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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)

Gooseberries and currants

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

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

Cool Wave pansies
See www.wave-rave.com
Plants at garden centers, primarily in fall. Seeds from Jung Seeds & Plants (800/247-5864, www.jungseed.com) and Park Seed (800/845-3369, www.parkseed.com)

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)

Small Shrubs
Gold Tide forsythia
Forest Farm, 541/846-7269, www.forestfarm.com
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.
Little Henry Virginia sweetspire: Widely available at garden centers. Also see   www.provenwinners.com to search for nearby stores that carry Color Choice shrubs.

Bloomerang reblooming lilac
Proven Winners. See www.provenwinners.com for store locator.

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

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)

Kintzley’s Ghost honeysuckle vine

At some independent garden centers

By mail from Forest Farm ( 541/846-7269, www.forestfarm.com)

Allegheny spurge (Pachysandra procumbens)
Munchkin Nursery (812/633-4858, www.munchkinnursery.com)
North Creek Nurseries (610/255-0100, www.northcreeknurseries.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

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, 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 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