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 ...

Follow some general guidelines to ensure plant materials ordered are the right ones when the growing season arrives.

Let’s have some fun and take a trip through some catalogs, quoting the copy and then translating that into what happens in the real world. Now comes the deluge of seed and plant catalogs cramming your ...

Garden catalogs are arriving in the mail with regular frequency these days, and I'm sure I'm not the only gardener drooling over the gorgeous pictures of new plants and cultivars. Many folks use ...

Come late winter, newspaper garden writers routinely deliver a column about plant and seed catalogs. I sympathize. There’s not a ton to write about, with the ground half-frozen and the sun still low ...

Who doesn't open a seed catalog at this time of year and just dream? The timing of their arrival is impeccable — right at the peak of winter, when leaves and flowers have been absent for months. So in ...

There is nothing like seed and plant catalogs to activate your horticultural hormones. I know, horticultural hormones may not actually exist, but how else to explain the powerful desire, if not lust, ...

Garden catalogs are more than pages and pages of pretty pictures for casual enjoyment. They inspire you to improve or reinvent your yard. They describe each plant down to the number of petals on the ...

In the dark gray days of winter, reading plant catalogs warm my nights and brighten my days. Here are some of my faves you might enjoy. David Austin Roses (800) 328-8893, davidaustinroses.com Catalog ...

Beware of the joyful spreader. Not an evangelist seeking to share the good news, but plants, many with overeager root systems, bent on taking over your garden. These are described in a pleasantly ...

When I went to get my mail the other day, my mailbox was stuffed so full I could barely get my hand inside to pull the mail out. Was it stuffed with Christmas cards? Unfortunately no. Bills?

There's the garden season, and then there's the garden catalog season. Right now we're deep into the latter, with glossy new catalogs arriving daily. Because it's been just long enough to forget last ...