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 ...

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 ...

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.

Even if you have no plans to start your garden from seed, garden catalogs give the chance to imagine what’s possible. Often in full color, these catalogs share what’s new and tell stories of crops ...

NEW MARKET, Va. - Maybe there should be an Academy Awards kind of event for people who create seed and garden catalogs. They have entertained and enlightened generations of growers with their prose ...

There’s something comforting and convenient about the feel of a gardening catalog while you sit near a window on a cold winter day and count the days until spring. Many companies have gone “green,” ...

Garden catalogs have a knack for showing up in our mailboxes on cold, blustery winter days. They are perfect for browsing while wrapped up in a quilt and sipping hot cocoa or coffee on a cold night.

If you’re planning to request a seed catalog in 2025, now is the time to do it. New seed catalogs get printed between mid-December and early January, so the seed catalogs we’ve gathered here are hot ...

Garden catalogs provide a wealth of information about plants, seeds, and gardening tools. Gardeners should carefully review catalog descriptions, including planting instructions and days to maturity, ...