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Cold Climate Gardening - Merchants

Ambergate Gardens
"The perennials offered by Ambergate Gardens are produced in Minnesota, a state well-recognized for its cold climate, and they are well-suited for the landscapes of northern gardeners. Making available a greater variety of distinctive perennial flowers to the gardener who lives in cold climates has been a primary goal of Ambergate Gardens since its inception."
Bluebird Nursery
"Although Bluebird is a wholesaler, they are very useful as an on-line reference. Their collection is vast and includes many unusual and uncommon plants. They are also committed to introducing plants from the most northern range of native populations, seeking the most cold hardy. They have a great relationship with the Denver Botanic Garden who have been instrumental in introducing plants collected from high mountains of South Africa."--Craig Levy
Bluestone Perennials
Not all their plants are cold climate hardy, but certainly the majority of them are. With their reasonable prices, this is a good place for a beginner to shop. I certainly did a lot of my shopping here in the early years of my garden.
Busse Gardens
Based in Minnesota, this nursery has an extensive selection of perennials.
Catskill Native Nursery
"Catskill Native Nursery specializes in nursery-propagated North American perennials, fruits, shrubs and trees. Come and browse - you might be surprised at the unique beauty and garden worthiness of our native flora. If you would simply like to learn more about gardening with native plants, feel free just to visit the display gardens around the 150 year old farm house where we are located in semi-rural upstate New York. Most are a mix of native and non-native plants. We also have a native-only dry shade garden, the beginnings of a prairie between the zig-zag fence and Samsonville Road, a native-only butterfly garden, and a native fruit orchard featuring Pawpaws, a Meader Persimmon, Blueberries, Dwarf Lingonberry, Serviceberries, and an Illinois Everbearing Mulberry. In Spring of ‘05 we hope to begin work on a garden modeled after a Catskill rocky summit plant community with scrub oak, lowbush blueberry, sweet fern, common juniper, bearberry, three-toothed cinquefoil, Pennsylvania sedge and others."
DeGrandchamp's Farm
They sell all sorts of blueberries and cranberries for both the home and the commercial grower. They also sell ornamental ericaceous plants, but only to commercial growers. (Rats!)
Der Rosenmeister Antique and Modern Roses - Ithaca, NY
"We are a specialty nursery dedicated to providing the best cold-hardy, disease-resistant roses for zones 4 and 5 and all the information needed to grow them. We approach life, gardening, and roses with passion, and enjoy sharing this passion with fellow gardeners. Our love of all aspects of growing roses is what started us in business and keeps our business expanding each year."
Fedco Co-op
Seeds, Gardening Supplies, Trees, Potatoes, Bulbs, and Seedlings. The prices are great, but watch out! They have March deadlines, after which no orders are taken--and you can't order online. They have unusual fruit trees and a good selection of ornamental shrubs. If they have what you want, they probably offer it for a better price than anywhere else. Read more . . .
Fieldstone Gardens
Hardy perennials raised in Maine. Contributor Innes Kasanof often purchases plants from here.
Fox Hill
A 28 acre nursery that specializes in "own root" lilacs.
Fragrant Garden Nursery Sweet Pea Seed
Gardens North
Sells hardy native and exotic seeds, producing yearly retail and wholesale catalogues containing a wide selection of unusual herbaceous and woody plants. They also have a display garden.
Hardy Own-Root Roses - Cedar Hollow Rose Farm Cedar Hollow Rose Farm specializes in hardy own-root roses and has over 200 varieties. Our roses are propagated and grown on their own roots, which contributes to a longer-lived, resilient rose. Own-root roses are particularly suited to colder climates
Hortico Nurseries
Ontario-based nursery offering roses (over 700), perennials, and flowering shrubs. Contributor Rosemarie Hanson has gotten many plants here.
Jelitto Perennial Seeds
"We are specialists for seeds of perennials, wildflowers, ornamental grasses, herbs and other plants. Over 3000 varieties in excellent quality and famous GOLD NUGGET SEED® are shipped worldwide - tested for hardiness and with information to the hardiness zones of each plant in our shop! On the company grounds are 1400 different trials of both older and new varieties. Evaluation criteria include winter hardiness as well growth habit and flowering characteristics. We attach great importance to the preservation of the natural variability of botanical varieties by hand harvesting of early, as well as late, maturing seeds. We also produce seed from endangered species under horticultural conditions in order to protect the natural location. In 1977 Klaus R. Jelitto developed a new procedure for eliminating the seed dormancy for cold germinators like Primrose, Pasque Flower or Gentian. Instead of germinating after 3 to 6 months, the seeds germinate uniformly within 2 to 4 weeks after sowing. We concentrate very carefully on the seed technology sector, with special attention to seed cleaning, suitable seed storage, quality control of the seed, as well as innovative germination techniques. All seeds are carefully dried in Schwarmstedt. They are then gently cleaned to a purity level of over 98%. Equipment and seed cleaning machines developed especially for us are a prerequisite for processing into pure seed. We encourage our home gardeners to order off our website. Our minimum order is Euros 25 ($32.37 as of 02-06-07) and though Euros is the operating currency, visa and MasterCard work seamlessly. Phytos and customs clearance are a breeze. We've got all that down."
Johnny's Selected Seeds
Maine-based source of seeds guaranteed to do well in cold climates. Emphasis is on vegetables but herbs and flowers also available. Every gardener I know blesses Johnny's for their detailed sowing instructions.
Klehm\'s Song Sparrow Perennial Farms--Peonies, Daylilies, Clematis, Tree Peonies, Hostas, Trees, Shrubs, Perennials
Lee Valley Tools
This is my favorite place to buy tools. Not only do they honor their warranties scrupulously, but they also design tools as well. Honest, inquisitive, and dependable--you can trust that their tools will work or your money back, plus the return shipping.
Lilies from Ontario Canada - Asiatics, Orientals, L.A. Hybrids, Tiger Lilies, Trumpets and Daylilies
"Lilies In The Valley offers 214 varieties of lily including Asiatics, Orientals, L.A. Hybrids, Tiger Lilies, Trumpets, Orienpet and L.O.Hybrid, and Daylilies, and a variety of Perennials to complement your Lily Gardens."
Maine Cottage Garden
"A three acre perennial garden open to the public through the growing season. (For the 2005 season - Memorial Day to September 30th.) It features old fashioned 'zone 3-4' perennials, fruit trees, and shrubs that survive (and thrive) in Maine's Western Mountains with our -30 degree winter temperatures. We call it a 'Garden of Survivors.' Consisting of islands, borders, and courtyard, the flower beds are naturalistically landscaped around the house and throughout the old Baldwin apple orchard, extending to the forest's edge."
New Hampshire Hostas
Your online source for Unique Hostas in New England."New Hampshire Hostas carries a great selection of classic and new to the market varieties. We ship plants in containers allowing us to ship throughout the growing season without any stress to the plants."
North Country Daylilies
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY, which is east of the Hudson River in the foothills of the Green Mountains, in a solid zone 4 location--a good test for daylily hardiness.
Olallie Daylily Gardens
A three generation family farm organically growing hardy daylilies located in the foothills of the Green Mountains in Vermont.
Paradise Gardens Rare Plant Nursery
Cold Climate Journal contributor Judy Miller offers scented flowers & foliage, night-blooming iris, and Gentians, with a special yen for the unusual, the far-flung and the hard-to-find. Plus, of course, anything blue.
Perennial Pleasures Nursery
"Since 1980 we have dedicated ourselves to rediscovering and growing antique plants from the 17th, 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries. Nearly all of our plants and seeds are grown on the premises, located in the northeast corner of Vermont, and are hardy to Zone 3."
Pinetree Garden Seeds
Located in Maine, they sell vegetable, flower, and herb seeds in packets that contain the right amount for most home gardens, at reasonable prices. This makes experimentation much more affordable.
Plantsmen Nursery
"You’ll love our 11 scenic acres with nursery grounds, display gardens, woods, ponds, wetlands, and our unique koi urn--just a few minutes from Ithaca in the picturesque Finger Lakes Region. We also encourage you to think about where you buy your plants, and how and where they are grown. The Plantsmen is a nursery in the old-fashioned sense. We raise plants here. Plants you buy from us have been in the nursery, under our care, for months and in some cases over a year. We're growing more shrubs, small trees, ferns, perennials, grasses and the greatest selection of native plants in Central NY. You'll continue to find plants you won’t see elsewhere, including annuals and tropicals (bananas), but with a greater overall emphasis on hardiness to USDA Zone 5 and colder." Featured in Horticulture's "On the Road" column in the October 2006 issue (Northeast edition).
Reath's Nursery Hybrid Peonies -Tree Peonies- Herbaceous Peonies
"The peony and iris varieties we sell are propagated and raised here in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, on our centennial farm, where the cold climate (USDA zone 4) helps us select for plant hardiness. As a family owned and operated nursery we have direct control over all parts of our nursery production which allows us to sell the finest quality plants."
Reilly\'s Country Gardens Nursery, Ottawa, Ontario
"This site is mostly information about gardening in the Ottawa area. We offer our gardening insights and experience, gained from over 25 years of active gardening and 23 years of operating our specialty nursery, to assist our customers in becoming more successful gardeners, Some promotion of our business creeps into the contents of the site, but we have tried to keep this to a minimum. We are strictly a retail nursery - sorry, we do not ship plants."
Richters Herbs - Medicinal, Culinary, Aromatic - Plants & Seeds
Ontario-based firm with a huge selection.
Roslyn Nursery
They are not located in a cold climate but have an unusually good selection of hardy rhododendrons and other woody plants, as well as some fairly unusual perennials.
Sam Kedem Roses
Based in Minnesota, "the focus of the catalog is on hardy roses, [while] the nursery, which is open daily April to October, offers many shrubs, perennials, ornamental, fruit & shade trees, vines & evergreens."
Seneca Hill Perennials
Located in Oswego, NY, this mail-order nursery has unusual perennials and a few shrubs and trees, most of which are hardy in Zone 4. Please call before visiting.
St. Lawrence Nurseries
"Propagating new and old varieties of cold- hardy edible plants and making them available to growers in northern climates." Mentioned here.
Stargazer Perennials
"Hardy northern grown perennials and other garden plants for discerning gardeners. We are a working farm/nursery in the Grande Ronde Valley of Oregon, between the Blue and Wallowa mountain ranges (Zone 4)."
Stone Silo Prairie Gardens Native Wildflowers and Grasses
"At Stone Silo Prairie Gardens, we carry a wide selection of native grasses and flowers. All our plants are started at our greenhouse in Ledgeview, Wisconsin using Upper Midwest seed sources. Our business is committed to the preservation of native species and their use in a homeowner’s landscape design. These native grasses and flowers can be easily used in any perennial garden. Once established they require little or no watering, and no fertilizer or pesticides."
Sweet Pea Gardens
"Our nursery and gardens are located at our home on Route 172 in Surry, Maine. You will find a peaceful setting with a nursery, three small greenhouses, large market gardens, sitting and display gardens. We offer a selection of annual and perennial plants, herbs, select shrubs and climbers with, of course, seedlings for every color of sweet pea available as well as perennial sweet pea seedlings. A popular spring item is our trellised patio pot of Sweet peas for people without garden space that must have their Sweet peas! You can also find a wide selection of plants for container gardening and unusual and exciting hanging garden baskets. You can purchase sweet pea seeds and other select products via this website throught the year."
Walker Farm - Unique Plants for Gardening Connoisseurs
"From rare conifers to tissue-cultured perennials to collectible specialty annuals to heirloom vegetables, Walker Farm has put together a rare and choice collection of plants that you will not find elsewhere." This place grows seeds for Wayne Winterrowd and Joe Eck of North Hill Garden fame (see books). No mail order, unfortunately.