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Teachable moments: My first mail order
The holes in the soles allowed water and snow to seep inside. I ordered it, paid for it, planted it and watered it. Some hope grew in my mother's heart while she spent hours searching through these wonderful catalogs.
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Watchdog 30 Stars - Garden Crossings
Also a PlantScout participant, GC has been attracting new customers directly from Dave's Garden. Find out why this company is among the top five in the influential Dave's Garden list!
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Mail Order Plants: Is What You See What You Get?
There have been times when I opened a box to find muddy packing peanuts and a sorry, nearly rootless twig in a vastly oversized pot, after weeks or months of waiting and numerous e-mail and phone inquiries regarding my missing order.ve been times when...
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Mail Order Gardening: Then and Now
These publications showcase new and time-tested varieties of plants, gardening tools, greenhouses, bulbs, and a selection of annual or perennial seeds that runs the gamut from A-Z.
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Wait! Don\'t throw those plant catalogs away! Turn them into Garden Art.
I was captured. I don't have to say it 20 times to know it is so. We all do that when we see something that grabs our interest, that's one of the fun aspects of Dave's Garden. Says Becky: "Nature is my best inspiration, but the world is a colorful place."She...
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The Garden Watchdog Top 5 Awards
If everyone leaves a review (or updates your original comments) for for each mail order experience, we can have more categories and companies represented here next year!Smart Pots (High Caliper Growing - Root Control Inc.)The Garden Watchdog Top 5 badge...
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Gardener / Masochist
It was over.Seeking closure, I asked my contractor friend, who was working on my house, to help me with the exhumation. We see plants that, by all rights, should have a large ‘Do Not Resuscitate!' tag on them, offered by the big box stores or nurseries...
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Buying annual plants (and other stuff) on eBay -- is it a good idea?
As Dave's Garden members, there are many ways we have of obtaining plants that are not available to the general public—luckily. Some ofthese vendors are tiny operations, and some are large concerns.
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The Top Ten Daylilies - a List From Gemini Gardens
The play of yellow and purple in the flowers makes this one of the most stunning daylilies.Sabine Baur – With its ruffled edge, purple eye zone, and wonderful creamy, tan-colored petals, this is a daylily that would stand out in any garden.
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When Seed Selling Was A Seedling - a brief history of mail order seeds in the United States
Without potatoes from the New World crossing back to the Old World, there would be no Irish Potato Famine in the 1840s and hence fewer Irish immigrants to North America. 's collection, the 19th century saw an explosion of seed catalogs.
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Spotlight on the Garden Watchdog and How It Works
Your favorite companies are counting on you! Merchants doing so will be removed from this group.The Top 30 list is posted in alphabetical order, so as to not give an unfair advantage to the one company listed at the top.
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Mail ordering succulents and cacti: my experiences
Some overseas orders looked like they had been blow-torched (they probably froze.)There is one company I think is close to perfect for ordering succulents and cacti:Click on their website, go to the online catalog, and prepare to be impressed!They have...
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Plant Catalog Organization Not for the Faint of Heart
Have you run out of room for your plant catalogs? Here is an example: CIS123LHOFBNDMW, also see International Code Of Botanical Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants [Utrecht 1958].Don't forget your pens, scissors, and pencils with erasers (that you won't...
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Take the Plunge, It\'s Iris Sale Time!
Members dig and divide hundreds of rhizomes from their gardens. With prices of $1 per rhizome ($2 for rebloomers), I can afford to purchase them in groups of three rather than singly.in groups gives me a natural looking, stronger blooming clump sooner...
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New Salad Greens for 2008 - Part III: Variety Greens
It's missing something. In describing these greens, days to maturity are not given, as most of them will be picked for salads while immature.There are generally two types of spinach grown: one with heavier, savoyed leaves used more often for cooking,...
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New Salad Greens for 2008 - Part II: Lettuce
The holidays are past and the seed catalogs are starting to roll in. Bolting and tipburn resistant with superior flavor, not bitter.Fedco and Johnny's Selected Seeds both offer organic seeds.Another heat-tolerant full-sized Romaine with dark green leaves.This...
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Banking on Diversity: Have you saved a seed lately?
Scientists then place these living tissues in liquid nitrogen--around minus 320 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 196 degrees Celsius)--to ensure better long-term storage. As plant diversity around the globe continues to dwindle, the value of seed banks is becoming...
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Perfectly picotee - choice picotee edged flowers for the summer garden
Entire families of flowers can show a tendency to this trait. Cosmos are easy to grow from seed, and that's the way to get special varieties like 'Picotee.'offers 'Picotee' and the equally delightful 'Candy Stripe' cultivar.
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Fun feature: Spotlight on Holiday Resources
The amaryllis cultivar is '' and we thank critterologist for letting us use her image. Is a fantastic resource for finding the perfect Christmas tree. Either way, it is a fun, family-friendly outdoor activity and an instant tradition.For families living...
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Ordering Spring Bulbs - my fall resolutions
So can those amarylllis! And 'Rilona' would perfectly fit my blue/orange scheme! Rats!These days, catalogs that started out as seed companies are selling bulbs. But whenever possible, I prefer to buy bulbs from companies that specialize in selling bulbs!...
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Specialty growers: a source for that perfect plant
When I acquired my current home about six years ago, I was finally able to do what I refer to as "serious" gardening. If you have never bought anywhere but from a local nursery or a big box garden center store, you might just have to take the plunge after...
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Rose Rosette, Killer With A Double-Edged Sword
They bloom all season, require little care and tend to be immune to most of the ills that plague their more delicate cousins. Often the infected canes develop bushy terminal ends called 'witches brooms'.
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Have no fear, Earthkind roses are here
''Why Earthkind?", you may ask. George of Texas A&M. Most vendors have some information on the habit of the rose but you really never know until its growing in your garden. I hope the photos in this article inspire you try roses again or for the first...
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Painting the Roses Red
The minis have tiny blooms, many of them exactly like a baby hybrid tea. They are classed as miniatures based on the size of their blooms, but the bushes may grow to 3 feet or more.
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Roses ~ In the Pink
It's very first season it was extremely floriferous, with huge blooms that change color as they age. So in this article, instead of listing the most popular pink roses on the market, I'm going to share the ones that I love the most.
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Orange You Lovely? Orange You Beautiful? A look at orange roses
Let's have a look at some of the favorite orange roses discussed by our members.Several of our regular members on the Rose Forum are, fortunately, big fans of orange roses and also fantastic photographers.
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Mark your calendars: Spring shopping!
An added bonus: this practice is also an excellent way to quell cabin fever. You might want to create a garden-specific calendar, create a word document, or use a journal to keep up with all the places you will, might, or want to go.
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