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 ...

Many years ago, while browsing in the New York Botanical Garden's library, I discovered that institution’s collection of antique nursery catalogs. Talk about going down a rabbit hole! It was weeks ...

Trying to choose seeds and bulbs from a gardening catalog is an exercise in restraint. Catalog pages are filled with vibrant colors bursting from morning glories and the unique shapes of dahlia tubers ...

Trees grown in pots end up with a root system that is coiled up in the shape of the pot, constricting growth once the roots are in the ground. Even if you cut them apart and uncoil them, as any ...

Winter gardening? How about developing a kids gardening challenge/experiment this winter? Your kids, grandkids, neighbor kids — most kids like to get their hands in the dirt. Try some window sill ...