Shivering as you get your daily mail, you may just be rewarded with a sure sign of spring – garden catalogs. Chances are, if you get one, you’ll get many. Like a breath of fresh air, these beautiful ...

Winter offers an ideal opportunity to dream and plan next season’s garden. Catalogs offer an escape into the world of warm weather, green landscapes and flowers, fruits and vegetables. Here are a few ...

Rose fanciers from 41 countries came together at a recent meeting of the World Federation of Rose Societies to name the English rose ‘Graham Thomas’ as the favorite rose on the planet. Only the 14th ...

This is the plant catalog for the connoisseur offering rare and very limited plants available nowhere else. Rare orchids, tropicals, daylilies, lilacs, hardy perennials and specialty seeds for a ...

Seed catalogs have much in common with priceless Monet paintings. His art, often depicting nature, became famous for the ability to capture the viewer's mind and transport one mentally into the scene.

Black-eyed Susan is an easy and satisfying perennial to start from seed. (Stephen Ward) When perusing spring seed catalogs, don't pass on perennials. These long-lived plants require a bit more ...

WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA — We couldn’t call it an April Fool's joke as that snow came on April 2. Sure made a mess out of everything out in the farm yard and gravel roads. Guess it was too much to ...

As soon as the flood of Christmas cards slowed to a dribble, an avalanche of garden catalogs filled up my mailbox. Mixed into the usual list of big catalogs like Johnny’s Select Seeds, Territorial ...

It started about a month ago, by mail. Then a week later another one arrived and then another. By last week, garden catalogs were arriving in full force from many of the large and small nurseries ...

Trying to choose seeds and bulbs from a gardening catalog is an exercise in restraint. Catalog pages are filled with vibrant colors bursting from morning glories and the unique shapes of dahlia tubers ...

As you look through all the seed catalogs arriving in your mailbox and dream about the garden season to come, you may find yourself a bit confused about certain terms you find in those catalogs. Some ...