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Garden Links:

Every plant lover has a cleared trail of interests in the links jungle, painstakingly opened with search-engines, forums, word of mouth, etc. I don't feel at all like extensively listing every garden-related website I ever came by. Too much is just more of the same. It sometimes looks like the whole web merry-go-rounds the same seeds and the same links. Anyhow, here is a short trail with interesting or useful stops, just in case you missed them everywhere else ;-)

The “Good read” online Catalogues

J.L.Hudson, Seedsman, U.S.A
“ We are a public access seed bank... Our purpose is the preservation of botanical diversity, and the preservation of vanishing knowledge of the uses of plants - called “ethnobotany”... ”

Plants relation with humanity doesn’t start or end with gardens. This most interesting catalog recounts the history and facts of this relation through a extensive choice of seeds. —Also: paper catalogue, books, GA-3 and more.

Beaver Creek Greehouses, BC, Canada/WA, U.S.A.
“ Dwarf hardy plants for alpine, woodland & rock gardens... Regularly updated, detailed seed lists with useful information on their cultivation. ”

Excellent choice of wild and garden-collected seeds with evocative descriptions.

Gardens North, ON, Canada
“ Rare, hardy perennial and woody seed, detailed germination instructions and a exemplary level of personal service. We trust that our passion for seed translates in these pages... ”

Looking for Zones 4 to 1 real hardy plants? With every catalogue Gardens North extends the range for northern gardeners.

Chiltern Seeds, U.K.
“ Chiltern Seeds online mail order Seed Catalogue offers fresh quality seeds of over 5,000 rare and unusual seeds, all available for immediate despatch worldwide. ”

A classic. Their paper catalogue is the most pleasant to browse.

A few other seed sources:

Kenni Koala’s Aussie Seed Store (Ebay)
Seeds collected from Australian native plants plus a selected range of non-native seeds.

Ole Lantana’s Seed Store, Australia
Seeds of native or exotic trees, shrubs, vines, groundcovers, herbs, bulbs and succulents.

Solana Seeds, QC, Canada
Many vegetable heirlooms, unusual and rare items available (more than 150 tomatoes varieties)

Seedlist for trade/sale

Lili-Ann’s Garden, Sweden
Primulas, alpine and rock garden plants, seed trade.

Germination:

Seed Germination Theory and Practice
Seed trials and methods to destroy germination inhibitors:
This book is self published and self distributed. The book is priced at $20 postpaid anywhere in the world. The First Supplement ($15) and The Second Supplement ($15) are also available postpaid. Send all orders to: Norman C. Deno, 139 Lenor Drive, State College, PA 16801 USA
An index of Deno’s works is found here.

Sources for GA-3 (Germination stimulator):
in Canada : Gardens North, Rare Exotic Seeds; in USA: J.L.Hudson, Seedsman
Sources for Smoke Primer (Germination stimulator):
in Canada : Rare Exotic Seeds; in USA: Seedsman

Utilities

Hardiness Zones:
Plant Hardiness Zones of Canada 2000 - (clickable map)
or download a PDF poster
Hardiness Zone Map for Europe
South America Hardiness Zone Map
Plant Hardiness Zones for Australia
China Hardiness Zone Map

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