Links
Info
on roses and places for gittin’
Nice copper planters and benches
for sittin’.
Wild plants and bonsai and pots full of pinks;
These are a few of my favorite links...
BONSAI |
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| Large selection of pre-grown bonsai and supplies | |
| Local Massachusetts nursery selling bonsai plants and supplies | |
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COOPERATIVE EXTENSION
WEBSITES
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| Because I'm moving there | |
| Exhaustive information and publications! | |
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“A semi-precious gem in a sea of home pages” and it truly is! |
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| Good publications list | |
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EXOTIC SEEDS AND PLANTS
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| Uh, seeds from the Caribbean | |
| Rare, hard-to-acquire exotic species. | |
| Exotic fruit trees | |
| Rare plants and garden art | |
| Rare and exotic plants - internet-only specials | |
| Rare and exotic seeds from around the world | |
| Rare and exotic seeds from around the world | |
| Rare and exotic seeds from around the world | |
| Rare and exotic seeds from around the world. Nice people to deal with, to boot. | |
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HORTICULTURAL INFO
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| Large and informative, but very commercial | |
| Excellent info on herbs - both growing them and using them! | |
| Everything you'll ever need to know about chile peppers | |
| A list of gardening databases | |
| Rose reference database | |
| Old Farmer's Almanac list of first and last frost dates by city | |
| More excellent climatic data for the U.S. | |
| Just what it says - and it works | |
| Amazing database with beautiful pictures | |
| More searchable plant info | |
| The official home page | |
| Yet another searchable database | |
| Not particularly useful but very cool | |
| This is the famous Thompson & Morgan germination database. It is invaluable! | |
| A useful little chart if you want to do succession planting | |
| Just enter your zip code and get your USDA hardiness zone | |
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NURSERIES, SEEDS, BULBS,
& MISC.
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| Handforged Wrought Iron for Home & Garden - beautiful stuff | |
| Citrus trees & plants | |
| Not your mother's daffodil store! | |
| Supplies and doo-dads | |
| Just garlic. Lots of garlic. | |
| Excellent source for heirloom vegetable, flower and herb seeds. | |
| Premier source for rare and unusual plants | |
| All seeds half price all the time | |
| Largest exclusive grower of canna bulbs in the world. Awesome site. | |
| A huge list of rare and unusual lilacs, plus cultural information. They’re slowly adding pictures, too! | |
| Vegetable, flower and herb seeds for northern gardens. An A-1 vendor! | |
| Seeds, plants and bulbs, plus on-line specials | |
| A smelly yet excellent product. Highly recommended. | |
| Herbs and rare veggy seeds and plants | |
| A New England nursery specializing in small-fruit plants | |
| Exotic, rare and speciality bulbs | |
| Idaho seed potato nursery | |
| Organic seed, plants and supplies | |
| A personal favorite. Great selection and check out their small, inexpensive seed packets. | |
| Get on their snail-mailing list. Their catalog covers are collectors’ items! | |
| This is an online swap meet cum flea market of plants and seeds. Very cool. | |
| Fruit, nut and berry trees and plants. | |
| World's largest hot pepper seed collection plus 2500 other veggies, flowers and herbs. | |
| Gourmet vegetables, kitchen herbs and cottage garden flowers. | |
| Huge selection of herb seeds and plants. I mean, really huge! | |
| Absolute best source for heirloom seeds and plants | |
| Organic seeds | |
| Great source for unusual antique and heirloom flower varieties | |
| Unusual and gourmet vegetables, herbs and flowers. Nice seed collections. | |
| A local nursery with an "ask the owner" feature. | |
| Vegetables, herbs, flowers and cover crops for northern gardens | |
| The most gorgeous selection of flower seed anywhere. | |
| Heirloom tomato varieties from around the world. Great pix. | |
| They also sell seeds for peppers, tomatillos and eggplant. Big selection! | |
| Well, not totally. They also sell peppers and other veggies. Should be "Mostly Tomatoes" | |
| Fabulous, eclectic collection of Eastern (U.S.) native plants. Among other things, they sell mosses, bamboo and hardy cacti. | |
| Get on this guy’s mailing list. He has the most amazing specials of exotic tropical plants! | |
| Large selection of bulbs. They have a nice feature on their website where you can see all the offerings of a particular color. | |
| Maine supplier of seed and eating potatos. | |
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WATER GARDENING
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| Water plants and pond supplies | |
| Water plants and pond supplies | |
| Water plants and pond supplies | |
| Water plants and pond supplies. Lots of good information. Internet-only specials. | |
| Water plants and pond supplies | |