Nurseries, home improvement stores and even grocery stores may have racks of seeds available when it’s time to start gardening, but there’s nothing like looking through seed catalogs, especially when ...

Jackson & Perkins, 1-800-292-4769. The 2010 rose and floribunda of the year are the stars of this catalog. Both are said to be vigorous, eager to bloom and ready to plant this spring. J.W. Jung Seed ...

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.

With the spring planting season underway, area libraries invite patrons to check out something besides the latest new bestseller or DVD – seeds. Housed in repurposed card catalogs, seed libraries ...

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 ...

With spring still several months away, Colleen Richard won’t be getting her hands in the dirt anytime soon, so she does the next best thing. She sits down with her gardening catalogs and starts to ...

Here’s how to make sure those impulse catalog purchases result in happy surprises — not buyer’s remorse. By Margaret Roach Not to put a damper on your seed-catalog bingeing — it marks the ritual start ...

It's that time of year — seed catalogs have been arriving daily. I think January should be National Seed Catalog month. Those catalogs contain a lot of great information and some of the terminology ...

It is time for your mailbox to bloom! Seed and plant catalogs should be arriving in great numbers. If you are not on the mailing list of numerous gardening companies, look in the many magazines you ...

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, ...

Robins get all the credit for being a first sign of spring, but that’s not entirely true. For gardeners, a seed catalog arriving in the mailbox is the first proof that spring is on its way. Seed ...