Choosing quality plants from garden catalogs

Living the Country Life Radio Program

Listen to this extended radio story about choosing quality plants from garden catalogs. (MP3 download)

Local garden centers are great, but catalogs are another option for buying seeds and plants. The most well-known garden catalogs also offer their products online, and some have Web sites that will find items for you based on your preferences, soil, sunlight and growing zone. Listen to the Living the Country Life radio program for tips on making sure you know what you're getting when shopping from a catalog. Then sit back, flip through your favorites, and get planning!

Radio interview source: George Lane, fruit and vegetable producer

For more information, we recommend the following links:

Catalog of garden catalogs: An avid home gardener has compiled an amazing list of links to garden catalogs. There are more than 2,000 listed, from the U.S. and Canada.

New for spring: The editors at BHG.com share the hottest new perennials, bulbs, vegetables and herbs, and trees and shrubs.

Plan-a-garden: Design anything from a patio container garden to an entire yard with this drag-and-drop online garden designer.

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