Is there a gardener in the house?

worrywart · 02-01-2006, 03:58 PM

Can anyone recommend a reputable mail order source for perennials? Thanks for your help.

1moremom · 02-01-2006, 04:09 PM

Are you looking for anything in particular? And what parrt of the country are you from?

worrywart · 02-01-2006, 04:16 PM

Hostas, butterfly bushes, hydrangea, sage, catmint. Cold climate. (Thanks for your interest, 1moremom. Nice screen name.)

1moremom · 02-01-2006, 04:52 PM

Finally something I can help with! Among my favorites are-- www.bridgewoodgardens.com, www.forestfarm.com and bluestone perennials.

worrywart · 02-01-2006, 04:59 PM

Can't wait to check them out! You've made my day (and hopefully my whole summer too.)

georgiamom · 02-01-2006, 05:01 PM

White Flower Farm in CT - www.whiteflowerfarm.com
Had good success with their plants - even in hot humid GA!

1moremom · 02-01-2006, 05:28 PM

I have also ordered from WWF (several times). Nice plants, a little on the pricey side.

Moominmama · 02-01-2006, 06:06 PM

Heronswood Nursery http://www.heronswood.com/ is fabulous! They travel to exotic countries and collect seeds in the wild, then cultivate the plants near Seattle. They are very good about not selling potentially invasive plants, and the selection is amazing, unique, astonishing, and wonderful. And often expensive, but these are often not plants you'd get at the local shop. Hostas, for example. They only have four in the online catalogue, but they are cultivars from the mountains of China and remote islands of Japan.

dmd77 · 02-01-2006, 06:22 PM

I will reiterate White Flower Farm. They're in zone 4, which is nice and cold.

I buy my culinary herbs from The Tasteful Garden (http://www.tastefulgarden.com/index.asp). They grow well and taste wonderful.

I buy tomato and pepper plants from Territorial Seed (as well as potato starts and lettuce seeds)
http://www.territorial-seed.com/stores/1/index.cfm

worrywart · 02-01-2006, 06:47 PM

Three endorsements of White Flower Farm is good enough for me! (And they participate in Ebates... what more could I ask?)

emeraldkity4 · 02-01-2006, 08:39 PM

Heronswood is fabulous

Our book group goes every year to buy and for a lecture or two.
I don't really have a yard big enough to do some of them justice- but very inspiring.
www.heronswood.com

warblersrule86 · 02-01-2006, 08:49 PM

I hate to hijack the thread, but I need plant advice. I have an ivy plant in my dorm room that's doing rather well (I don't think you can kill the thing). Are there any other easy-to-care-for indoor plants that grow well under dim conditions (my room doesn't get a lot of light)?

over30 · 02-01-2006, 09:19 PM

Peace lilly - I've had one growing with very minimal light for years. Without much light it doesn't outgrow it's pot very often, which is also nice. But one the size you want, water occasionally and wait for it to bloom. One of my favorites.

worrywart · 02-06-2006, 07:10 AM

1moremom, I had a great time on Super Bowl Sunday! While the menfolk were watching their beloved Steelers, I was placing online orders for my new garden. I loved the Bridgewood Gardens website-- what a hoot. Hope my hostas turn out like their pictures. Then I went through the machinations of placing an order with Forest Farm because their prices were the best by far... only they wanted $121 to ship a $133 order so I cancelled that order and went elsewhere. Pity. Anyway, thanks for the help. I am raring to go.

1moremom · 02-06-2006, 08:06 AM

Watch it with those hostas; what starts as a collection can turn into an addiction in no time. You might enjoy looking at the Color Encyclopedia of Hostas, by Diana Grenfell & Michael Shadrack.