If you're buying plants through mail-order catalogs or online, use Dan Gill's tips for success ...

Last week I wrote about ordering seeds from catalogs. This week I'd like to turn to ordering plants. It's amazing what they can send in the mail these days! They can ship cut flowers, bulbs ...

WTOP's Garden Editor Mike McGrath talks about what's in the 2016 seed catalogs, how to save some money on some seeds and what to do when winter's warmth threatens your plants.

Finding sources of these hybrid persimmon trees isn’t easy, even with an online search engine. Most of the mail-order nurseries Google has directed me to have proven to be already sold out for the ...

If tending to gardens carried us through the pandemic, seed catalog are sparks of hope, carrying us through the long winter. Even if you order online, these catalogs can inspire, inform and, yes ...

JANUARY IS NATIONAL Mail Order Gardening Month. Take this month to peruse the catalogs you find filling your mailbox. Plants by mail have come a long way since the early days. Most mail order ...

Despite being identified as invasive species, many plants are available for sale to home gardeners through nurseries, garden centers, online sellers.

Favorite new plants from the 2011 garden catalogs Hosta 'Empress Wu' -- which at 4-feet-tall is one of the world's largest hostas -- from White Flower Farm. Credit: White Flower Farm ...

As you become an experienced gardener, you will want plants that you have a hard time finding locally. This new plant situation is a "Catch-22" problem. If people don't buy new plants, then stores ...