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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

In the middle of a long, cold winter, it warms a gardener’s heart to find the mailbox packed with seed and plant catalogs. I recently received a trio of them from the granddaddy of the seed companies, ...

Albuca spiralis ‘Frizzle Sizzle’ is a new-to-us plant in the amaryllis family with fragrant, daffodil-like blooms. ( Amy Davis - Baltimore Sun ) Steve Bender remembers winters in his University of ...

Shivering as you get your daily mail, you may just be rewarded with a sure sign of spring – garden catalogs. Chances are, if you get one, you’ll get many. Like a breath of fresh air, these beautiful ...

It may be a little too early to break out the gardening shovels, but it’s the perfect time to stack plant and seed catalogs next to your favorite reading chair. Fortunately, most mail-order places ...

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,” ...

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 ...