Thursday, February 7, 2008

Garden catalogs point toward spring

Garden catalogs are places where your creativity can run wild. I encourage you to use the website versions, rather than the paper, to be environmentally friendly.

Territorial Seed Company.
Their motto is “Seeds and plants for wherever you live” and they pay special attention to people with tiny gardens, and offer seeds, including Oriental greens and vegetables, Pole and bush beans, Popcorn, and Flower mixes. http://www.territorialseed.com/ 800 626-0866

Victory Seed Company
Victory Seed sells open-pollinated and heirloom seeds. They offer theme gardens: 18th century kitchen garden, Bible-themed garden, Moon garden, World War II Victory garden. http://www.victoryseeds.com/ They prefer online or fax orders: 503 829-3126 or email info@victoryseeds.com.

Wayside Gardens
Another well known company that offers perennials, roses, trees and shrubs, and has been in business since 1916 is found at http://www.waysidegardens.com/ 800 213-0379.

Brecks
Brecks “Direct to you from Holland since 1818” specializes in the best bulbs, spring blooming like tulips, daffodils, crocus and alliums, summer blooming plants like dahlias, begonias, iris and perennials and collections of bulbs. http://www.brecks.com/ 513 354-1511

Stokes Tropicals
For those of you truly dreaming of warm tropical isles and plants, visit http://www.stokestropicals.com/ where they offer banana plants, plumerias, hibiscus, bamboo and beyond. 1 866 478-2502

No comments: