DENVER — It can take weeks to get your seed orders together for the coming spring and summer months, but all that planning can be a good distraction from the bitter cold of winter. Seed catalogs are ...

New roses, new perennials, new vegetables -- the arrival of 2008 plant catalogs peaks this month, and the pages are filled with eye-catching descriptions, drawings and photos. The plant catalogs ...

In the dark gray days of winter, reading plant catalogs warm my nights and brighten my days. Here are some of my faves you might enjoy. David Austin Roses (800) 328-8893, davidaustinroses.com Catalog ...

There are 22 catalogs piled on my desk next to me -- and that's just the beginning of the 2010 season. I could be lying to make it seem more impressive, but I swear I'm not. Anyway, I'm not sure ...

Garden catalogs are arriving in the mail with regular frequency these days, and I'm sure I'm not the only gardener drooling over the gorgeous pictures of new plants and cultivars. Many folks use ...

January is National Mailorder Gardening Month, the perfect time to curl up with the stacks of seed and plant catalogs that have been trickling in since the holidays. Snug in our armchairs, tea (or ...

Yesterday I revealed my top 12 catalogs for edible plants. Today, I turn to ornamentals. I'll let the catalogs speak for themselves. Let us know what your favorites are. The name says it all. This ...

One of the great winter pleasures of gardeners is planning and dreaming about what to grow next season. And one of the best ways to transform those dreams into reality is to browse through some of the ...

On my homestead, I grow some cold-loving greens and herbs in winter, but otherwise my gardens won’t be productive until the warmer weather returns in late spring. For avid gardeners like me, the short ...

In the middle of a long, cold winter, it warms a gardener’s heart to find the mailbox packed with seed and plant catalogs. I recently received a trio of them from the granddaddy of the seed companies, ...

Garden catalogs are more than pages and pages of pretty pictures for casual enjoyment. They inspire you to improve or reinvent your yard. They describe each plant down to the number of petals on the ...