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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:

Ornamental Peppers

Candlelight: Seed Savers Exchange (563/382-5990, www.seedsavers.org)

Sangria: Johnny’s Selected Seeds (877/564-6697, www.johnnyseeds.com)

Switchgrass

Prairie Fire and Northwind: Forest Farm, 541/846-7269, www.forestfarm.com

Northwind: Klehm’s Song Sparrow Farm & Nursery (800/553-3715, www.songsparrow.com)

Radishes

Johnny’s Selected Seeds (877/564-6697, www.johnnyseeds.com)

Renee’s Garden Seeds (888/880-7228, www.reneesgarden.com)

Seed Savers Exchange (563/382-5990, www.seedsavers.org)

Territorial Seed Company (800/626-0866, www.territorialseed.com)

Trash Bag Popper

www.trashbagpopper.com, 877/661-6985

Batavian or Summer Crisp lettuces

Johnny’s Selected Seeds (877/564-6697, www.johnnyseeds.com)

Renee’s Garden Seeds (888/880-7228, www.reneesgarden.com)

Rudbeckias

Missouri coneflower (R. missouriensis) seeds: Jelitto Perennial Seeds (www.jelitto.com) and Easywildflowers Native Plant Nursery (www.EasyWildflowers.com)

Henry Eilers sweet coneflower (R. subtomentosa): Forest Farm (541/846-7269, www.forestfarm.com) and High Country Gardens (800/925-9387, www.highcountrygardens.com)

Kintzley’s Ghost honeysuckle vine

At some independent garden centers or by mail from Forest Farm, 541/846-7269, www.forestfarm.com

Small Shrubs
Little Lime hydrangea: Sold by garden centers that carry Proven Winners Color Choice shrubs. To find a retail source near you, see www.provenwinners.com.

Little Devil ninebark: Sold by independent garden centers. See www.baileynurseries.com to find a retailer near you.

Gold Tide forsythia: Forest Farm, 541/846-7269, www.forestfarm.com

Little Henry Virginia sweetspire: Widely available at garden centers. Also see www.provenwinners.com to search for nearby stores that carry Color Choice shrubs.

Coreopsis

Full Moon: High Country Gardens, 800/925-9387, www.highcountrygardens.com

Jethro Tull, Moonbeam, Redshift, Sweet Dreams: Bluestone Perennials, 800/852-

5243, www.bluestoneperennials.com

Lightning Flash: Klehm’s Song Sparrow, 800/553-3715, www.songsparrow.com

Zagreb: Busse Gardens (www.bussegardens.com)

Basil seeds

Profuma di Genova, Italian Pesto: Renee’s Garden Seeds (888/880-7228, www.reneesgarden.com)

Genovese, Nufar and Spicy Globe: Nichols Garden Nursery (800/422-3985, www.nicholsgardennursery.com)

Genovese, Nufar, Red Rubin: Johnny’s Selected Seeds (877/564-6697, www.johnnyseeds.com)

Adaptable Perennials

Hardy hibiscus: Widely available.

Helen’s flower (Helenium), heart-leaved Alexander (Zizia aptera), pink turtlehead (Chelone lyonii), and wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa) : both seeds and plants from Prairie Moon Nursery, 866/417-8156, www.prairiemoon.com

Cress

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

Autumn Revolution bittersweet

Independent garden centers. See www.baileynurseries.com to find a retailer near you.

Sweet Joanne penstemon

This perennial is a Blooms of Bressingham plant. See www.BloomsofBressingham.com for a retail store near you or order from High Country Gardens, 800/925-9387, www.highcountrygardens.com

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 sources for dwarf fruit trees which provide information on selecting rootstocks include Raintree Nursery (800/391-8892, www.raintreenursery.com) and Edible Forest Nursery (608/782-3443, www.edibleforestnursery.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, Reliance: Jung Seed, 800/247-5864, www.jungseed.com

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
Carolina allspice (Calycanthus floridus):

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 Shrubs

New Jersey tea (Ceanothus americanus) and leadplant (Amorpha canescens)

Prairie Nursery, 800/476-9453, www.prairienursery.com

Bluestone Perennials, 800/852-5243, www.bluestoneperennials.com

Clove-scented currant (Ribes odoratum) and leadplant (Amorpha canescens)

High Country Gardens, 800/925-9387, www.highcountrygardens.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

Nature Hills Nursery (402/934-8116, www.naturehills.com

Autumn Magic, Iroquois Beauty

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