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 ...

Garden catalogs, therefore, may be the only source of the seed or plants you have heard or read about and would like to try in your own garden. Here’s a possibility for Christmas.

Gardening Spade to Order What to look for in gardening catalogs. By Constance Casey Feb 05, 20077:17 AM ...

When a garden catalog does its job, it transports readers to other landscapes – to dreams, lists and, yes, orders for seeds and plants. “Onward and Upward in the Garden.” ...

Renee’s Garden — Her online-only catalog offers a new line of organic seeds for vegetables, flowers and herbs. Many of Renee’s seeds are sold in local garden centers, too; www.reneesgarden ...

Want more catalogs than you've received? The Mailorder Gardening Association links you to about 100. Even more extensive is Cindi's Catalog of Garden Catalogs. This is a wonderful resource.

Kerry Michaels has been an obsessive gardener, a garden writer and photographer since her family moved from Manhattan to the wilds of Maine in 2001, and these catalogs are a particular torment to her.

Syngenta, a manufacturer of neonicotinoid pesticides, gets its own No. 6. Pinetree Garden Seeds in New Gloucester is more straightforward than other local catalogs.

Also, compare with several other reputable catalogs to verify the information. In garden seed catalogs, some varieties or hybrids are highlighted with icons stating “new” or “improved.” ...

Don't worry. Just visit a few gardening company websites and ask them to send you a print catalog. (See the Garden Watchdog site for links.) They are typically free, and I do love turning those pages.

American catalogs began as little more than plant lists printed on broadsheets in the 18th century, says Denise Adams, author of "Restoring American Gardens." By the end of the 19th century ...

Renee’s Garden Seeds (888) 880-7228; www.reneesgarden.com. Online only catalog. Great selection of seeds for heirloom and cottage flower gardens, herbs, and gourmet vegetables from around the world.