Catalogues

Usually the seed and plant catalogues arrive in the mailbox sometime between Christmas and New Year. A few years ago they started arriving even before Christmas.  This year it is different though – only two catalogues have arrived!

One is quite delightful though, it is the new version of Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds : http://www.rareseeds.com. This company is about a decade old and always had a simple catalogue filled with great vegetable seeds.  This year the catalogue is much larger and has been printed in full color on glossy paper.  The pictures and images are terrific and the whole presentation has been taken up a notch.  Where else would you get 16 full color pages just of tomatoes? They are classified in terms of color (green, red, orange,yellow, pink, purple and white) plus striped.  Even just picking one from each of these categories could yield a garden full of heirloom tomatoes!

There are also lots of other veggies and hierloom seeds as well.

The other catalogue is a long time favorite of mine – Bluestone Perennials:  www.bluestoneperennials.com. These people have been around for a long time and always have a great selection of old favorites plus newer varieties such as the Coconut Lime Echinacea.  If you enjoy perennials then this is a catalogue not to miss.

Of course all these are online, doubtless with lots more pictures, but you cannot circle your ‘must have’ selections when they are online, and you go past the page in search of the next best thing and forget what you liked three clicks back.

I suspect that the catalogues are pricey to produce and will become a thing of the past, but for now I miss them!