Gardeners have relied on the mail for centuries. Long before mail-order nurseries first sent their catalogs to customers, gardeners wrote to friends asking for a piece of a peony root, a tulip bulb or ...

It’s always fun when garden catalogs arrive in the mail. Mine generally start to arrive in December and continue through February. In the evening when things slow down, you will find me drooling over ...

It was some years ago. A birthday present to myself. A four-season plant, the variegated-leaved Abutilon pictum 'Thompsonii,' destined to grow into a lush flowering shrub. A focal point for a spot on ...

Winter is a great time for planning improvements to your garden with seed, bulb and nursery catalogs arriving in the mail. There are many temptations in these catalogs, so focus on choosing plants ...

The ideal spot to find new plants for your garden is a local nursery, as these plants are likely to do well in your region and you’re able to judge how healthy they are before you purchase them. You ...

Q: This time of year I start getting gardening catalogs galore in my mailbox. I enjoy reading through them, looking and drooling over pictures of beautiful vegetables and reading descriptions of them.

I hate to be the one to give you bad news, but some seed companies are already running out of seeds. Don’t panic: there are, in fact, plenty of seeds out there. And if one company doesn’t have your ...

I want that! All too often, I am guilty of saying those three words as I look through the countless gardening mail-order catalogs that arrive in my mail daily. With the catalogs featuring beautiful, ...

Besides this being the multiple holiday season with Christmas and then New Year’s back-to-back, it’s also the time when many gardeners start planning their landscapes and plantings for the coming year ...

Unlike local nurseries, which stock plants that are well-adapted to your location, mail-order and online nurseries cater to a wider-ranging clientele. Before you order a plant, make sure it will grow ...