape with intense yellows, oranges, and reds. You will also find winter interest in the graceful shape of trunks and branching as well as bright bark colors - most notably the coral bark maple.
Check with our nursery experts to determine the cultivars that are best for your planting conditions and visual preferences.
Wight's carries hundreds of cultivars and is always looking for the latest most worthwhile introductions. We stock from 4" starter size to large specimens in many of the varieties. Remember - Wight's is the Northwest source for the best Japanese Maples!
Perennials
Perennials are a smart gardener's best friend
simply because they are a permanent plant that has a specific bloom time in the year. Unlike annuals that die away at frost, perennials can live for years blooming annually for around 4 - 8 weeks. You can count on them to put on a show with little effort from you!
Many perennials are herbaceous
that is to say that the foliage dies back to the ground as the plant's roots go dormant for the winter. Then you'll get nice fresh new leaves the next spring!
Few perennials are "evergreen" in our Pacific Northwest climate
but the ones that are evergreen are fabulous! We like to carry a good collection for the fall and winter months because, in addition to adding foliage interest to your garden, they do an excellent job in your planters and hanging baskets.
Perennials, like most plants grown properly, require very little to perform well. Make sure to:
Plant them in the correct sun exposure (sun/shade), Enrich the soil often with compost and mulch, Feed and water as needed, Groom after bloom
There seems to be as many perennial varieties as there are varieties of specific spaces in the garden pallet to fill.
Be sure to plan your garden with bloom-time in mind as well as color, height and spread. It will change looks every few weeks as different perennials go in and out of bloom. Different combinations will come into play. It can be very exciting and rewarding!
Plant Suggestions
Sunny spaces
Peonies, Poppies, Daisies, Cone Flowers, Salvias, Lavender, Dianthus, Carnations, Lilies, Gaura, Delphinium
Shady spaces
Bleeding Hearts, Hardy Fuchsias, Hostas, Brunnera, Astilbe, Columbine, Bergenia, Helleborus
Foliages and fillers
Hostas, Ferns, Astilbe, Ladies Mantle
Fragrance varieties
Peony, Lavender, Chocolate Cosmo, Scented Geranium, Lily, Lily-of-the-valley
Rockery Spaces
Aubretia, Arabis, Armeria, Carnations, Creeping Phlox, Alyssum, English Daisy, Snow in Summer, Candy Tuft, Lithodora or Heuchera
Ground Covers
Creeping Thymes, Sun rose, Blue Star Creeper or Brass Buttons
Hummingbird attractants
Columbine, Cleome (Spider flower), Crocosmia, Delphinium, Foxglove, Heuchera (Coral Bells), Red Hot Poker, Bee Balm, Penstemon, Salvia
Butterfly attractants
Columbine, Aster, Astilbe, Coreopsis, Delphinium, Echinacea Purpurea, Bee Balm, Penstemon, Phlox, Verbena Bonariensis, Centranthus Ruber (Jupiter's Beard), Globe Thistle
Theme gardening
fragrant, formal, chocolate flowers/foliage, monochromatic, faux tropical, herbal knot garden, fairy garden
Cutting garden
Peonies, Lilies, Phlox, Poppies, Achillea (Yarrow), Campanula persicifolia (Peach-leaved Bellflower), Echinacea (Coneflowers), Rudbeckia (Black-eyed Susan)
Perennial Tips & Ideas
With proper planning, the perennial plant family can provide year round color.
Old Adage
Regarding perennial growth: "the first year they sleep, the second year they creep and the third year they leap."
Tips
Mix it up! Perennials can be easily incorporated into planters and hanging baskets as well as looking great tucked in and amongst roses and other garden plantings. Mulching your established perennials with a good organic compost in the fall will enrich them with great nutrients all winter. They will burst forth with great vigor in the spring! Deadhead (picking spent blooms) will make your plant look better and often times encourage some plants to send up some new blooms. If you want to leave a few seed pods on your plant, and let fall to the ground to start new plants next year. Staking taller and fluffier perennials is very important for both looks and longevity of the bloom cycle. There are lots of cool plant supports available in our Garden Center. Plan to stake before your stems fall over and break!
Planters and Hanging Baskets
Planting spectacular container gardens is simply a matter of combining three elements: great plant material, quality soil and amendments - our beautiful Northwest summer will take care of the rest.
Start with a good organic potting soil.
Soil from your yard will be too heavy; it won't allow air and water to flow in the container correctly. Add an organic starter fertilizer and a time-released fertilizer such as Osmocote. These will be a steady slow diet for your plants all summer however you will still want to use a good water soluble fertilizer throughout the growing season, especially if the temperatures are cool.
When choosing plant material
ook for a combination of different plant shapes, color, leaf texture and size that will compliment each other. Start with 1 larger vertical plant for the center of attention. Fill in around it with plants that grow upright in a compact area like geraniums or heliotrope. Tuck in some trailing foliage, like sweet potato vine or vinca to create visual interest with your flowering varieties. You'll need enough plants to fill the entire surface of the container. This is an instance when more is better.
If you are looking for help with planting your container garden
simply choose your pot and plant material and our talented staff will custom design and plant it for you free of charge*. Whether you are planting vibrant annuals for full sun or lush and lovely foliage for shade, your container garden will be the star of your garden.
The more you feed your annual container garden, the more it will reward your efforts with bountiful beauty.
All soils and fertilizers are not created equal, so ask our nursery professionals for their recommendations. Remember, your nurseryman/woman is a gardener just like you. Years of successful container planting yields experienced and professional advice.
Planters Tips & Ideas
Old Adage
When creating a container garden, use 3 types of plants: "thrillers, spillers and fillers".
Roses in Containers
Don't forget that roses do well in containers. They make a great impact on patios and decks. Tree roses can be underplanted with blooming annuals for continuous color. Planted in an urn type planter, this would be a very elegant look.
Tips
If you want to attract hummingbirds, remember they love Fuchsia baskets -especially the orange to red trumpet bloom varieties. Hummingbird feeders are designed with this in mind. For best blooming, fertilize your planters every 5-7 days. Deadheading is the term used for grooming annuals by removing the spent blooms before they go to seed. Hanging baskets don't always have to hang. They look fabulous on a pedestal.
Rhododendrons & Azaleas
When Rhododendrons and Azaleas are in bloom they can be magnificent show stoppers!
With a variety of foliages and blooms these shrubs are a staple of NW gardens. Both Rhododendrons and Azaleas can be evergreen or deciduous with thousands of varieties available.
Wight's stocks the best hybrids
from NW breeders always keeping an eye out for the best foliages, flower colors, and quality of the shrubs so that you will have an attractive plant throughout the year whether in bloom or not. Discover our selection of specie and "Yak" hybrid Rhododendrons (Japanese Yakushimanum specie) - we have the best assortment of unusual species and "Yak" Rhododendrons in the NW. Looking for a new hybrid? Wight's will always find the latest and greatest in Rhododendrons and Azaleas.
Rhodies and Azaleas love our acid soil and like to be moist but not waterlogged.
All thrive in part sun/part shade but many do well in full sun or full shade. They are very shallow rooted so it is wise not to cultivate around them.
Tips & Ideas
Fertilize azaleas and rhododendrons with an acidic fertilizer
when new growth begins in the spring, again at bloom time or right after; then feed monthly until August. Always prune Rhodies after bloom and never more than 1/3 of total plant. Shearing Azaleas after flowering will keep them lower and denser and always produces more bloom year to year.
Are your rhody leaves notched?
That would be the work of the root weevil! Their larvae feed on the rhododendron roots. Usually the shrub will out compete the insects however if the damage is extensive you made need to dispatch with them; come on in and our nursery or garden center personnel can show you some product options for getting rid of them. If you want to get a look at these long-snouted, evil weevils, they are most active at night. We have a natural organic root weevil spray that works!
Roses
Our 2013 selection of roses have arrived, and we have hand pruned and potted them to be ready for you. Our selection of Roses will make a wonderful addition to your rose garden or a beautiful focal point in your landscape. Wight's offers over 175 varieties that are great for the Pacific Northwest.
Hybrid Teas
Perfect for the cutting garden! Hybrid tea roses have classic, shapely blooms that sit atop long single stems, looking beautiful in arrangements and in the garden. They are known for their highly fragrant blooms in a variety of scents.
Floribundas
Excellent for landscaping, as background shrubs, planted in masses, as hedges and in borders. They are more compact than hybrid teas and produce profuse clusters of blooms throughout the summer months.
Grandifloras
These produce large blooms of clusters and single blooms. The blooms are usually double and without a striking fragrance. Bushes normally grow to a height of 3 to 6 feet, making it ideal as a background border planting.
Climbing Roses
Climbers and ramblers can range in size from miniature climbers (6 feet) to larger ones that can grow 10-12 feet up a tree. Climbers add grace and interest to every garden wherever you plant them.
Shrub Roses
Free-blooming with different flower sizes and forms, broadly varying in mature size but have a full bushy habit. They have good disease resistance and hardiness. A great way to add color to your landscape!
Miniature Roses
Miniature roses produce bursts of color and hide the bare canes of the larger hybrid tea roses. They also make great landscape plantings and can be used for lovely low hedges and borders.
Rose Gardening Checklist
Protective gloves
Sharp bypass pruners
Sharp loppers
Wight's Rose Care handouts
Compost or bark to mulch
EB Stone Rose food
EB Stone Sure start if new rose
EB Stone Alfalfa meal
Lime to raise the soil PH
Pest prevention fungicide, insecticide, miticide
Vase!
Roses in Containers
Don't forget that roses do well in containers. They make a great impact on patios and decks. Tree roses can be underplanted with blooming annuals for continuous color. Planted in an urn type planter, this would be a very elegant look.
Roses in Borders
Roses don't have to be in a formal bed. They mix well with shrubs and fit nicely in perennial borders. Remember to remove the tag from your roses. It will cause the branch it is on to eventually die.
Shrubs
Shrubs can add a more permanent structure to your landscape.
They present a backdrop for border plants like annuals, perennials, and bulbs during warmer seasons and carry their structure through the winter without dying to ground. They should be utilized along foundations, in borders, or as hedging or barriers along property lines. Frankly gardeners can tuck a shrub into just about every spot in the garden from full sun to full shade. They are easy to care for and provide year around texture, shape and color to the garden.
Shrubs can be evergreen or deciduous.
Evergreen shrubs come in every shade of green and also numerous variegated selections for added foliage interest with splashes of yellow, cream, or white. Wight's stocks all the classic deciduous shrubs for spring and summer bloom followed by fall colors as well as all the latest introductions from the "Color Choice" line by Proven Winners. Most shrubs will flower, some of which are fragrant and some of which are attractive to hummingbirds, bees and butterflies. Many produce showy berries that are nutritious for birds and wildlife. No matter what time of the year, you can find a shrub that will bloom in the Pacific Northwest even in the middle of winter. Let's get planting!
Shrub Tips & Ideas
Wight's nursery personnel can help you choose the perfect shrubs for your needs. Come in prepared with information on your soil type, sun exposure, eventual height and spread needs (watch out for overhead or underground, utility lines!), whether it can be deciduous or not and what you are trying to achieve with the shrub. We can give you information on care requirements: if and when to fertilize, prune or deadhead. What their drought tolerance, disease resistance and cold hardiness are.
Trees
The vast number of trees available to the gardener can at times be overwhelming.
Let us help you find the "right tree for the right place" in your landscape. Whether you are concerned about eventual size, disease resistance, root systems, or are looking for a particular season for bloom or foliage color Wight's has the tree for you. Not only do trees provide natural beauty and shade but also wildlife habitat, erosion control, and cleaner air through carbon dioxide reduction. Wight's carries many of the standard shade and flowering trees, an excellent selection of dogwoods, and many newer introductions and rare species. Let's get planting remember the best time to plant was 20 years ago and the second best time is today!
Tree Tips & Ideas
Trees are often planted to celebrate a life, either at the time of birth to grow along with the child or as a memorial to a loved one who has passed away.
Vines
Vines are flexible and thus can be trained to wrap around a post, cover a chain link fence, arch, arbor, pergola, obelisk, or any structure useful for support. They can soften or disguise a wall or enhance an outdoor structure while providing summer shade for a window or outdoor living area. We carry a huge selection of perennial and evergreen vines and well as some annual vines for maximum summer bloom. Most all vines are rapid growing and all vines are easy to cultivate and can provide months of seasonal bloom as well as attractive foliages. Grab one and let's get climbing!
Plant suggestions
Climbing Plants for Shade
Climbing Hydrangea (H.anomala petiolaris), Japanese Climbing Hydrangea (Shizophragma hybrid 'Moonlight' or 'Roseum'), and Clematis Hybrids (we can get hundreds of hybrids, the more popular are: 'Nelly Moser', 'Jackmanii', Henryi, Multi-Blue, Dr. Ruppel, The President, Niobe, Proteus, Etoile Violette, Dutchess of Edinburgh).
Evergreen Climbers
Evergreen Clematis (C. armandii, C. cartmanii 'Avalanche', C. cirrhosa 'Freckles'), Evergreen Hydrangea (H. integrifolia, H. seemanii), and Star Jasmine (Trachelospernum jasminoides).
Fragrant Climbers
Clematis (C. armandii, C. Montana), Climbing Roses, Wisteria, Honeysuckle (Lonicera), and Akebia.
Annual Vines for Summer Color
Canary Vines, Scarlet Runner Beans, Thunbergia (Black Eyed Susan), and Sweet Peas.
Other Favorite Vines
Boston Ivy, Grapes, Kiwi, Porcelain Vine, Trumpet Vine, Hops, and Passionflower.
Vines Tips & Ideas
Did your clematis suddenly die back just when it was about to bloom?
Never fear, it is probably not dead, just hit by "clematis wilt". Wilt is caused by a fungus called Ascochyta clematidina. It tends to infect damaged stems and is most heartbreaking on young, smaller plants that can completely collapse to the ground. Nothing can revive the affected stems; simply cut them down plus one inch into the healthy area (this may even be underground). Get rid of the diseased cuttings (do not compost them yourself). Then spray the remaining stems and water the ground around them with a good fungicide. Repeat the spraying/watering at two week intervals until you are sure that there is no further danger of infection. New shoots will come from below the ground in a few weeks or as long as 3 years. When you plant clematis, it is helpful to set it in the soil up to 4 6 inches deeper than the size of the container. It will sprout new roots on any stems buried underground. This will give it a stronger root system to withstand the wilt. Make sure it is in well draining soil, add lime or gypsum (for calcium) to the backfill soil as well as TerraRosa Perennial food.
2015 NW Flower & Garden Show
At Northwest Flower & Garden Show, February 11 - 15 2015. Once again, Wight's has joined in the Fun at the NW Flower & Garden Show!
2015 NW Flower & Garden Show
Our "Garden of Gardens" in the 'City Living' Display has won the award for Best Design. Each year, we are honored to take part in the nation's 2nd largest Flower & Garden Show and we'd love for you to be a part of it too! Visit our Garden Center to purchase tickets to this fabulous event and make sure to stop by our patio garden on the Sky-Bridge for special savings on your upcoming spring purchases, you'll be glad you did!
Garden Center
Creating a great garden takes more than plants.
Come to Wight's Home & Garden for all the essentials for successful gardening. You'll find the best amenities for the care and nourishment of your lawn and garden, including an extensive selection of organic products.
Since 1989 Nursery Retailer magazine has named Wight's Home & Garden a "National Top 100 Garden Center.
From our top quality ergonomic garden tools to our fabulous selection of outdoor containers, fountains and patio furniture, Wight's is a destination for great products that offer function and fun for your garden and will enliven your outdoor spaces. You can always count on Wight's knowledgeable staff to assist you in creating a garden that is both healthy and "perfectly" accessorized!
Garden Center Highlights
Birdhouses to gazing balls... patio sets to wind chimes... fountains to fertilizers including a full line of organic gardening products.
Birding
Whether it is a small hobby or a complete obsession, backyard birding can be enjoyed at any level.
Watching birds and listening to their calls is a delight. It is a past-time that can be totally free or at a small expense for feeders, food, houses and/or bird baths.
For the more advanced birdwatcher, identifying them by sight or call can be a challenge.
The longer you spend looking at them, the better you get at noticing their details. Many birders keep "life lists" of every species they have seen in the wild. They enjoy discovering all kinds of details such as which birds prefer which food, their mating habits, what their nests and eggs look like and how they interact with their young.
Wight's carries a wide selection of wild bird food, books and paraphernalia.
The Garden Center staff can help you find the feeder, seed mix and house with the correct opening size for the bird(s) you are trying to attract, Be sure to check out the decorative, seasonal suet bells and wreaths late in the year!
Many backyard birds provide excellent, natural insect control!!!
Learn how to improve your backyard habitat for the birds, bees and butterflies from our knowledgeable nurserymen. Keep an eye on our calendar for free classes on wildlife gardening and/or attracting wild birds.
Birding Tips & Ideas
Many backyard birds provide excellent, natural insect control!!!
Be sure to clean your birdbath every day or two.
Dirty water can harbor harmful bacteria, mold and mildew. If you clean it often enough, a hose and scrub brush are all you'll need. If the task requires more, use a 10% bleach to water solution and be sure to flush it with water thoroughly afterwards.
If your seed feeder molds due to moisture in the air, the birds will not feed at it. Clean or replace it and fill with fresh, new seed.
Hummingbird antics are a local favorite for backyard birders.
Their feeders should be kept out of the sun to discourage deadly bacteria problems. Be sure to clean the feeder and refill it at least once a week and more often in warm weather. Use only very hot water and vinegar to clean your feeders. Detergents and soap can leave behind harmful residues. Never use honey or food coloring in your feeder.
Anna's hummingbirds are more cold tolerant so you may see them all winter.
You can improve your chance of seeing them by planting winter blooming shrubs such as Mahonia and Sarcococca for them. In freezing temperatures you may want to bring your feeder in at night and maybe even have two feeders to rotate inside and out as they freeze.
Garden Gift and Décor
Decorating has moved outdoors!
Our gardens now are often akin to outdoor rooms, extending our living spaces and expanding our ideas about decoration. Hardscapes, like ponds, patios and pergolas are accessorized with things like gazing balls (just for a bit of shine and color) wind chimes (a little pleasing sound effect) and garden gnomes (a little whimsy), just because it's fun. In fact the garden is the perfect place to discover a fairy, albeit a manufactured creature, living happily beneath a tree or alongside a pond. It's all about creating an environment that inspires you to enjoy your outdoor spaces and bring a smile to your face.
Stop in to see our extensive and unique selection of fairy furniture and accessories.
We have display gardens available for sale or you can pick out your favorite accessories to build your own. Make sure to stop by the nursery, where you'll find the perfect plants for your fairies to hide!
Garden Decor Tips & Hints
Tips
Wight's is your local source for garden treasures and ornaments for your home and landscape. Add a decorative touch with statuary, garden stakes and weathervanes. Don't forget to add something fun and whimsical to your container plantings a small plaque, statue, gazing ball or anything else that catches your eye.
Garden Care
Wight's strives to carry only the best products for your home and garden.
We have selected the best of the best in our updated garden solutions area. Whether you are attacking a bug or disease problem, using a preventative systemic, battling moles or deer, looking for an effective weed killer or selecting a good slug or grub control - Wight's has what you need for an easy and successful gardening experience.
We are proud to offer non-toxic and natural selections for many of your gardening problems.
Each year better and more effective organic solutions become available. Please try and GO GREEN with Wight's in order to help preserve and protect our beautiful Puget Sound region. Remember by anticipating problems in the landscape we can be proactive and stop many pests and diseases before they have a chance to take hold and necessitate the use of harsher chemicals.
At Wight's we feel that all products, including chemical based solutions, are safe if used according to label directions.
Safer and more effective chemicals are being introduced every year so that when you do need a chemical based solution to a pest or disease we can offer you the safest products in the marketplace.
Remember we are here to help
feel free to bring by plant samples for diagnosis and ask our certified nursery staff any gardening questions you may have.
Garden Solutions Highlights
Tips
Try to "Go Green!" and use safe non-toxic products in the garden. Anticipate landscape problems - prevent them if possible or cure them early with natural/organic sprays instead of waiting until damage is such that a harsher chemical treatment is necessary. Always read labels on all products before using and use only according to directions. Bring in any plant samples to our nursery experts for free diagnosis and identification. It is helpful to include as many parts of the plant as possible for identification: flower, leaf, stem and photos are great too.
Indoor and Outdoor Fountains
Indoors or outdoors, a water feature adds a refreshing, soothing, ambiance to the environment.
In the garden - fountains, ponds and pools, instantly transform the landscape, inviting us to linger, lounge and relax. Our 3 acre site, gives us plenty of room to display one of the region's largest inventories of water features in a variety of sizes, styles and finishes. Some require installation, but there are plenty of water features that require nothing more than being filled with water and plugged in. As with anything else, consider your space as well as your style and color preferences.
Create a calm environment with an indoor fountain for your home or office.
Great for desk tops, kitchen, bathrooms, foyers and entryways, even bedrooms- anyplace you want a soothing effect is the right place to add an indoor fountain.
Large or small water features add tranquility to any environment.
Choose the perfect fountain for your home, office or garden from our great selection of sizes, styles and finishes. Delivery is available.
Fountain Tips
To prevent algae growth in either an indoor or outdoor fountain Wight's recommends using Fountec Algaecide Clarifier.
It is safe for all animals except it is toxic to fish. Please read the label for usage instructions.
We recommend PondCare Algaefix to clear or prevent algae growth in outdoor fountains or ponds.
This one is safe for koi and aquatic plants. To clean your fountain or statuary use a soft bristle brush and rinse well. Never use bleach as it can harm the finish and corrode the pump. To keep the flow strong, clean the pump filter and back flush the tubing as needed. Sealer spray or Henri's Polish applied annually will restore any lost luster.
Spring care
Before restarting your fountain for the season, check for any cracks. The best way to do this is fill it with water (every tier if there are multiple) and wait an hour or so. If the bowls are not leaking out the side, it's a good bet the concrete is fine. This also checks the seals from tier to tier. Next, test the pump in a sink or bucket. If you did not remove the pump (as recommended for winter) you can clean and fill the bowl and just test it there. Clean the fountain with water and a soft brush. Rinse it once or twice and reconnect the pump. Get it flowing and check that the fountain is level. If the water flow is even, you're all set up! Add Fountec or Algaefix throughout the season to keep algae down. Enjoy another summer of fountain ambience!
Lawn Care
The key to growing a lush green healthy lawn is to use quality products and Wight's has all the best products for your turf.
We stock locally blended grass seed mixtures that thrive in our Puget Sound climate, a full line of organic and synthetic fertilizers, organic amendments to help drainage and soil quality, the latest and most effective weed controls safe for turf, and all the tools and accessories to make installing a new lawn or rejuvenating an existing one both easy and successful.
Our staff is here to help with your lawn questions. Are you battling moss?
Do you have thatch or need aerating? Looking for the best fertilizers? Need a good weed control? Need advice on water conservation? Wondering how to cure a turf disease? Got moles? We can answer all your questions and provide you with the proper solutions to any turf problems.
Lawn Care Tips
Fall Lawn Overseeding
It is important to encourage a lush, blend of cultivated grasses in your turf. Otherwise, weed and weedy grass seed will fill-in thin areas. Autumn is the perfect time to overseed your lawn because the soil temperature is still warm enough for the seed to germinate and the rains return to keep the seed and seedlings from drying out and dying. Also, if your lawn thickens up over the fall and winter it will shade out the annual, spring-germinating weed seeds. Mid-September (up to mid-October) is your best, fall window of opportunity.
Tips
Treat for crane fly grubs in early spring (MARCH) and fall (SEPTEMBER) to keep lawn healthy. Try new Bonide "Weed Beater Ultra" - great for lawn weed control and works great in cool weather! Our Gardner and Bloome organic soil building compost is excellent for topdressing existing lawns as well as new lawn installation.
Organic Options
Go Green with Wight's!
Join the natural organic movement in the garden and take care of your home and landscape with 100% natural products. We offer a complete line of organic fertilizers, composts and soil amendments, organic weed controls and fabric, garden solutions (natural insecticides and fungicides), compost bins, and so much more. Every year new organics reach the market and we try to find the best new organic products and solutions for your garden. From vegetable gardens to your lawn to your roses try and choose natural products from Wight's help us keep our Puget Sound climate clean the natural organic way!
Organic Gardening Tips
protects the health of people and the environment by advancing alternatives to pesticides.
Pots & Planters
From bold and dramatic landscaping pieces to tabletop-sized pots, you'll find just what you are looking for at Wight's Home and Garden. Select from a large variety of glazed pottery, rustic earthenware vessels, lightweight fiberglass polyresin European style planters, fiberstone planters, terra cotta pots, plastic, and wooden containers in a myriad of colors, sizes and finishes.
What's New
Designer Living Wall Planter
Create living art for your wall, indoors or out! A living wall planter is a fantastic accent for your space and is easy to create. Grow herbs, succulents, foliage or annuals in this unique planter lined with a specially designed moisture pad that allows your living plants to defy gravity. Each unit is 16.5" tall by 8.5" wide; you can hang one unit individually and frame it with the custom wooden frame, or sections can be interlocked together for an entire wall of color. Sold separately, the wooden frame can be stained or painted any color to match your décor.
New Lightweight Planters
These modern style planters are lightweight and can be used indoors or outdoors. Available in 3 colors, and several different shapes and sizes.
Pots & Planter Highlights
Wight's is proud to carry high quality, freeze proof, stylish, AW Pottery made by skilled artisans.
Tools
Everybody needs the proper tool to make their gardening project easier.
Simply put - Wight's has the tool for you! We stock high quality durable lines including Bond, Flexrake, Fiskars, Yard Butler, and Radius as well as numerous specialty and weeding tools to make life in the garden easier. We stock the complete line of hand-made Felco pruners - the standard for quality and durability in hand pruners. Come in see our wonderful selection of shovels, rakes, hoes, trowels, spades, pole pruners, loppers, saws, cultivators, yard carts, kneelers, bulb planters, shears, aerators, edgers, and so much more to help make your gardening experience both easier and successful. From cast aluminum to forged steel, from classic wood handled to the latest ergonomic grips, from the latest tool introductions to old fashioned favorites - Wight's has the tools you need.
Tools Tips & Hints
Tips
Always have the right tool for the job - it will go faster and be easier to accomplish. The best pruners on the market are Felco brand - they will last a lifetime. Got heavy pots? We have a nice selection of heavy duty plant caddies for ease of moving them and potlifters for ease of lifting them. Try one of our favorite weeding tools like Grandpa's Weeder, the Telesco Weeder, Diggit or the Garden Bandit.
Home Decor
Wight's offers the areas most extensive presentation of home furnishings tastefully displayed in an array of styles and color pallets to inspire any taste or budget.
Our buyers frequent the nation's top markets in search of the best home furnishings. And, as the many loyal customers we have that are interior designers know, new merchandise is constantly arriving keeping our stock fresh and up to date.
Inside or out - home is definitely where the heart is, and it should be.
Life is too short to exist when you could thrive. A great living space is much like a great haircut, book or vacation, it rejuvenates, renews, restores, inspires- but for longer periods of time. Dark corners, bland colors, unhealthy plants, tired accessories will not motivate your mood in the right direction. A few simple touches will bring your home to life and set your heart singing.
And don't forget about the office.
First impressions are vital, so be sure yours are favorable. The right design elements will create the right image of yourself and your company.
Let our professional staff inspire you and help you achieve your decorating goals.
You're invited to bring your pictures, paint, wallpaper, and fabric swatches to our design staff for a free in-store interior design consultation.
Home Décor Highlights
Successful Decorating Checklist
Consistency
choose your vision and stick to it! What 3 words describe the interior decor of your dreams?
Collect
swatches and color samples of the interior you are working with, and carry them with you.
Color Is Key
Your color selections will reward you if you stay true to them.
Bigger Is Better!
When in doubt about accessories think large.
Mix Textures
'elements' and shapes for added interest and a concise look.
Look for Versatility.
Choose accessories that you can use in more than one place.
Accent Furniture
From small side tables to large armoires we believe our accent furniture should absolutely not be found on page 3 of a catalog.
Our buyers search the market for pieces that are functional and add an element of individuality and style to your home. Great pieces like side tables for bedrooms; tables, armoires and cupboards for kitchens, nooks and dining areas; entry tables for that oh so important first impression, sofa tables for lighting and accessorizing seating areas; and those difficult to find accent stands for plants and artwork.
When choosing accent furniture: measure your space vertically and horizontally.
When possible, take a finish sample home (a drawer, swatch or good photo) for color verification. Understand the care of the piece.
Accent Lighting
Every space is enhanced with proper lighting.
As decorative as they are functional, a lamp can be the finishing touch or be the focal point of your rooms' décor. Lamps come in a wide variety styles and sizes.
Cast away those dark corners!!
A lamp will create coziness instantly and every room should have at least one in residence - another 'must have' decorating element. Great for buffets, sofa tables, end tables and the all important night stand. But equally important, are floor lamps for corners and reading. Small lamps add a cozy touch in bookshelves, kitchen counters, laundry rooms, even bathrooms.
When choosing a lamp, always take in to consideration the shade color, especially if it is needed for reading.
While often elegant when used for decorative purposes, a colored shade will dim the light that the lamp will cast. And, if you really like a lamp don't be afraid to buy a different shade that will better suit your purposes. Shades are relatively inexpensive.
Decorative Accessories
Our home décor is selected for uniqueness and affordability.
Pieces that add that something extra like: drama, whimsy, coziness, or that needed punch of color. Home accessories are vital to successful interior décor. And remember, home accessories are like fashion accessories they define and refine your style. The right frame, box and statuette are to your home what the right necklace, shoes or scarf is to an outfit.
Seasonal touches are a fun and easy way to keep things fresh.
At work or at home, every season change is another decorating opportunity. Adding a few festive touches to your existing décor will enliven and enrich your spaces.
When choosing decorative accessories: remember decorating is a process, especially where accessories are concerned.
The fun is in the gathering of special touches that reflect your style. Choosing items that can be moved throughout your home will stretch your dollar and keep things looking fresh.
Wall Art and Mirrors
Make a statement. An empty wall is an opportunity to introduce great art.
Wall art evokes more emotion than any other element of a room's décor. Selecting the right pieces can make or break a room and be the decorating detail that defines your style. With 100's of choices, in every style and price range, Wight's is a destination for great wall art. Framed and canvas art, mirrors, metal wall decor and more. Unique and affordable in today's most popular mediums and presentations.
When choosing wall art stay within your homes color pallet and style, but don't be afraid to be a bit bold.
Add a punch of color, or hang pairs of pictures rather than one piece. Use mirrors for added light and interest. And when in doubt, go large. Using artwork that is too small is the most common decorating mistake people make.
Design Center
Welcome to the Design Center at Wight's Home and Garden.
We take decorating seriously! From lamps to candles; framed art to holiday décor, our buyers carefully select the best home accents to suit any style, color pallet or price range. Our goal: to provide everything you need to make you're decorating dreams a reality. Whether you are working with a professional designer or enjoy decorating yourself, one visit to our extensive home furnishings gallery will reveal why Wight's is known as a one stop shopping experience for anything and everything home and garden.
Bring in your pictures
fabric swatches and paint chips for a custom silk design, outdoor container garden, or interior design consultation - free of charge with purchase (some restrictions apply). One visit to our Home Furnishings Gallery and you'll understand why Wight's partnered with Ethan Allen Interiors to accessorize the award winning 2007 Seattle Street of Dreams home: Copper Falls
Featuring Artist Barb Holte
Local Artist Barb Holte specializes in decorative painting for furniture, walls and floors.
Barb employs a combination of traditional paint techniques and decoupage to furniture, faux finishes and murals to walls windows and shades, and has created custom painted floor canvases for both commercial and residential clients. Barb recently did interior wall treatments for Wight's display garden at the Northwest Flower and Garden Show, including this charming Tromp 'loi of a stair case, ferns and resident cats. She can be contacted through Wight's or at 206-719-1875.
Design Center Highlights
Think of your home as an expression of your style and taste and choose your accessories with this in mind.
Don't buy things to fill space, rather select those items that you love.
Changing seasons renew and refresh our outlook on life.
In fall, we like to get cozy and nest, spring makes us want to brighten up our spaces, summer is time for outdoor living and in winter we seek to be comfortable and warm. Your outdoor pots can be changed seasonally as well. From spring bulbs to summer annuals, fall kale to winter pansies. Live plants play an important role in enjoying each season.
Custom Silk Designing
Every home interior is unique. In fact, every room in every home is unique as well.
Great designs bring a setting to life, complete a style and inspire a mood. From simple foliage designs to larger floral accent pieces, our talented professionals know how to create the perfect arrangement for every room of your home or office.
We offer complimentary custom design services*.
Just bring in your fabric, paint and wallpaper chips along with pictures and our designers will work with you to create an artificial floral arrangement to perfectly suit your interior.
Custom Silk Tips & Hints
Come in to meet our Floral Designers. They would be happy to help you and create the perfect arrangement for your home. They are expert designers, specializing in custom floral statements for home and office. In addition to floral design, they can help you select coordinating interior accents like artwork, lamps or furniture. And remember, FREE complimentary design service with purchase. Tips for the perfect custom-made silk arrangement:
Bring in a digital picture of the space in which it will be placed, showing style, furniture and other accent pieces.
Bring in color swatches of the paint, wallpaper and textiles used in the room.
Measure carefully to get the perfect size arrangement.
Allow for a little time to spend with the designer choosing different elements to include in the arrangement.
Great Design Ideas
Decorating is a passion for many. Part of the allure of this art is the drive to create fun and unique ways to present your design. So, get creative! That's what we like to do. At Wight's we continuously strive to present new, refreshing ideas that you can take home with you; every day is another opportunity to bring these creative ideas to life. See our gallery below for some of our recent inspirations.
Decorating with Baskets
Baskets are back! What better way is there to add a natural design element to your décor and optimize function simultaneously? Baskets add that special touch of texture and color that only natural materials provide. Choose from our large selection of shapes, sizes and colors all woven from natural materials like sea grass and wicker. Below is a collection of photographs with creative and unique ways to display with baskets.
Beach and Nautical Decor
The beach is much more than a weekend getaway, it's a lifestyle! Who isn't inspired by memories of windswept beaches and serene landscapes? Take a deep breath and enjoy the tranquility of the sand and sea right in the comfort of your own home with art, lamps, and a wide array of home accents. Stop in and see our unique and inspiring beach displays for new, exciting ideas and fabulous decor.
Silk Flower and Foliage Designs
Our Floral Design Team is continuously coming up with new and exciting ways to design with our premium artificial florals and foliage. Not only do we have one of the largest selections of top quality silk florals in the region, but our professional design staff is here to create a custom design for your interior at *no extra cost. Just bring in your pictures and swatches, like paint or upholstery, and our team will create a design for any room in your home or office. Or choose from our large selection of prepared floral arrangements in our interior gallery.
Decorative Burlap Wreaths
Creativity is defined by new ideas and our latest is to decorate burlap wrapped wreaths. The result is a charming mix of materials which add the perfect touch to any décor. You'll find an array of colors, textures and styles to suit your taste. And at Wight's custom designs, including wreaths are always available at no extra charge! Here are a few examples of the beautiful burlap wreaths that are being created daily, in-store.
Displaying with Dishware
Get creative with your table top and cabinet dishware display. Whether fine china or everyday earthenware, attractive dishes can be used for dining and decorating! So display them with pride on you table and in the cabinet by using props, or simply grouping them together. And don't forget you can easily freshen up your table-scapes with new linens like table cloths and napkins. Great for seasonal decorating!
Fairy Garden Creations
Fairy Gardens are fun for everyone, young and old! Stop in to see our extensive and unique selection of fairy furniture and accessories. We have display gardens available for sale or you can pick out your favorite accessories to build your own. Make sure to stop by the nursery, where you'll find the perfect plants for your fairies to hide!
Great Design Tips
Think of your home as an expression of your style and taste and choose your accessories with this in mind.
Don't buy things to fill space, rather select those items that you love
Changing seasons renew and refresh our outlook on life.
In fall, we like to get cozy and nest, spring makes us want to brighten up our spaces, summer is time for outdoor living and in winter we seek to be comfortable and warm.
Your outdoor pots can be changed seasonally as well.
From spring bulbs to summer annuals, fall kale to winter pansies. Live plants play an important role in enjoying each season.
Indoor Plants & Gardens
Green is good. Living plants create beauty and clean the air.
Visit our indoor plant department for green and blooming plants for home or office. We hand select every plant, so whether you need a small 4" pot size or a large specimen plant, it will be lush and lovely. Check out these popular varieties: spathphylum, violets, dieffenbachia, ferns, ivy, bromeliads, pothos, dracaenas, aglomania, ficus.
Indoor plants and European gardens are a great choice for gift giving.
Our experts can help you choose the best plants for your needs and teach you proper care for a long healthy life. Replanting services and delivery are available.
5 Top Tips for Easy Plant Success
Right plant / right lighting
Water according to each plant's needs
Eliminate guessing - use a moisture meter
Fertilize most plants monthly, March thru September
During the winter months no fertilizer need be added at all because reduced light and temperature result in reduced growth.
Repot when plant outgrows its pot and only increase one pot size
5 Top High Light Plants
Ficus
Bird's-nest fern (Asplenium)
Anthurium
Sago Palm (Cycas revoluta)
Cacti and succulents
In-store Interior Design Consultation
Tips for Indoor Gardens. *In-store, with purchase only, some restrictions apply.
Decorating is a process and it can really be fun. Our extensive home furnishings gallery offers the region's best selection of great home décor that is both attractive and affordable.
You'll love the dozens of vignettes designed to inspire in an array of styles and color pallets.
Our professional design staff is here to help. Bring in your pictures, fabric swatches and paint chips for a complimentary interior design consultation.*
Register at our design center and we'll keep your swatches on file for convenient matching while your browsing in the store for new treasures Looking for something special? Our designers can keep your name on file and contact when new shipments arrive.
Interior Design Tips & Hints
Wight's will help make your decorating a success!
The colors you choose will be the single most unifying factor of your design theme, so stick to them. Too many colors will result in a muddled, unprofessional result.
Think of three words that best express the look you want to achieve.
Words like, soft, elegant and comfortable or sophisticated, sleek and dramatic will help you to refine your interior choices.
Start a collection of interior choices of paint chips
swatches and pictures and carry it with you for easy reference.
Choose home accents that have the proper scale for the place they are intended.
The biggest mistake is opting for accessories that are too small. Too many little objects can easily result in a cluttered look. When in doubt, go larger
Use accessories in various shapes, sizes, heights and textures to add more interest, impact and balance.
A mix of elements like wood, metal, ceramic, glass and foliage creates a harmonious appeal.
For more flexibility, invest in key pieces that you can move from room to room.
Things like, baskets, candlesticks and glass jars. A great example might be a wire basket. Use it in the kitchen to display fruits and vegetables, or in the bath to hold rolled towels.
Outdoor Container Planting
*In-store and with purchase only.
Make an impression. Whether you want to create great street appeal or brighten up a deck or patio area, a container garden essential.
In fact, no other outdoor accessory delivers more bang for the buck. Plus, container gardens offer not only with the beauty of the plants and the creativity of the designer, but the pots themselves are often works of art. Select from a large variety of glazed containers, terra cotta and wood in a myriad of colors, sizes and finishes.
When designing your own planted container, there are three important components to remember.
First choose your "thriller"- a shrub or tall perennial for a show-stopping focal point to your planter. Next choose your "filler"- lower growing plants that cover the soil and fill out to create a dramatic and lush effect. And finally add a "spiller"- any plant that will trail and cascade over the side of your planter.
Choose your pot and plant material and our talented staff will custom design and plant it for you FREE of charge*.
Whether you are planting vibrant annuals for full sun or lush and lovely foliage for shade, your container garden will be the star of your garden.
Tips
When choosing plants for your container gardens, be sure you are specifying sunny or shady exposure.
Don't forget
store fronts and businesses need container plantings! The dollars spent to enhance the entry to a business, is money very well spent. Well tended entrances silently sell the health and competency of an establishment better than any advertising will.
Groups of planted pots in varied sizes have more visual impact than those singly
Add a charming personal touch to your container garden by including a novelty item like a toad, gnome, fish or bird.
Old Adage
When creating outdoor container gardens, use 3 types of plants
thrillers, spillers and fillers.
Silk Florals and Foliage
No home or office exterior or interior décor is complete without botanical accents.
Nature can be replicated. And in the world of artificial florals (also referred to as silk florals or artificial botanicals), nature is not only replicated, it is often enhanced.
Botanical varieties are created in a myriad of styles and designer colors. And while they are inspired by those in the gardens and on the hillsides of the world, many are deceptively manmade. Add to that the 1000's of varieties of foliages, grasses, sticks, berries and twigs and you have a designer's dream: the beauty of nature hand crafted to compliment and coordinate with today's home interior.
Choose from our vast selection of designer silk florals and natural plant materials to compliment your home's style and color pallet.
Custom silk designing and outdoor container planting are complimentary with your purchase.
Our selection of quality artificial botanicals is the regions best.
Choose your favorites and our talented designers will custom design the perfect arrangement for you home or office free of charge (with purchase, some restrictions apply).
Beautiful lighted flowers and stems are mesmerizing, and they will add sparkle to any space.
Display them alone in a vase, or arrange them with silk flowers and foliage to add visual interest to an arrangement. We have an extensive selection of colors and styles that will compliment any décor and design style. Our silk designers are available to help you decide- and as always we offer free custom design with purchase.
Tips for Silks
Nature can be replicated. And in the world of artificial florals, nature is not only replicated, it is often enhanced.
Artificial botanical varieties are created in a myriad of styles and designer colors.
Add to that, the 1000's of varieties of foliages, grasses, sticks, berries and twigs and you have a designer's dream: the beauty of nature hand crafted to compliment and coordinate with today's home interior.
Every good interior designer knows that a room is not complete until it has at least one botanical accent.
From a simple green plant to a dramatic floral statement piece, botanical accents add an element of 'life' to a room.
Proper design requires a variety of floral shapes, textures and characteristics to look professional.
These often include branches, various foliages and berries.
Services
You can always count on Wight's knowledgeable staff to assist you in improving your home and garden. We offer the following services:
Custom Silk Designing
It is our specialty AND it's complimentary ( with purchase of supplies, some restrictions apply). Bring in your photos, fabric swatches, paint chips and wallpaper samples. You'll enjoy working with our talented floral designers as they create custom arrangements designed specifically for your home's color palette and personal style. Our selection of individual silk flowers and greenery is spectacular.
Home Décor Consultations
You're invited to bring your pictures, paint chips, fabric swatches and wallpaper samples to our design staff. You'll have fun as we assist you in achieving your decorating goals. Our complimentary in-store interior design consultation will help you achieve decorating success.
Custom Indoor or Outdoor Container Planting
We'd love to assist you in selecting plants and a container to accent your home or garden's style. Expert knowledge will ensure the plants will thrive in your home or garden setting. Container design and planting is free with purchase. In-store repotting service for indoor plants is available for a nominal charge.
Nursery Consultations
Our helpful nursery staff can assist you in selecting the right plant for your garden's space and conditions. We can usually identify plant samples you bring in, diagnosis disease and insect problems. It is helpful to include as many parts of the plant as possible: flower, leaf, stem , photos are great too.
Monthly In-Store Sharpening Service
Once and month from March through November, Northwest Sharpening will come to our Nursery to offer sharpening services for our valued customers. Scissors, knives, pinking shears and small garden tools can all be sharpened while you wait. The next sharpening date is Saturday, August 16th from 10am-2pm
Complimentary Gift Boxing
Available on regular price gifts.
Delivery Service
For your convenience delivery service is available for most items in most local areas. Fountains can be delivered as well as set up. Charge is based on location, staff required and truck size required. Please call for more details.
Pre-order Cut Christmas trees
You can simply reserve your cut Christmas tree in advance to get the tree variety and size you want, where and when you want it. We offer Christmas tree flocking, with or without glitter. Your cut green tree can have a certified fire retardant application or an anti-transpirant (like WiltPruf) to guard against moisture loss. Swags, wreaths, cut greens can be treated with an anti-transpirant as well. Tree delivery and after Christmas pickup services are available.
Christmas Tree Decoration Consultation
Our designers will bring together all the right ornamentation to make your holiday vision perfect.
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Monday:
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Tuesday:
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Wednesday:
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Thursday:
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Friday:
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Saturday:
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Sunday:
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About Us
Inspiration is effortless at Wight's Home & Garden where you'll find everything you need to complete your home and garden design projects. From interior décor and decorating ideas to planting advice from our nursery experts, we offer a wide range of services to assist you with both exterior and interior design. We provide design consultations to assist you in decorating any room in your home or office; bring in your pictures, paint chips, fabric swatches and wallpaper samples for expert advice on accessorizing your space. Get all the necessities for your NW landscape in our fabulous nursery. We have top quality plant material including an incredible selection of Japanese maples, conifers, specimen trees, rhododendrons, edibles, beautiful annuals and perennials, custom planted containers and much more! Create an outdoor living oasis with our selection of premium patio furniture, fountains, statuary and garden accents. Don't forget our lush and lovely indoor plant department where you'll find everything from unique and unusual varieties to everyday favorites. And if that's not enough, we have a fabulous selection of gifts, stylish women's boutique apparel and seasonal décor. Wight's Wonderland of Christmas is a premier destination for holiday shopping and a yearly tradition for many NW families. You'll find dozens of beautiful, artistically decorated theme trees with thousands of designer ornaments, an amazing selection of coordinating holiday décor and gifts galore! Whether you visit Wight's Wonderland of Christmas or Wight's home and garden showroom, you can be sure that you'll come home with many fabulous ideas on how to decorate your space for the season!