The Whole Seed Catalog has a huge, 500+ variety of heirloom seeds and even includes recipes. The Rare Seed Catalog gives you ideas for growing unusual varieties you haven’t tried before.
Yes, there are online catalogs, but there’s something special about sitting down in front of the fireplace in a cozy chair and dreaming about your future garden with a pile of seed catalogs.
Columnist Don Davis says unique flowers for Lynchburg gardeners to grow this year include Cupcakes Cerise Pink, a teacup-shaped flower featuring bright fuchsia pink petals.