photo of Laurence Sombke Larry's List of Garden Catalogs & Websites
2003

PLANTS
  • White Flower Farm – www.whiteflowerfarm.com A perennial snapdragon named ‘Summer Carnival’ looks good at 3 for $19.95.
  • Wayside Gardens – www.waysidegardens.com Always a great selection of roses, daylilies and unusual shrubs.
  • Jung Quality Seeds – www.jungseed.com Way more than seeds. Interesting Campanula, Verbascum and heirloom fruit trees.

    SEEDS
  • Burpee’s Seeds and Plants – www.burpee.com Reliable seeds and for a great selection of vegetables, fruits, herbs and annual flowers.
  • Thompson & Morgan – www.thompson-morgan.com These guys provided seeds to Charles Darwin. Wonderful and eccentric English seed catalogue based in New Jersey.
  • John Sheepers Kitchen Garden Seeds – www.kitchengardenseeds.com I’ve bought high quality tulip bulbs from this company for many years. Their vegetable and herb seeds look good enough to try.
  • Seeds of Change – www.seedsofchange.com Organic seeds and seedlings from a company deeply involved in saving heirloom seeds.
  • Select Seeds – www.selectseeds.com A catalogue form Union, CT that specializes in antique seeds, vines, plants and herbs. Looks great!
  • Totally Tomatoes – www.totallytomato.com If you are nuts about tomatoes and want to grow something unique, here is your catalogue.
  • Vermont Bean Seeds Company – www.vermontbean.com A good all around vegetable seed and plant catalogue from a company who knows about cold weather and short summers.
  • Pinetree Garden Seeds – www.superseeds.com They call themselves “The Source for Home Gardeners” and they do have a well-rounded old fashioned catalogue from the state of Maine.