In The Mailbox: Territorial Seed Company

I'm giving a post to each of the new seed and plant catalogs as they arrive.  I've scanned the covers and what's new for 2020 for each to give you an idea of what is offered.

There's a link to the company site in each article (scheduled posts so there's something new each day).   You'll also find links on the sidebar.

I'm including here companies I've ordered from myself and liked.
Happy Dreaming!

https://territorialseed.com/

Garden Catalogs: Early Arrivals

It is bitterly cold as it hasn't been in ages.  Luckily, a gardener need never despair, or care about the current weather.  The new year's garden always lies ahead, and seed and plant catalogs fuel dreams of warm air, blue skies and sunshine.

My favorite catalog so far is from Park Seed.  The color photographs of the plants are larger and more stunning than ever.  They offer plants as well as seeds if there's something you'd like to try but don't feel confident growing from seed.

The dream plant from this catalog for me would be Rosa La Park.  I haven't grown roses for a long time, but maybe just one more try.

Jung Seeds and Plants

This year the Jung catalog is bursting with trees and shrubs and perennials that I'd love to impulse order.  Look at the cover. I'd love to try every one of those except the corn.  (Tragic things happen to corn when I try to grow it.  Last year the entire plants were just carried away by something.)   I'm not giving up forever, but I'm taking a break from corn heartbreak.

Top pick here will be Sparkling Stars Pink Astrantia

Although you can find many Burpee seeds in stores, their catalog is gorgeous and packed with such a variety of beautiful things.

Top pick here is Morning Glory Party Dress

Just arrived in today's mail is the Territorial Seed catalog.

I have such good results with their seeds.  They have a broad selection of herbs, vegetables and flowers.  Some of my favorite annuals the past couple of years have been nasturtiums, which trail beautifully from hanging pots all season.

Nasturtium Night and Day will be a stunner, I know.

Gurneys offers fruits and vegetables.  They make me wish I could grow grapes ( I tried once, of course I did).

So since we're dreaming, I'll pick RazzMatazz "the world's first continual fruiting grape."   "Easy to grow in a container."   That would solve some of my former problems in which the grapevine tried to take over the world.

Territorial Seed Company : Your Guide for Autumn, Winter, and Overwinter Gardening

A new Territorial Seed Company catalog came this week.  I like it's take on the idea of doing a second planting for fall, something which may or may not be practical here in the frozen north.

If you actually can successfully plant new seed batches in June and July, and harvest them before the snow flies, that would be excellent.  It not only gives a second crop, but if you had a rough start to your season (everything eaten by rabbits, cough cough), you can feel as if you had a successful season after all.   Gardening is all about hope, renewal and reinvention, right?

Of interest to me are:

Merlot Lettuce which I found I had noted in a long ago garden tour as something to find.  I must have thought it stunning to note a vegetable in my garden tour notes.  I don't think this picture  from the Territorial site likely does it justice.

Greenhouse Replacement Cover   No matter how careful you are, the zipper on your mini-greenhouse is going to break with a certainty by at least season three.  Grr, so annoying.  You can use the mini-greenhouse as a great season extender in spring, but if you can't close that zipper, you can't get the best protection for your plants.  As they sit in the greenhouse in the sunlight daytime, it gets pleasantly warm and you can have the "door" open. At night, when you zip it up, there are what I think must be greenhouse gases(?) that create a nice steamy situation for your plants and seedlings.  I really need a working cover.

A Nursery Label Pen that lasts the season and doesn't have the lettering gone on your plastic plant labels by mid-season would be so welcome.  This Sharpie variant actually says "industrial" on it. Maybe it is The One.