Looking for a plant or product you read about in one of Jan’s recent garden columns?

If you can’t find it at your local nursery or garden center, try these mail-order sources:

 

2008 All-America Selections Winners

Asti White osteospermum, Skippy XL Plum-Gold viola, Hansel eggplant

Seeds and plants of winners are widely available at retail garden centers.

Ask ahead to be sure your favorite store plans to carry the ones you want.

For more information, including seed sources for the current winners, visit www.all-americaselections.org.

Mail order seed sources of all three 2008 winners:

Park Seed Company, 800/213-0076, www.parkseed.com.

 

Blazing stars (Liatris)

Wildflower specialists offer the biggest selection of species.  You can order either seeds or plants from the following sources:

  Prairie Moon Nursery, 866/417-8156, www.prairiemoon.com

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

 

Vegetable kale:

Dwarf Blue Curled Scotch and Red Russian

  Baker Creed Heirloom Seeds, 417/924-8917, www.rareseeds.com

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

Winterbor and Red Russian

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

 

Garlic, potato onions, Egyptian walking onions:

  Southern Exposure Seed Exchange, 540/894-9481, www.southernexposure.com

 

Orientpet lilies

Dutch Gardens, 800/944-2250, www.dutchgardens.com

John Scheepers, 860/567-0838, www.johnscheepers.com

 

Sinosad insecticide

Monterey Garden Spray

  Peaceful Valley Farm and Garden Supply, 888/784-1722, 

   www.GrowOrganic.com

 

Versatile Vines
Cardinal climber (Ipomoea x multifida), cypress vine (Ipomoea quamoclit), hyacinthbean (Dolichos lablab)

  The Fragrant Path, P.O. Box 328, Fort Calhoun, NE 68023, catalog $2,

   www.fragrantpathseeds.com.

Climbing snapdragon (Asarina scandens)

  Select Seeds, 800/684-0395, www.selectseeds.com, and

  Thompson & Morgan, 800/274-7333, www.thompsonandmorgan.com

John Clayton honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens)

  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

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

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

 

White-flowered Natives for Shade

Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis), rue anemone (Anemonella thalictroides), mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum),  false Solomon’s seal (Smilacina racemosa), wild ginger (Asarum canadense)

  Prairie moon Nursery, 866/417-8156, www.prairiemoon.com

 

Seeds for (near) Instant Gratification

California bluebells (Phacelia), California poppies (Eschscholzia),

bachelor buttons (Centaurea) and a wide variety of annual poppies (Papaver)

  The Fragrant Path, P.O. Box 328, Fort Calhoun, NE 68023, catalog $2,

   www.fragrantpathseeds.com.

 

Betony

Hummelo Stachys

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

 

Goatsbeard

Tall (Aruncus dioicus) and dwarf (Aruncus aethusifolius)

  Busse Gardens, 800/544-3192, www.bussegardens.com

 

Sweet Peas

Widely available on retail seed racks.  Mail-order sources for largest variety:

  The Fragrant Path, P.O. Box 328, Fort Calhoun, NE 68023, catalog $2,

   www.fragrantpathseeds.com.

  Renee’s Gardens, 888/880-7228, www.reneesgarden.com

 

Calendulas

Sherbet Fizz, Porcupine, Touch of Red, Citrus Cocktail, Art Shades Mixed:

  Thompson & Morgan, 800/274-7333, www.thompsonandmorgan.com

 

Biennials

Standing cypress (Ipomopsis rubra), sweet William (Dianthus barbatus)

Money plant (Lunaria annua), foxglove (Digitalis purpurea)

  The Fragrant Path, P.O. Box 328, Fort Calhoun, NE 68023, catalog $2,

   www.fragrantpathseeds.com.

 

Colorful Coneflowers (including orange, yellow, white)

  Busse Gardens, 800/544-3192, www.bussegardens.com

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