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