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 ...

Here are some new, or newly available, plants for 2008 that piqued our interest. It's too soon to say exactly where most of them will be available, but if a source is not listed keep an eye out for ...

Last week I wrote about ordering seeds from catalogs. This week I'd like to turn to ordering plants. It's amazing what they can send in the mail these days! They can ship cut flowers, bulbs, fragile ...

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 ...

Are more gardeners in my shade-blocked predicament these days? To my joy, since I garden under very large trees, plants that get by on minimal sun seem more plentiful in this year's offerings. Check ...

Winter made a strong but brief visit last weekend. The storm dropped more than a foot of snow (a lot more!), and combined with a sore knee (a snow-shoveling injury), it kept me virtually housebound ...

If tending to gardens carried us through the pandemic, seed catalog are sparks of hope, carrying us through the long winter. Even if you order online, these catalogs can inspire, inform and, yes, ...

The Plant Delights Nursery catalog is the gardening equivalent of the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue: It arrives in the mailbox and everybody starts howling. Plant Delights Nursery, located near ...

Who among us hasn't felt a certain giddiness when opening a snow-covered mailbox to find a colorful gardening catalog filled with photos of ripe, red tomatoes, crisp green lettuces and jewel-toned ...