Best places to order plants/seeds? I'm trying to plan my garden for this year. I keep seeing everyone's beautiful plants and I'm super inspired but there's not really any garden centers or nurseries near me that carry a large range of smaller or more decorative plants. All the places I've checked out are either super basic or geared towards commercial landscaping/farming. I don't mind ordering online or from a catalogue but I want good quality. I'm in Virginia, USA.
Where do you all get seeds and plants from?
I have a list of things I'm looking for if it helps:
Heirloom tomatoes and peppers.
Passionfruit vines.
Container friendly fruit trees: cherry, tropical, or citrus (not grapefruit).
Canna lily
Ginger
Jasmine
Heirloom roses
Butterfly friendly wildflowers
amazondoc replied:
I order most of my seeds from three or four places: Baker Creek Heirloom — rareseeds.com Select Seeds — selectseeds.com Park Seed — parkseed.com John Scheepers — kitchengardenseeds.com I love the planting charts that Burpee has on their site, but their seeds are way overpriced. I only buy from them during their half-price sales. I also buy lots of plants online. I get most of them from a few places like: Bluestone Perennials — bluestoneperennials.com K. van Bourgondien — dutchbulbs.com New Garden Plants — newgardenplants.com — and a few other places. Watch for sales, and always compare prices. Google is your friend!
Local friends...does anyone want some black eyed susan perennials? Easiest plants ever to grow but they've overtaken everything (after many years of not splitting them...I'm a bad gardener!) Let me know
Christina L. replied:
Lois Ann Lares-Horan - here's a photo (NOT my garden). http://www.dutchbulbs.com/.../Other-Sun-Perennials Sun Perennials - Black Eyed Susan www.dutchbulbs.com 1999 Perennial of the Year! Daisy-like flowers of golden yellow with striking button eyes.