The art in these catalogs is often highly elaborate. In 17th-century catalogs such as the Florilegium of Dutch nurseryman Emanuel Sweert (1552-1612), plants are usually etched side by side in ...

It was some years ago. A birthday present to myself. A four-season plant, the variegated-leaved Abutilon pictum 'Thompsonii,' destined to grow into a lush flowering shrub. A focal point for a spot on ...

Winter is a great time for planning improvements to your garden with seed, bulb and nursery catalogs arriving in the mail. There are many temptations in these catalogs, so focus on choosing plants ...

It started about a month ago, by mail. Then a week later another one arrived and then another. By last week, garden catalogs were arriving in full force from many of the large and small nurseries ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. January begins the annual flight of vegetable, flower, and fruit tree catalogs to your mailbox or inbox. Depending on your level ...

Pollinator gardens continue to be a hot trend, but most of the flowering perennials and annuals aren’t in bloom when the early rising beneficials debut in spring. However, the minor bulbs, such as ...

Fall is always an interesting time in the Cappiello household. Over the summer, I get out all those garden porn bulb catalogs with all their glossy color pages and come-hither looking blooms. I dog ...

Now that we have brought plants that spent the summer outdoors back inside, we need to be checking for fungus gnats. They are small dark flies that lay their eggs in moist soil. Their larvae feed on ...

Many of us receive plant and seed catalogs in the mail or view them online. The color pictures are vivid. The descriptions are detailed. The terminology would stump any “Jeopardy!” player. If you feel ...