If you’re planning to request a seed catalog in 2025, now is the time to do it. New seed catalogs get printed between mid-December and early January, so the seed catalogs we’ve gathered here are hot ...

Seed and nursery catalogs are out and we're on the road to planning our 2024 gardens. Catalogs are more than just pictures. They are reference books, telling us what will and won't grow here or how ...

Sweet peppers, such as bell peppers, as well as hot peppers, cross-pollinate if planted within 400 feet, so if you want to ...

In the early days of this column, I had a list of several “must have” seed catalogs. They were all snail mail catalogs. These were the ones that took care of Alaska gardeners or had fantastic pictures ...

A single seed contains all the genetic information it needs to fulfill its unique biological pattern, whether it is programmed to become an aster, zinnia or an oak tree. At this time of year, as we ...

There is nothing like seed and plant catalogs to activate your horticultural hormones. I know, horticultural hormones may not actually exist, but how else to explain the powerful desire, if not lust, ...

If you save seed from a hybrid, one possibility is that it will be sterile or fail to grow. More likely is that you’ll get ...

Winter can be a gloomy time of year, but every gardener knows that this is when the excitement builds for spring. The arrival of seed catalogs in the mail is what really sets the season off. If you’ve ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. For gardening nerds, there are specific events that make us giddy. The first week of soil temps that make planting safe in the spring. The day your ...

Who needs a tropical winter vacation when there are seed catalogs to browse! Traveling through the pages of vegetable and flower catalogs is midwinter garden therapy at its finest. Last week’s column ...

As the snow piles up outside my door, the first seed catalog arrived. I look forward to the arrival of the catalogs every year. While I no longer purchase seed, I enjoy just reading the catalogs.