Sure, you can find everything on Google these days. But for green thumbs, no amount of pointing-and-clicking can make up for the satisfaction derived from flipping through the glossy pages of a seed ...

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 ...

Early winter is generally when home gardeners receive a steady supply of seed catalogs. With the weather we’ve had lately, seed and plant catalogs tend to provide a welcome escape for us to ponder ...

There is nothing like seed and plant catalogs to activate your horticultural hormones. I know, horticultural hormones may not actually exist, but how else to explain the powerful desire, if not lust, ...

The second week of January is the best time to fool Mother Nature. Sneak outside and harvest bare branches from forsythia, quince and cherry trees and then plunge the cut stems into a vase of warm ...

There are 22 catalogs piled on my desk next to me -- and that's just the beginning of the 2010 season. I could be lying to make it seem more impressive, but I swear I'm not. Anyway, I'm not sure ...

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 ...

Now that gift catalogs no longer are filling our mailboxes, it is time to receive a flood of seed and plant catalogs. To ready ourselves to be swamped by beautiful illustrations and carried away by ...

Many home gardeners limit themselves to flower and vegetable varieties they can buy as small plants in the garden centers. The problem is, most garden centers have a very limited number of varieties ...

There is such a thing as a free bunch -- of flowers, trees and shrubs -- thanks to a one-of-a-kind program that benefits gardeners, sheltered workshops and the environment. Through agreements with ...

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, ...