Best of all, catalogs drive excitement for next year’s garden with visions of plenty. Maureen Gilmer is an author, horticulturist and landscape designer. Learn more at MoPlants.com .

Seeds and vegetable starts are in high demand this year, with almost all seed catalogs and nurseries experiencing unprecedented sales and order backlogs. Each seed gives us the opportunity to care ...

Antique Rose Emporium. Own-root roses. 9300 Lueckemeyer Road, Brenham, TX 77833; 800-441-0002. Baxter Seed. Mail-order vegetable seed company, 416 Missouri Ave ...

The first seed catalog is soon to arrive full of the promise of summer and the temptation of varieties untried. Then the next catalog, and the next, and so on, making seed choices overwhelming ...

Seed and nursery catalogs are out and we're on the road to planning our 2024 gardens. Catalogs are more than just pictures. They are reference books, telling us what will and won't grow here or ...

In an old French gardening book, the author describes the winter ordering of seeds for the new year’s garden. “We wait until the children are in bed. We must choose wisely because if th… ...

Varieties developed in climates similar to yours will be the best heirlooms to grow. ( Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Co. - MCT) Heirloom catalogs are full of stories about unique varieties and their ...

Being new to cultivating much besides shrubs and flowers, I’ve spent the last year asking every vegetable gardener I come across where they buy seed. Then I salivate over the catalogs and Web ...

WASHINGTON – In this season of the seed catalog, remember that the term “new” is like a stick of raw celery – best taken with a pinch of salt. A nursery’s catalog can call something new ...