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Many
of the sources listed here (in alpha order, so I ain't looking like I'm
playing favorites) are ones we
personally use, at least from time to time. All are well worth contacting
or visiting. I admit I'm pretty
enthusiastic about a lot of them, but I'm not intending to advertise.
Okay, you believe that?
A
note to nursery owners and other garden companies: If you would like to
be added to this portal, just drop me a line at mareltrout@geocities.com.
I'll be glad to review your Web site, magazine, or whatever for addition.
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Antique Rose Emporium 9300 Lueckenmeyer Rd. Brenham, TX 77833 (800) 441-0002 FAX: (409) 836-0928 |
We've gotten a number of antique roses from here, and despite their hailing from Texas, they have proven quite hardy in our Zone 5 gardens. |
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| Appalacian
Wildflower Nursery 723 Honey Creek Road Reedsville, PA 17804 (717) 667-6998 |
A teeny tiny nursery owned by a charming, softspoken, and wise fellow named Dan. There are plants there I've never seen anywhere else except in books. |
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| Black
Bear Nursery Wholesale/Retail Windburne Road Windburne, PA (814) 345-6953; (814) 345-5878 FAX (814) 345-1732 |
We've gotten hundreds of perennials and woody ornamentals at this nursery. Good prices, good stock. Just take some tags or a notepad, because most of the plants aren't tagged with their names. |
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| Burpee
Seeds and Plants W. Atlee Burpee & Co. Warminster, PA 18974 (800) 888-1447 FAX: (800) 487-5530 Customer Service: (800) 333-5808 www.burpee.com |
Of course we get things from Burpee. Any self-respecting Pennsylvanian does. My very first flower garden was grown entirely from packets of Burpee seeds. |
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Cyndi
Johnson's Ornamental Plant Catalog List |
Cyndi did a lot of hard work to construct this list. She even has catalogs listed there of companies that have no discernable Web site, such as Limerock Ornamental Grasses. |
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| Daylily
Discounters 1 Daylily Plaza Alachua, FL 32615 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. EST Monday-Friday (904) 462-1539 orders@daylilydiscounters.com www.daylilydiscounters.com |
My favorite place to get daylilies. Nice, fat stock with tubers like bananas. I'm in Zone 5, and have never had a problem with DD's stock, even though it hails from Florida. Besides, daylilies are practically indestructible. |
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| Eastern
Plant Specialites Box 226 Georgetown, Maine 04548 Phone/Fax (732) 382-2508 |
Good prices and several choices of sizes for bare-root woody ornamentals. Has Saskatoon tree, which is big plus. Stock is big and thrifty, and arrives in excellent shape. |
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| gardencom.com | This is a Web portal with an extensive list of gardening sources. |
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| Gardino
Nursery PO Box 83-2024 Delray Beach, Fl 33483 Rareflora@aol.com Phone: 1-888-323-1333 FAX: 561-495-7383 www.rareflora.com |
This nursery offers some amazing, cool, and unusual tropical plants, plus lots of free information. A fine resource for garden plants and house/conservatory plants (for us snowbound northerners). |
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| Garden
Tools by Lee Valley PO Box 1780 Ogdenburg, NY 13669-6780 Orders: (800) 871-8158 FAX Orders: (800) 513-7885 Customer Service: (800) 267-8735 www.leevalley.com |
I've gotten some extremely well-made, practically indestructible gardening tools from here at a price I can stand. Lots of other homeowner-type tools here, too. |
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| Gardener's
Supply Company 128 Intervale Road Burlington, Vermont 05401-2850 (800) 863-1700 www.gardeners.com |
I've gotten a lot of good tools and supplies from this catalog through the years -- everything from metal plant markers and engraving dremel to a gardener's radio with a built in generator and solar panels, so I can listen to my alternative rock while prying out dandelions, and I don't need to keep recharging batteries. This company also has the distinction of providing the friendliest automatic telephone ordering system I've ever encountered. It's worth calling them up just to listen. |
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| Henry
Field's Seed & Nursery Co. 415 North Burnett Shenandoah, Iowa 51602 www.henryfields.com |
Another old company; it's been around since 1892. Great prices and good stock. My parents bought a 'Crimson King' Norway maple from HF back in the early 1951. Today the tree stands 50 feet tall. Field's stock is a bit smaller than, say, what you get from White Flower Farm. But if you're willing to take the time to grow it out, you can get some choice items at affordable prices. |
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| J.
W. Jung Seed Co. 335 S. High St. Randolph, WI 53957-0001 |
We've gotten a lot of very affordable and nice plants from this nursery through the years, including a veritable forest of Eupatorium fistulosum, the tall, native kind. It's an old company, founded in 1907. |
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| Limerock
Ornamental Grasses 70 Sawmill Road Port Matilda, PA 16870 (814) 692-2272 FAX: (814) 692-9848 Limerock@Juno.com www.limerockgrasses.com |
We get almost all our ornamental grasses at this beautiful local nursery (it's about 20 miles from our place). Limerock is one of the premiere wholesale sources of ornamental grasses nationwide. Those grasses for sale at the nursery you go to -- there's a good chance they came from Limerock. |
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| Michael's
Premiere Roses Michael's Premier Roses Michael@MichaelsRose.Com 9759 Elder Creek Road Sacramento, California 95829 (916) 369-ROSE FAX: (916) 361-1141 www.michaelsrose.com |
You'll find a wide selection of roses here, including
climbers, ground covers, miniatures, hierlooms, moderns, and English
roses. |
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| Miller
Nurseries J.E. Miller Nurseries, Inc. 5060 West Lake Road Canandaigua, N.Y. 14424 (800) 836-9630 www.millernurseries.com |
We get all our fruit trees, brambles, and other ornamentals and edibles from here. For culinary plants at a price we can stand, we have found that Millers' is hard to beat. When their stock arrives at your doorstep, it's gigantic and healthy -- and hardy as hell since they're a stone's throw from Canada. |
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Delights Nursery 9241 Sauls Road Raleigh, NC 27603 (919) 772-4749 FAX: (919) 662-0370 tony@plantdel.com www.plantdel.com |
I learned about this place in an article in Horticulture magazine a while back and after buying several orders, I am hooked. The stock is big, meaty, and itchin' to grow. I've been especially happy with the hostas. |
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| Seeds
of Distinction PO Box 86 Station A Etobicoke, Toronto, ON Canada, M9C 4V2 (416) 255-3060 Toll-Free FAX: (888) 327-9193 seeds@SEEDSofDISTINCTION.com www.SEEDSofDISTINCTION.com |
We've found seeds in this catalog that we've been unable to find anywhere else. Black columbines. Baobabs. |
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| Shady
Oaks Nursery 112 10th Ave. S E Waseca, MN 56093 (800) 504-8006 or (507) 835-5033 FAX: (507) 835-8772 www.shadyoaks.com/home.cfm |
I've gotten a number of orders consisting of nice shade-loving perennials from here and have been quite pleased with my purchases. |
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| Vermont
Bean Seed Company Garden Lane Fair Haven, VT 05743-0250 (803) 663-0217 Toll-Free FAX: (888) 500-7333 |
We get vegetable and flowering bean seeds from here and have always been happy with our purchases. A few years ago I planted scarlet runner beans with fava beans for an interesting floral effect. |
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| Vintage
Gardens 2833 Old Gravenstein Hwy. So., Sebastopol, California 95472 (707) 829-2035 FAX (707) 829-9516 Open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday PST www.vintagegardens.com |
Antique and Extraordinary Roses, as well as perennials. This source has been highly recommended to me by a friend of mine who is an old rose expert. I recently ordered bronze fennel from this source; I'll let you know what I think of their stock very soon...but if my friend's stock from there is any indication, this place is a winner. |
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| Wayside
Gardens 1 Garden Lane Hodges, South Carolina 29695-0001 (800) 845-1124 www.waysidegardens.com |
I buy less from here than I used to, but it can be a good source for unusual finds. The catalog always serves as beautiful and informative reference material. |
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| White
Flower Farm P.O. Box 50 Litchfield, Connecticut 06759-0050 (800) 503-9624 www.whiteflowerfarm.com |
One of my all-time favorite sources for perennials, roses, trees, and shrubs. The catalog is sheer garden porn, and I'm always happy with the big, beautiful stock. |
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| Chuck
Wyatt's Heirloom Tomatoes 5421 Princess Drive Rosedale, MD. 21237 USA 410-687-8665 ChuckWyatt@Compuserve.com www.heirloomtomatoes.net |
Huge variety of heirloom tomatoes, plus information on varieties, history, best uses, growing tomatoes, and so on. |
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Gardening Magazine The Taunton Press 63 South Main St. P.O. Box 5506 Newton, CT 06470-5506 (203) 426-8171 fgservice@taunton.com (subscriptions) www.finegardening.com |
A Taunton Press publication, excellent for beginners, seasoned horticulturalists, and everyone in between -- addresses both food and ornamental gardening. |
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| Horticulture
Magazine 98 North Washington Street Boston, MA 02114-1913 www.hortmag.com |
We've subscribed to this magazine for years; I can't imagine being without it. It is perhaps the finest garden magazine currently available. |
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| Timber
Press 133 S.W. Second Avenue, Suite 450 Portland, Oregon 97204 U.S.A (800) 327-5680 FAX: (503) 227-3070 orders@timberpress.com www.timberpress.com |
Our shelves are full of gardening books from Timber Press. I don't need to say any more. |
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| The
American Horticultural Society 7931 East Boulevard Drive Alexandria, VA 22308-1300 (703) 768-5700 www.ahs.org |
By being a member of this, I get discounts or free entrance to arboretums and other places, the magazine The American Gardener, and many other benefits. I've found the society to be an excellent resource. Mission: The American Horticultural Society (AHS) educates and inspires people of all ages to become successful and environmentally responsible gardeners by advancing the art and science of horticulture. |
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Identification: Common & Botanical Names; Photos |
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| botany.com www.botany.com |
This on-line Plant Encyclopedia provides information on plant identification, propagation, cultivation, soils, pests and diseases, , weather, and so on. It even provides links to societies and botanical gardens. |
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| virtualgarden.com | Features a Plant Dictionary, hardiness zone information, articles by regional writers, and gardening tips of all sorts. |
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| Garden
Guides www.gardenguides.com |
Searchable database of Flowers, Vegetables, Herbs. Also includes Tips, a Discussion Forum, and Recipes. |
| Home
& Garden Channel Plant
Database hg.women.com/homeandgarden/plants |
Each search results includes a photo, a description and a good amount of hardiness and culture information. |
| Botanical
Research Institute of Texas www.Brit.ORG |
Provides information for the public, educators, and plant professionals. The Plant of the Week is a very nice feature. |
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| Don
& Anna's Greenhouse & Garden Center RR #1, Keremeos, B.C. V0X 1N0 Phone/Fax (250) 499-5785 don&anna@keremeos.com www.keremeos.com/don&annas |
Along with being a source of plants, this site is a handy reference for common & botanical names and other information on the following: Annuals | Aquatic Plants | Evergreens | Fruits Herbs | Perennials | Roses | Shrubs | Trees Vegetables | Vines |
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| Import
Flowers, Inc. Toll Free: 1-888-317-7110 lou@impfl.com |
This is a source of cut flowers and other items for florists. Images and Common & Botanical Names are listed on the pricing pages for the following: |
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| Oklahoma
Wildflowers by Charles S. Lewallen www.biosurvey.ou.edu/okwild |
Features photos and Names for wildflowers common to Oklahoma and elsewhere in North America. The links names and images are at the bottom of the pages. Also has a good page of Botanical Links. |
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| Chuck
Wyatt's Heirloom Tomatoes 5421 Princess Drive Rosedale, MD. 21237 USA 410-687-8665 ChuckWyatt@Compuserve.com www.heirloomtomatoes.net |
Extensive information on heirloom tomato varieties, their history, recommendations for growing conditions and uses, and so on. |
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| Oregon
State University College of Agricultural Sciences Vegetable Index www.orst.edu/Dept/NWREC/vegindex.cfm |
Extensive vegetable list, along with information pertinent to the the northwest but useful elsewhere. |
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| Champaign-Urbana
Herb Society www.prairienet.org/herbsociety/hotm/index.cfm |
Has images of herbs, botanical and common names, uses of herbs, and things like that. Features an Herb of the Month. |
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Ohio
State University Agricultural Database |
Database of Ornamental and Culinary plants as well as other agriculture, home, and garden information. |
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| The University of Catania Botanical Web Site www.dipbot.unict.it/orto/index-1.cfm | Packed with information and good photos. |
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