The following is a list of WEB servers is mostly from Cyndi's Catalog of Catalogs.
However, because WEB pages are being introduced at a rapid rate, send new web sites, or
corrections to John Mertus.
New addresses, changes, corrections, questions and comments for catalogs
should be directed to the compiler of the list Cyndi
Johnson. Cyndi does not ship catalogs, please do not send e-mail to
her asking for a vendor's catalog.
The quality rating are only opinions and may not reflect the actual service or
quality of products. A Quality: unknow simply means there was no data
avaliable.
- A.M. Leonard, Inc.. Free 80-page catalog. Large
selection of tools and supplies. Many professionals use them regularly. They also sell to
home gardeners. Prices reasonable to expensive, but most tools are high quality. Quality:
Excellent
- Absolutely Wild. Wildflower seed mixes,
small packets for homeowners. Quality: unknown
- Agua Viva Seed Ranch. Wildflowers of the
Sangre de Cristos. Free catalog. E-mail aguaviva@taos.newmex.com
Quality: unknown
- Algy's Herbs. Plants, books, and herb seed in
cooperation with B&T World Seed. e-mail algy@algy.com.
Quality: unknown
- American Bamboo Co.. Bamboo;
Phyllostachys bissettii varieties only. Free catalog. Quality: unknown
- American Desert Plants. Large selection of
yuccas, agaves, cacti, other desert natives from southwestern states as well as Mexican
imports. Quality: unknown
- Antonelli Brothers Inc.
Tuberous begonias and fucshias. Catalog $1.00 Quality: unknown
- Snow Creek Daylily Gardens. Daylilies. Affiliated
with B & D Lilies. Catalog $2 for 2 yr sub (2 issues) Quality: unknown
- Bear Creek Nursery. New and antique apple
varities; other nut, berry, and fruit trees; shrubs. Specializes in hardy,
drought-resistant stock. Catalog $1. Email bearcreekin@plix.com.
Quality: unknown
- Bethlehem Seed Co.. Veggies, flowers, &
herbs, supposedly low prices. Quality: unknown
- Black Diamond Nursery. Specializing in berry
plants, flowering bulbs, veg and flower seeds. Search Online Mall at the web site.
Quality: unknown
- Bluestone Perennials. Perennials and a
very few ornamental shrubs mostly grown from seed - few named varieties. Plants are small
but many positive comments say they grow fast and are very healthy. Quality: Good
- Botanika. Bromeliads, esp. the genus
Tillandsia - ships only to points in Canada. Free catalog. Email: hslater@io.org, Quality unknown.
- Brandt's Fruit Trees Inc. Fruit
trees. E-Mail Address: nursery@ewbrandt.com.
Quality: unknown.
- Breck's. Bulbs - a basic
range; some perennials. Quality: unknown
- Bridges Roses. Mostly miniature roses, and
a few hybrid teas. Quality: Excellent
- Burt Associates Bamboo. Bamboo. $2
catalog; Indocalamus, Pleioblastus, Pseudosasa, Sasaella, Phyllostachys. Ships to U.S and
Canada. Email: bamboo@bamboos.com. Quality:
Unknown.
- Carino Nurseries. Seedling trees - min
order 100 trees. Free catalog. Quality: unknown
- Carolina Seeds. Basic flower, herb, and veg
selections with some heirlooms. Quality: unknown
- Chapparal Gardens. A hybridizer of
daylilies; over 600 named varieties. Catalog $1. E-Mail mlong@daylily.com
Quality: unknown
- Companion Plants. Interesting
array of Herb, Dye, unusual Food, etc. plants. Catalog $3. Seeds also available for many
of their plants. Will ship to Canada. Quality: Fair to Good
- Cook's Carnivorous Plants. Carnivorous
plants. E-mail Sess58a@prodigy.com.
Quality: unknown
- The Cook's Garden. Catalog $1. A wonderful
array of vegetables but specialty is salad greens including several mescluns. An added
bonus are the recipes. Edible and cutting flowers. Will ship to Canada. Quality: Excellent
- Cypripedium Haven. Cypripedium hybrids and species,
Calopogons and hybrids, native orchid species artificially propagated, CITES
certification. Quality: unknown
- Daydreamer Perennial Gardens. 350
varieties of water and land perennials; pond liners & pumps. Free catalog. Quality:
unknown
- Daylily Discounters International. 93
page catalog with at least 200 daylily varieties, lots of pictures, descriptions.
Exclusive marketer for the daylily hybridizer Wm. Munson. Quality: Good
- Dutch Gardens Inc. Good selection of basic
bulbs - daffs, tulips, and dahlias, begonias, glads plus a limited selection of other
perennials; good prices, esp in quantity (group order program). Excellent color catalog
with pictures of all cvs. Quality: excellent
- Edmund's Roses. Roses - modern hybrid teas.
Quality: unknown
- Elk Mountain Nursery. Cat $2.
Specializing in native plants for the Eastern U.S. No seeds. Free catalog through
1996. Quality: unknown
- Ferry-Morse Seed Co. Basic veg,
flowers, herbs. More used to being seen in store racks. Quality: Good
- Fieldstone Gardens, Inc.. Perennials.
Descriptive catalog $2 Quality: unknown
- Four Winds Growers. Dwarf citrus. LSASE
Quality: unknown
- Fungi Perfecti. Mushrooms.
Shiitake, oyster, morels, reishi, and king stropharia. Extensive line of spawn and
supplies. Free brochure for SASE, or send $3.00 for 80-page color catalog. Takes credit
cards. Quality: unknown
- Gardener's Supply Company. Garden supplies,
equipment, greenhouses, plant foods, lots of good things. Emphasizes organics, but not
rigid about it. E-mail info@gardeners.com.
Quality: Excellent
- Glasshouse Works. Catalog $1.50. Has
variety of herb seeds, grasses, plants, some tropical, some exotics. Quality: unknown
- Gourmet Gardener. 150 varieties of
hard-to-find herbs, vegetables and edible wildflowers. $2 refundable. Quality: unknown
- Harmony Farm Supply. Organic fertilizers,
beneficial insects, irrigation, books, more. Quality: unknown
- Harris Seeds. General vegetable and flower
seeds of particular interest to Northern gardeners as they sell plants that do well in
cold climates. Free catalog. Quality: Good
- Hartle-Gilman Gardens. Lilies and Hostas.
Free catalog. Quality: Unknown.
- Heirloom Gardens. Antique (prior to 1920)
flower, vegetable, & herb seed. Packets are $1.85 each. Catalog $1.00. E-mail heirloom@redrose.net. Quality: unknown
- The Herbal Touch. Selected herb seeds, books,
herbal supplies. Quality: unknown
- Heronswood Nursery. Offer a good selection
of rare and unusual trees and shrubs, vines, perennials and grasses.106-page catalog,
$4.00, full descriptions, no pictures. Highly regarded. Quality: unknown
- Heyne Custom Seed Service.
Specializing in native grasses and wildflowers, will make custom blends. Quality: unknown
- High Country Roses. Hardy antique roses
wholesale. Quality: unknown
- Hoop House. An established manufacturer of
hobby & commercial greenhouses. You can get them mail-order! Free catalog. Quality:
unknown
- Incredible Edible Hot Peppers. Hot Pepper
'Live' Plants (34 Varieties) & 2 Kinds of Hot Pepper 'Fresh' Fruit. (All
shipments guaranteed to anywhere in the Continental U.S.) Quality: Unknown.
- J.E. Miller Nurseries, Inc.. Free catalog.
Trees and shrubs, vines, and ornamentals. A couple of complimentary comments on them from
Gardens members. Quality: unknown
- Jackson & Perkins. Lots of roses,
other perennials. Free catalog. Most comments are positive, but a lot of correspondents
received dead plants (which are cheerfully replaced). Will not ship to Canada. Quality:
average
- Johnny's Selected Seeds. Highly recommended,
especially for short-season crops. Veg, herb, flower and specialty seed. Free catalog with
detailed cultural info. Email: homegarden@johnnyseeds.com.
Will ship seeds to Canada. Quality: Excellent.
- Klehm Nursery. Peonies, Hostas, Daylilies, Irises.
Color cat $4. Descriptions. Great varieties but buy early, they sell out fast..
Quality: Excellent.
- Legendary Ethnobotanical Resources. Rare
seeds, plants, herbs and herb products. Catalog $2 Quality: unknown
- Lilyblooms Aquatic Gardens. Hardy and
tropical lilies, lotus, pond supplies. Quality: unknown
- Lilypons Water Gardens. Water plants, equipment
and fish. Cat $5 deductible. There are two other locations as well. Quality: unknown
- Logee's Greenhouses. Begonias, rare or exotic
greenhouse plants, perennials. Extensive catalog, $3 refundable Quality: Good
- Magnolia Nursery. Magnolias,
Louisiana iris etc. for south. Catalog $1.00. Quality: Unknown.
- Mailorder Assoc Of Nurseries. Misc. For a copy
of their The Complete Guide to Gardening and Landscaping by Mail, send $1.00 (Canadian
gardeners, please remit $1.50) Quality: unknown
- Mellinger's. Ornamental plants and fruit trees,
some uncommon stuff. Also good for gardening supplies. Mixed reports on quality - some
plants are pretty small - but most seem satisfied. Quality: Good
- Midwest Cactus. Catalog $1.
Opuntia - winter hardy cactus Quality: unknown
- Milaeger's Gardens. Cat $1. Perennials, roses,
herbs, and woodland flowers. Web address is a general source, look under Shopping for
their plants. Quality: unknown
- Munchkin Nursery. Trilliums & other
plants for woodland gardens. Cat $3 , refundable. No shipments west of Rocky Mtns. Email: Genebush@netpointe.com. Quality: unknown
- Mushroompeople. Catalog free. An excellent
place for mushroom growing supplies, and an informative catalog with more than 300 items.
Free shipping. E-mail: mushroom@gaia.org.
Quality: Unknown.
- New England Wild Flower Society.
Seeds of native (and maybe non-native) New England flowering plants, propogated wild
plants as well; many are not easy to find elsewhere. Catalog free to Society members -
$2.50 for others. Quality: unknown
- Niche Gardens. Cat $3. Descriptions of a wide
variety of perennial plants. Southeastern natives, exotics. Order thru WWW available.
Email: mail@nichegdn.com. Quality: Excellent.
- Nicholls Gardens. Reblooming iris, daylilies,
peonies & hosta. Also the Japanese iris of Dr. Wm. Ackerman. Catalog $1.00, or you can
see it online. Quality: unknown
- Nichols Garden Nursery.
Specializes in vegetable and herb seeds, though has a few plants, bulbs and tubers.
Features plants for northwest. Lots of oriental greens. Will ship seeds to Canada. Free
catalog. Quality: Good to Excellent
- Nor'east Miniature Roses, Inc.. Free catalog.
Specializing in miniature roses. Also have a location in Ontario, California (see below).
Quality: Excellent
- Nourse Farms Inc.. Fruit - Strawberries,
raspberries, asparagus, etc. Free catalog. Quality: unknown
- Nursery Supply Company. Seasonal bulbs &
perennials. On-line catalog, photos, info. Quality: unknown
- Oakes Daylilies. Specializing in daylilies.
Free catalog, color pix - also has collector's catalog w/ descrips on request. Some spider
daylilies, bonus plants, good marking stakes too. Quality: Good
- Pacific Rim Seed Co. Oriental vegetables,
fruit, ornamentals. Catalog $2.00. Quality: Unknown.
- Park Seed Co.. A good basic seed/plant catalog.
Lots of seeds, vegetables, flowers, fruit, and ornamentals. Will ship seeds to Canada.
Free catalog. Quality: Good
- Peaceful Valley Farm Supply. Organic,
open-pollinated vegetable seeds, and bulk cover crops; wildflower, native grass and
pasture seeds; bulbs, seed garlic, potatoes. Free catalog. Will ship seeds to Canada.
Quality: unknown
- Pense Nursery. Lots of different kinds of
berries, table grapes. Also asparagus and rhubarb. Free catalog/list. Email ppense@cei.net Quality: unknown
- Pinetree Garden Seeds. Good selection of veg
& ornamental seeds in small packets at very reasonable prices; small selection of
bulbs (many row- run or smallish). Free catalog. No info on Canadian shipping. Quality:
Excellent
- Plant Delights Nursery. $2.00 for catalog with
descriptions, often humorous; no pictures. Very wide range of perennials, including hosta,
native perennials, conifers, palms, aroids, woody lilies, ornamental grasses,
groundcovers, and ferns. Quality: Excellent
- Plants Of The Southwest. Wildflowers,
shrubs, trees, natives and heirlooms for a desert climate. Full range of chili peppers.
Catalog $3.50. No info on Canadian shipping. Quality: Excellent
- Prairie Nursery. Natives. Cat. $3. It
contains good information about establishing prairie and meadows. They also provide
numerous native grasses. Seed and plants. Also books. 48- page catalog with more than 8
pages of color pictures.Ships to Canada Quality: Good
- Rare Plant Research. Rare
succulents. LSASE. Quality: unknown.
- Rasland Farm. Good sel herb plants, SC
pelargonia, gifts. $2.50 Quality: unknown
- Redwood City Seed Company. Small, b&w
free catalog; carries different varieties than usual. One reader mentioned that it took a
long time to receive the seeds. Will ship to Canada. Quality: Good
- Richters. Very extensive herb catalog but also
sell alpine flowers, beneficial insects, supplies, etc. Ship to the US, catalog $2.50 .
E-Mail: orderdesk@richters.com, Quality:
Excellent.
- Rock Spray Nursery Inc.. Hardy heaths and
heathers to at least Zone 5, with many plants hardy in lower zones. A very informative
catalog and a wide selection of plants. Cat $1. Email kherrick@rockspray.com Quality: unknown
- The Roseraie At Bayfields. Antique roses, grafted
mostly. Free catalog/list (or video for $10.00/$5.00). Good descriptions, no pix in
catalog. Quality: Good
- Sally & Co.. More than 40
varieties of exotic tropical seeds including Japanese pine, pink orchid tree, orange
jessamine. Free catalog. Quality: unknown
- Santa Barbara Heirloom Seedling Nursery.
Organically grown heirloom seedlings. A very dedicated company. Free catalog/list Quality:
unknown
- Sbe's Exotic and Tropical Plants. only)
Tropical and exotic seeds from around the world. The online site is a little odd, but you
should be able to order from it. Quality: unknown
- Schreiner's Iris Gardens. Huge
selection of irises with many photos and descriptions. Catalog $4.00. Quality: Excellent
- Seeds and Plants International. 1000
varieties of tested perennial seed. E-mail vivaces@sympatico.ca.
Quality: unknown
- Seeds For The South. Vegetable, flower,
and herb seeds selected to grow well in USDA zones 7, 8, & 9. Quality: unknown
- Seeds Of Change. Hierloom vegetables. Carry
many different grains such as amaranth, millet, quinoa, etc. Tomatoes (65 varieties!) and
other vegetables. Unusual varieties. All organically grown. Quality: Good
- Select Seeds. Seeds for antique
and heritage perennials, annuals, and vines, books on same; Informative descriptions.
Catalog $3. Will ship to Canada Quality: Excellent
- Shady Oaks Nursery. Plants for shady places.
Grasses, wildflowers, ferns, vines, ground covers, other perennials for shade and a real
good selection of hostas. Color photos Quality: Excellent
- Shanti Bithi Nursery. Bonsai plants.
Starter plants in 4 pots, most $7.50 ea. Mature bonsai $30.00 to $4000.00 (ouch) ea. Also,
bonsai books and very expensive bonsai tools and accessories. No bargains here, except
perhaps the free 8-page color catalog. Quality: unknown
- Sheffield's Seed Company. Sells seed
per pound. Listings. Mostly woodies. Quality: unknown
- Singletree Farm. Hostas only and lots of
them. Catalog $3 refundable; you can order online too. Quality: unknown
- Smiddycroft Perennials.
Specializing in perennials, with an emphasis on hostas. Email smiddy@hurontel.on.ca. Quality: unknown
- Smith and Hawken. Supplies, equipment. A few
seeds and bulbs, some good tools, garden furbelows. Mostly expensive stuff for trendy
gardeners, but they do have sturdy English tools. Quality: average
- Snow Creek Daylily Gardens. Daylilies. Affiliated
with B & D Lilies. Catalog $2 for 2 yr sub (2 issues) Quality: unknown
- South Cove Nursery Ltd.
200 varieties of perennials and herbs. $2.00 for catalog, no color pix but lots of good
info and planting, craft, and recipe tips. No ship to U.S. as of Jan 96. Quality: Unknown.
- Southern Exposure Seed Exchange. $2 cat.
Mostly vegetable seed, some herbs & flowers, onions, garlic, books and supplies.
Detailed descriptions, instructions, etc. Mostly open pollinated heirloom varieties. Many
varieties are especially for the climates of the Mid-Atlantic states. Quality: unknown
- Southern Perennials & Herbs. Free catalog.
Specialising in perennials, grasses, herbs, and more for the Southeast regions - mostly
Zone 8 & above. Does not ship to Canada, California, or anwhere outside of the US.
Catalog can be requested from WEB page. Quality: Excellent
- Spring Hill Nurseries Co.. (309)
689-3828 Sells a lot of different kinds of plants and bulbs - distinctly mixed reports on
quality, however. Lots of color pictures in their catalogs. Quality: Poor
- St. Lawrence Nurseries. Tree and small fruits
(true cranberry), cold hardy for northern climates. Ships April - May, catalog $1. Email:
trees@sln.potsdam.ny.us. Quality:
Unknown.
- Starlight Daylily Gardens. Over 500
named and registered cultivars of daylilies. Free descriptive catalog Quality: unknown
- Stokes Tropicals. Not related to the other
Stokes, this one has tropical plants. Catalog $4 refundable; they have a nice number of
banana varieties. Quality: unknown
- Sunquest Seed Co.. Rare seeds,
bulbs, and greenhouse plants. Quality: unknown
- Sunrise Enterprises. 150 varieties of oriental
vegetable & flower seed as well as plants. Catalog $2.00 refundable
Quality: unknown
- Sunshine Farm and Gardens. Over 10,000
rare & unusual flowering plants, trees, shrubs, bulbs, many special collections. Open
by appt; Barry Glick prop. & founder of the No. American Plant Preservation Council,
tracks private plant collections Quality: unknown
- Territorial Seed Company. Free cat. Veg,
herb & flower seeds adapted to maritime Northwest. Supplies, books, tools,
insecticides. Several compliments on the short turnaround time for orders. Canadian
address too. Email tsc@ordata.com. Quality:
Excellent
- Van Bourgondien & Sons Inc. Bulbs. They
say, Specialize in rare and unusual imported and domestic flowering bulbs and plants.
Mixed reports on quality, however. Quality: Fair
- Van Ness Water Gardens. Large selection of plants and
products for water gardens. Descriptions and some photos ($6). Plants are medium to
pricey. Email: vnwg@vnwg.com. Plenty of help over
the phone too. Quality: Exclellent.
- Venger's Orchids. A variety of orchids with
special orders available. Advice, listings, and cultural booklet available. Quality:
Unknown.
- Vesey's Seeds. Vegetables, herbs, flowers for the
short season garden. There is also a U.S. address. Free catalog Quality: unknown
- W. Atlee Burpee & Co.. Good general catalog;
one of the best known US seed companies. Free catalog, no Canadian shipping. As of 3/96,
several complaints on seed quality. Quality: Average
- Wacahoota Orchids. Orchids - Cattleya,
Dendrobium, Phalaneopsis, more Quality: unknown
- Wayside Gardens.
Ornamentals, roses, perennials, trees and shrubs. Shipment to 48 contiguous states and by
air to Alaska only. Gardens members have raved about the service, but a few warn about
mislabeled roses. Quality: good
- White Flower Farm. Ornamentals,
perennials, trees and shrubs, bulbs. Informative catalogs. Carries several strains of
long-lived tulips (their perennial tulips). Spring '96 has seen a number of complaints on
quality, however. They will ship to Canada. Quality: Good
- Winn Soldani's Fancy Hibiscus. 250 varieties
of tropical fancy hibiscus. Catalog $2.50, very nice Web page. Canadians may wish to see
if shipping can be arranged. Quality: unknown
- Wolf Creek Bamboo. All types
of bamboo - short, tall, dwarf, variegated, some hard to find. Has Sasa Niponica. E-mail: nderoche@ix.netcom.com. Quality: Unknown.
- Wood Prairie Farm Seed Potatoes. Seed potatoes
and other vegetables in bulk. Certified organic. Free catalog. Quality: unknown
- Woodside Gardens. Cat $2. Suggested as a
source for dianthus; also herbs, daylilies, hostas, iris, peonies. Pond supplies and
liners, too. Quality: unknown
- World Wide Exotic Seed Co.. Exotic seeds
from around the world - trees, shrubs, cacti, flowers, palms, fruit and more. Catalog $1
Quality: unknown
- Worm's Way (Urban Farmer's Source Book). Everything
for the hydroponic and greenhouse gardener plus some good stuff for outdoors types too.
Beneficial insects, organics, brewing supplies. Quality: unknown