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Looking for a plant or product you read about in one of Jan’s recent garden columns? Start by asking at your local nursery or garden center if they can get it for you. For a free plant-finder service, see http://plantinfo.umn.edu. Here’s additional help:
Lime Glow juniper At nurseries specializing in dwarf conifers. By
mail from Blue River Nursery (www.bluerivernursery.com) Indiana Berry & Plant Co., 800/295-2226, www.inberry.com Miller Nurseries (800/836-9630, www.millernurseries.com) Raintree Nursery (800/391-8892, www.raintreenursery.com) Shallot seeds and sets Territorial Seed Company (800/626-0866, www.territorialseed.com) Cool Wave pansies Johnny’s Selected Seeds (877/564-6697, www.johnnyseeds.com) At some independent garden centers By mail from Forest Farm ( 541/846-7269, www.forestfarm.com) Upland and watercress: Nichols Garden Nursery (800/422-3985, www.nicholsgardennursery.com) Curly and Persian garden cress: Seeds of Change (888/762-7333, www.seedsofchange.com) Curly, wrinkled, Persian, upland and watercress: Johnny’s Selected Seeds (877/564-6697, www.johnnyseeds.com)
Stevia Seeds or plants from Nichols Garden Nursery (800/422-3985, www.nicholsgardennursery.com) or Territorial Seed Company (800/626-0866, www.territorialseed.com). Crazy Sweet plants (without the aftertaste sometimes experienced after consuming stevia) only from Richters Herbs (800/668-4372, www.Richters.com)
Crosnes (Chinese artichokes) Companion Plants (740/592-4643, www.companionplants.com).
Seeds for Unusual Perennials and Midwest Wildflowers Fragrant Path (www.fragrantpathseeds.com) Gardens North (www.gardensnorth.com) North American Rock Garden Society seed exchange for members (www.nargs.org) Prairie Moon Nursery, 866/417-8156, www.prairiemoon.com Prairie Nursery, 800/476-9453, www.prairienursery.com
Sweet Joanne penstemon This perennial is a Blooms of Bressingham plant. See www.BloomsofBressingham.com for a retail store near you
Lo & Behold Blue Chip butterfly bush Sold by garden centers that carry Proven Winners Color Choice shrubs. To find a retail source near you, see www.provenwinners.com.
Dwarf Fruit Trees Mail-order source for dwarf fruit trees with information on selecting rootstocks: Raintree Nursery (800/391-8892, www.raintreenursery.com)
Berries Prime-Jim, Prime-Jan and Illini Hardy blackberries: Indiana Berry & Plant Co., 800/295-2226, www.inberry.com. Heritage fall-bearing raspberries widely available at local nurseries. Also mail-order catalogs, including Indiana Berry & Plant Co., listed above. Tristar and Tribute day-neutral strawberries widely available at local nurseries. Also mail-order catalogs, including Indiana Berry & Plant Co., listed above.
Hardy Grapes for the Midwest Swenson Red, Edelweiss: Raintree Nursery, 360/496-6400, www.raintreenursery.com
Floating Row Covers Available at most garden centers. Mail-order catalogs with a variety of different types: Peaceful Valley Farm & Garden Supply (888/784-1722, www.GrowOrganic.com) Territorial Seed Company (800/626/0866, www.territorialseed.com)
GreenCure See www.greencure.net for a store finder. Mail-order sources include Charley’s Greenhouse & Garden (800/322-4707, www.charleysgreenhouse.com) and Wormsway (800/274-9676, www.wormsway.com).
Shade-tolerant Shrubs Klehm’s Song Sparrow, 800/553-3715, www.songsparrow.com Bluestone Perennials, 800/852-5243, www.bluestoneperennials.com Bush honeysuckle (Diervilla lonicera): Bluestone Perennials, 800/852-5243, www.bluestoneperennials.com Forest Farm, 541/846-7269, www.forestfarm.com
Native Shrub New Jersey tea (Ceanothus americanus) and leadplant (Amorpha canescens) Prairie Nursery, 800/476-9453, www.prairienursery.com
Chokeberry (Aronia melanocarpa) Raintree Nursery, 360/496-6400, www.raintreenursery.com: Species, Viking, Nero, & dwarf Forest Farm, 541/846-7269, www.forestfarm.com: Species, Viking, & Autumn Magic
Angel’s trumpets Datura seeds: The Fragrant Path, P.O. Box 328, Fort Calhoun, NE 68023, catalog $2, www.fragrantpathseeds.com. Brugmansia plants: Logee’s Tropical Plants (888/330-8038, www.logees.com
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