The art in these catalogs is often highly elaborate. In 17th-century catalogs such as the Florilegium of Dutch nurseryman Emanuel Sweert (1552-1612), plants are usually etched side by side in ...

Garden catalogs originated many years ago and in their infancy were somewhat crude, but contained gardening information that was regarded as very helpful. Over time, improvements have been significant ...

It’s time to curl up with a blanket, cup of tea and daydream a little — about warm spring days, summer breezes and lush green gardens. Visions turn into living color when you relax with a gardening ...

Winter is a great time for planning improvements to your garden with seed, bulb and nursery catalogs arriving in the mail. There are many temptations in these catalogs, so focus on choosing plants ...

Come late winter, newspaper garden writers routinely deliver a column about plant and seed catalogs. I sympathize. There’s not a ton to write about, with the ground half-frozen and the sun still low ...

There’s something comforting and convenient about the feel of a gardening catalog while you sit near a window on a cold winter day and count the days until spring. Many companies have gone “green,” ...

More than 50 years after she started writing them, Katharine White's essays in 'Onward and Upward in The Garden' still charm and provoke. Among the consolations of a New England winter are the seed ...

Choosing seeds from catalogs can be overwhelming as there are so many colorful varieties of vegetables to pick from, and you simply can’t resist the temptation of selecting all of them. Understanding ...

Although there is no meteorological evidence that a near-sighted rodent, namely the groundhog, has any skill predicting long-term weather, it's a wonderful tradition. So, just in case, let's hope ...

January is a tough month for gardeners in Michigan. I depend on seed catalogs and websites to ward off the winter blues. The Botanical Interests web site has instructions how to make seed bombs – a ...